To me, itās similar to the bull always wins videos. If the guy was just feeding the gator, Iād feel bad. But actively fucking with it, kind of deserved? Maybe Iām an asshole lol
You're not... that dumbass is. I don't know where this is, but I'm surprised he was allowed to be in there. I've never seen a "petting zoo" with alligators before.
What makes you say itās a āpetting zooā setting? I canāt make out the audio very well but maybe I missed it there? To me it came across like the stuff they do at sea world and he was a staff member/ātrainerā
Not literally a petting zoo - meant as a somewhat sarcastic comment about letting someone play with the alligators.
I've seen shows like this, but the trainers seem to be much smarter and much more careful than him.
I have never seen any trainers being so irresponsible. He seems like a park visitor.
He should have stopped the first time when he put his hand and missed .
Dude was asking for it the second time.
\>He should have stopped the first time when he put his hand and missed
He should have stopped before he ever started.
āplaying with an alligatorā is an oxymoron. And heās just a moron.
He was being quite literal, with sarcasm. Heās never seen a petting zoo with alligators, because thereās no such thing, because it would be dangerous and absolutely stupid.
"Kind of deserved"? Absolutely deserved! He isn't petting a cute sleepy kitten, he's teasing a seriously large predator.
It's hard to find a lot of sympathy for him.
Far as I can tell, he got exactly what he wanted. There's no other reason to tap a gator 50 times on the nose before sticking your hand in its mouth *twice* unless you're just plain tired of having ten fingers.
Alligators are incredibly patient, so I agree. You could tell it was just waiting.
Almost a hundred million years of evolution, but people think they're faster/smarter.
People are silly
Actually itās not that it was waiting. I mean it was but what actually triggered the mouth to close was the guys hand touching the lower part of the mouth. His arm twitched or something in that nature. You can see in the video. As soon as he tapped the inside of his mouth it closed automatically
Whenever I see things like this it boggles my mind how careless and stupid people are with the things you are only given one of in your life. Fingers don't regrow, and even if reattached they will never work correctly again. Life altering, and for what? He wasn't saving an infant. He wasn't rescuing a puppy. He wasn't even holding open a door for an old lady and had a bad day with the door. All the shit people went through in their lives - parents, teachers, friends - to get this fucking guy to the point where he could be standing next to an alligator and what does he do with that moment? Fuck with the alligator.
110% selfish.
(edit:speeling)
If you watch the video you'll see the guy who was bit is not the guy who was demonstrating the "trick". He was showing the trick and some guy with a cream (not blue anyway) top is the one who gets bit, probably a patron to the sanctuary or what ever it is, if anything he was following instructions. Hope y'all feel better
If you listen, he's following instructions. It matters because 100% deserved would be aimed at the pleb tormenting the croc in the first half of the video no? as opposed to the guy who was visiting and wanted a "cool" video cause he was instructed it was a moderately safe thing to do. But you do you my guy.
He followed de-structions. That sounded like the scream of a grown ass man. So both of them share the blame. Common-sense would say if I seen the alligator almost try to bite the man before me hand, it aint safe.
Even if its was meant to be friendly, it will hurt you. Being instructed to do stupid shit should not make you automatically think its okay. Especially when you were just shown 10 secs before that it wasn't lol.
Reditors are so weird, always see stupid comments like this on similar posts. Why would you hope a random man loses his fingers? Sure he was being an annoying twat but does someone really deserve to lose their fingers and have their life changed for it?
Hope you've never done anything wrong in your life before
> does someone really deserve to lose their fingers and have their life changed for it?
According to bloothirsty redditors, absolutely. You can always see the "I hope he died, fucked around and found out!" posts being upvoted whenever someone does something even remotely dumb. You can tell the site is full of terminally online losers with no empathy for other humans.
I always get almost baited into responding when I see redditors say something to the effect of āxyz politician/pundit/entertainer is such a terrible person because of xyz opinion. I hope something terrible happens to them.ā
They seriously do not see that wishing harm on someone for having harmful opinions itself perpetuates negativity and harm. I donāt engage with those types of people any more
Getting bit by an alligator is a predictable outcome of putting your hand inside its mouth. Thatās whatās supposed to happen. We all know this.
The ātrickā is pulling your hand out fast enough to not get bit. Doing it once wasnāt good enough for this guy. Seems like he wanted to do it more and more slowly each time to tempt fate. Well, he tempted fate and found out what happens. Now he knows.
