Wild horse versus gator

[LittleLebowski]

https://youtu.be/5jX7JrEprKI

[Drang]

So, would we consider that to be an educational beatdown?

[JTQ]

That's probably a retired Florida State University "Renegade" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osceola_and_Renegade ) as they're used to stomping Florida Gators.:)

[wvincent]

Aww, that nice little mare is playing "kick the croc". You want to get educated, get on