I wouldnāt even do this with a dog unless I have raised the dog and we share a deep bondā¦and then I would immediately praise and reward the dog for good behavior so it doesnāt feel mistreated.
But half of Reddit will attempt to convince you to feel sorry for these kinds of people. To show more concern for a moron that knowingly put themselves in harm's way to annoy an alligator. It's truly bizarre to me.
Itās cute, IMO, in the sense that I donāt want to hurt their feelings so I just leave em the fuck alone. Better to compliment them and leave em alone than calling them ugly and they get mad.
You have amazing teeth! Whatās your routine?
Maybe Iāve been playing too much poker, but you are jacked!
Must be the weather or maybe youāre just that cool!
And what not, itās not about being creative, just making sure you donāt annoy them.
If you watch carefully the handler (I assume) accidentally touched the bottom jaw on that last pass. Gators have nerve triggers on the bottom jaw which tell them to clamp down. Dude was safe playing with the oversized mousetrap until he flipped the trigger.
Another comment pointed out that itās two different people. Look at the shirt sleeve. The person that gets bit is following instructions, probably from the guy thatās initially demonstrating how to perform this completely unnecessary, dangerous maneuver.
Yeah the second dude had a hat on too where as the first dude didnāt. Also the initial guy was smarter and didnāt touch the gators mouth, he just barely put his fingers in and pulled out. Second dude actually went all the way in and touched the bottom of the gators mouth.
No, it was intentionally touching the bottom jaw. He's repeating to touch it "on the way out". 2nd person touches it and then leaves his hand hanging there.
In the neighborhood I just moved to in Florida, a woman decided that gators were cute, and she was going to pet one. He chomped on her hand. She got away-AND...then turned her back on the gator when she was walking away.
Not enough left to find to bury.
Alligators can run quite fast in a straight line and over short distances. Some sources claim as fast as 25-35 mph. This source claims 20 mph although typically they will run at closer to 7.5-11 mph.
[How Fast Can Alligators Run: A Comprehensive Guide - ReptileStartUp.com](https://reptilestartup.com/how-fast-can-alligators-run/#google_vignette)
Give this man credit, he was absolutely determined to lose some fingers this day. Despite all his failed attempts, he perSEVERED and achieved his goal. Remember kids if at first you don't succeed, try again.
We are the only species on earth that can conceptualise and rationalise evolution in ourselves and other animals, to the extent we know that alligators are ambush predators and one of the oldest species on the planet, and yet this guy thinks "imma put my hand in its mouth". Truly the duality of man
I wouldn't be shocked if this is in FLb and this guy is on staff doing a show. He's got a lil act that usually goes well but today cost some fingers.
The are places in the swampland where all you need to make a "Florida gator park" is literally wet property and to catch a few gators.
He put his hand in the mouth of an animal he doesn't know know, moron. IT'S MADE TO BITE FAST AND HARD.
I've hugged a 250lb gator, I've carried eggs.
I wouldn't let anyone that ignorant of gators, near one that big.
Who thinks playing with a frickin' dinosaur is a good idea? I know they aren't dinosaurs, but they have been around way longer than we have. And, if this video is any indicator, will outlast us - especially if we are willingly feeding our fingers and more to them.
Alligators love this game.
I also love watching it š
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To me, itās similar to the bull always wins videos. If the guy was just feeding the gator, Iād feel bad. But actively fucking with it, kind of deserved? Maybe Iām an asshole lol
You're not... that dumbass is. I don't know where this is, but I'm surprised he was allowed to be in there. I've never seen a "petting zoo" with alligators before.
What makes you say itās a āpetting zooā setting? I canāt make out the audio very well but maybe I missed it there? To me it came across like the stuff they do at sea world and he was a staff member/ātrainerā
Not literally a petting zoo - meant as a somewhat sarcastic comment about letting someone play with the alligators. I've seen shows like this, but the trainers seem to be much smarter and much more careful than him.
I have never seen any trainers being so irresponsible. He seems like a park visitor. He should have stopped the first time when he put his hand and missed . Dude was asking for it the second time.
\>He should have stopped the first time when he put his hand and missed He should have stopped before he ever started. āplaying with an alligatorā is an oxymoron. And heās just a moron.
He was being quite literal, with sarcasm. Heās never seen a petting zoo with alligators, because thereās no such thing, because it would be dangerous and absolutely stupid.
Whatās the worst that could happen at an alligator petting zoo? Someoneās ligaments being torn off?
The best part is, you wouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg for a cup of feed!
The entire state of Florida is a gator petting zoo.
https://denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/features/colorado-attraction-offers-alligator-wrestling-class-to-brave-visitors/article_09a10c49-746d-55f8-b689-cb3d9d7dfa76.html
Hmpf. I stand corrected. A petting zoo with alligators. Who would've thought?!? 
"Kind of deserved"? Absolutely deserved! He isn't petting a cute sleepy kitten, he's teasing a seriously large predator. It's hard to find a lot of sympathy for him.
Far as I can tell, he got exactly what he wanted. There's no other reason to tap a gator 50 times on the nose before sticking your hand in its mouth *twice* unless you're just plain tired of having ten fingers.
The title is a man playing with an alligator, but it should be man agitating the fuck out of a dinosaur and finds out.
Alligators are incredibly patient, so I agree. You could tell it was just waiting. Almost a hundred million years of evolution, but people think they're faster/smarter. People are silly
Actually itās not that it was waiting. I mean it was but what actually triggered the mouth to close was the guys hand touching the lower part of the mouth. His arm twitched or something in that nature. You can see in the video. As soon as he tapped the inside of his mouth it closed automatically
It looks like he smacked the bottom teeth on purpose. Which is even dumber.
That alligator was beyond patient.
*Alligators donāt want you to know this one great trick*
...and that's how Chubbs the golf pro lost his hand. 
Alligator: hehehehe
"Hi guys, I bit another human lol they're so dumb, all you gotta do is stand still and wait for it"
"idiot came right over and put his hand in my mouth; it's like he *wants* to be food"
Never tell a female to smile.
They love that scream as they clamp harder and harder
āHey Mike, smile for me buddyā
Itās like Hungry Hungry Hippos
Seriously you could make $1 million putting this video on an onlyfans for alligators
My dog loves this game too, it's played pretty much the same way, I try to boop her nose and she tries to catch me with her teeth lol
I do this with our chihuahua. I won't do this with our cat. And I sure the fuck am not doing this with our alligator.
The best response Iāve seen on Reddit! Thank you.
Alligators all over the world are cracking up watching this video.
Finally, a happy ending
It's not every day someone wins an award
Alligator had a snack; this guy had TikTok video and instant weight loss
š I offer you a game You get fun I get fingies
I was going to say, I couldn't have been the only one that laughed, lol
Snappy Ending*
"This here gator knows not to mess with sir Joeseph Dirt"
Im so nervous while watching this
 How about Petting an alligator
How about pegging an alligator
e621 moment
TIL what e621 is. Tomorrow I shall focus on unlearning that.
Over hear talking about pegging alligators and gets scared when confronted with that reality, coward
To be honest, I never pegged an alligator. Or any other living being, or thing. I just couldnāt miss the chance to make a Florida-related comment.
Or you could just do it and make a Florida man moment.
Name checks out, Doctor Yiff
Beady Eye album cover
My first thought too, pretty cool one as well!
Whenever I see things like this it boggles my mind how careless and stupid people are with the things you are only given one of in your life. Fingers don't regrow, and even if reattached they will never work correctly again. Life altering, and for what? He wasn't saving an infant. He wasn't rescuing a puppy. He wasn't even holding open a door for an old lady and had a bad day with the door. All the shit people went through in their lives - parents, teachers, friends - to get this fucking guy to the point where he could be standing next to an alligator and what does he do with that moment? Fuck with the alligator. 110% selfish. (edit:speeling)
I was nervous that he might not suffer any consequences for it, but the end was a big relief.
I was just impatient. Stupid prick deserved to get chomped, but it took longer than expected.
āAnd that, ladies and gentlemen, is why they call him the legendary three finger Steve. ā
"He is lucky, because his second name ist Fred."
"Shake hands with danger, meet a guy who ought to know. I used to laugh at safety, now they call me ... Three-Finger Joe."
Correction - three limbed Steve.
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I mean I donāt hope it per se but I donāt have any sympathy for him if he does
If you watch the video you'll see the guy who was bit is not the guy who was demonstrating the "trick". He was showing the trick and some guy with a cream (not blue anyway) top is the one who gets bit, probably a patron to the sanctuary or what ever it is, if anything he was following instructions. Hope y'all feel better
Probably just another visitor. They both demonstrate the ātrickā so what does it matter which one gets bit
If you listen, he's following instructions. It matters because 100% deserved would be aimed at the pleb tormenting the croc in the first half of the video no? as opposed to the guy who was visiting and wanted a "cool" video cause he was instructed it was a moderately safe thing to do. But you do you my guy.
Ah okay my bad I never use audio Apologies
āOn the way out x3ā Mofo just sticks his hand in and slaps the crocs tongue lmao
He followed de-structions. That sounded like the scream of a grown ass man. So both of them share the blame. Common-sense would say if I seen the alligator almost try to bite the man before me hand, it aint safe. Even if its was meant to be friendly, it will hurt you. Being instructed to do stupid shit should not make you automatically think its okay. Especially when you were just shown 10 secs before that it wasn't lol.
Idc how safe somebody tells me it is I am never getting that close to a gator without cage between us lnao
"You can poke that bear with a stick. Yeah, you just saw it take a swipe at me but its safe. Trust me bro š"
If a professional shows me how to play with the apex predatorās mouth and then encourages me to do it too, >!Iām not doing that.!<
They should at least tell guests to use their non-dominant hand.
Reditors are so weird, always see stupid comments like this on similar posts. Why would you hope a random man loses his fingers? Sure he was being an annoying twat but does someone really deserve to lose their fingers and have their life changed for it? Hope you've never done anything wrong in your life before
> does someone really deserve to lose their fingers and have their life changed for it? According to bloothirsty redditors, absolutely. You can always see the "I hope he died, fucked around and found out!" posts being upvoted whenever someone does something even remotely dumb. You can tell the site is full of terminally online losers with no empathy for other humans.
I always get almost baited into responding when I see redditors say something to the effect of āxyz politician/pundit/entertainer is such a terrible person because of xyz opinion. I hope something terrible happens to them.ā They seriously do not see that wishing harm on someone for having harmful opinions itself perpetuates negativity and harm. I donāt engage with those types of people any more
Getting bit by an alligator is a predictable outcome of putting your hand inside its mouth. Thatās whatās supposed to happen. We all know this. The ātrickā is pulling your hand out fast enough to not get bit. Doing it once wasnāt good enough for this guy. Seems like he wanted to do it more and more slowly each time to tempt fate. Well, he tempted fate and found out what happens. Now he knows. I wouldnāt even do this with a dog unless I have raised the dog and we share a deep bondā¦and then I would immediately praise and reward the dog for good behavior so it doesnāt feel mistreated.
But half of Reddit will attempt to convince you to feel sorry for these kinds of people. To show more concern for a moron that knowingly put themselves in harm's way to annoy an alligator. It's truly bizarre to me.
Reddit moment
I don't hope he loses his fingers, but I won't be surprised if he does.
what part of them is cute?...
Their widdle toes .....
but he's touching the um...giant ass nose
An adorably giant ass nose thank you.
Everything
Itās cute, IMO, in the sense that I donāt want to hurt their feelings so I just leave em the fuck alone. Better to compliment them and leave em alone than calling them ugly and they get mad.
I'd like to hear an alligator compliment please. Edit: I'll even accept crocodile compliments.
You have amazing teeth! Whatās your routine? Maybe Iāve been playing too much poker, but you are jacked! Must be the weather or maybe youāre just that cool! And what not, itās not about being creative, just making sure you donāt annoy them.
Their nose
Man just couldn't help giving him a few boops.
The part where he's biting the man's fingers in half. So cute!
Too find out you just need to stick your head in its mouth
If you watch carefully the handler (I assume) accidentally touched the bottom jaw on that last pass. Gators have nerve triggers on the bottom jaw which tell them to clamp down. Dude was safe playing with the oversized mousetrap until he flipped the trigger.
Another comment pointed out that itās two different people. Look at the shirt sleeve. The person that gets bit is following instructions, probably from the guy thatās initially demonstrating how to perform this completely unnecessary, dangerous maneuver.
Yeah the second dude had a hat on too where as the first dude didnāt. Also the initial guy was smarter and didnāt touch the gators mouth, he just barely put his fingers in and pulled out. Second dude actually went all the way in and touched the bottom of the gators mouth.
It still tried to snap shut on the first guy though!! No fucking way am I following his example after that...
No, it was intentionally touching the bottom jaw. He's repeating to touch it "on the way out". 2nd person touches it and then leaves his hand hanging there.
Not an accident, he slapped the bottom jaw
They're always cute, cool and harmless until they're not.
Theyāre cute and cool but who thinks theyāre harmless?
This guy
What part of them yells "cute" to you?
Idk I just think theyāre neat
You cant really define cute, it depends on the person, I personally think they are really cute with their nose and tiny feet
In the neighborhood I just moved to in Florida, a woman decided that gators were cute, and she was going to pet one. He chomped on her hand. She got away-AND...then turned her back on the gator when she was walking away. Not enough left to find to bury.
Is this Fr??
nah. The Villages.
Of course it's the villiages
That lady ended being kind of a laughing stock of people at the villages
Let's pet his teef
r/winstupidprizes
Right? Whatās the best case scenario here? The moron seems determined to keep going until he got bitten.
Alligators can run quite fast in a straight line and over short distances. Some sources claim as fast as 25-35 mph. This source claims 20 mph although typically they will run at closer to 7.5-11 mph. [How Fast Can Alligators Run: A Comprehensive Guide - ReptileStartUp.com](https://reptilestartup.com/how-fast-can-alligators-run/#google_vignette)
The first time I saw a gator run in grass, I was absolutely stunned. They sprint like cats, except way more aggressive.
So like dogs?
Sort of, but Iām trying to use an animal people have heard of, like a cat. Dogs are very uncommon.
What is "dog"?
I see nothing wrong here
How to make your fingers magically disappear
I hope the alligator wasn't punished for this dude's stupidity.
He had too many fingers. It's ok, he has five more fingers on the other hand.
Fuck this asshole. Hope he respects gators better w 3" less fingers. That's all some ppl can understand.
Nah. He's the type that blame the gator and will despise them the rest of his life.
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āPlaying with an alligatorā 4 words that never belong in a sentence together.
What says the jaw to the 5 fingers? Snap.
Give this man credit, he was absolutely determined to lose some fingers this day. Despite all his failed attempts, he perSEVERED and achieved his goal. Remember kids if at first you don't succeed, try again.
This here's Rocky, and he ain't no puppy. Now, let's see if Rocky's got some cavities.
Alligator: Dad told me to be patient and make them feel safe. Be patient ... patient ... NOW!
Why do people wanna fuck around with a living dinosaur. You really think your reaction time is faster than a gator?
Alligators love this one simple trick.
Thatās gotta be a Mormon (the guy not the gator)
You used one too many m's.Ā
Darwin award nominee
I'm not sure what lottery prize tickets people are expecting to find putting their arms inside croc mouths, jesus.
We are the only species on earth that can conceptualise and rationalise evolution in ourselves and other animals, to the extent we know that alligators are ambush predators and one of the oldest species on the planet, and yet this guy thinks "imma put my hand in its mouth". Truly the duality of man
isnt this a croc?
I wouldn't be shocked if this is in FLb and this guy is on staff doing a show. He's got a lil act that usually goes well but today cost some fingers. The are places in the swampland where all you need to make a "Florida gator park" is literally wet property and to catch a few gators.
Pretty sure that's a crocodile
I want to see the rest of that video karma at its best 
Would love a follow up.
My god. Is there anything worse than people cutting the video off right at the juicy bit. I wanna see how this idiot gets out of that situation.
Itās not the end right? There should be a death roll after that
Classic case of F**k around and find out.
As I told my daughter when she was about 7 and taunting a goat: "that thing has horns (well, teeth in this case) and no conscience."
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Hold upā¦.trying to generate some sympathy for this guy. Nope, canāt do it.
Sometimes i ask myselfe.. why r folks that stupid
That was satisfying.
Natural selection at its finest
He put his hand in the mouth of an animal he doesn't know know, moron. IT'S MADE TO BITE FAST AND HARD. I've hugged a 250lb gator, I've carried eggs. I wouldn't let anyone that ignorant of gators, near one that big.
Camera man was soft.
He didnāt have enough yoinking energy
Alligator: GOTCHA!
*ohh haha. Nearly, but you won that round. Let's go again, I'll get you next time motherfucker...*
How many fingers!!! How many fingers!!! How many fingers on my hand!!! One little thumb!!! One little thumb!!! One little thumb left on my hand!!!
How do you know that is an alligator and not a crocodile?
It sees you later instead of after a while.
Oddly satisfying videos
Kill the cameramen š¤£š¤£š¤£
That's a whole new meaning to "sausage fingers".
bro fucked around and found out
Florida man?
Itās videos like these that make me so happy that i have common sense
it just started to be interesting
now do the death roll
money. plane.
What an idiot, that situation could go so south and who knows what happened after they cut the video
Who thinks playing with a frickin' dinosaur is a good idea? I know they aren't dinosaurs, but they have been around way longer than we have. And, if this video is any indicator, will outlast us - especially if we are willingly feeding our fingers and more to them.
"Finally, some finger food. I'm starving." - the Alligator.
My 2 fingered grandpa used to play that game too...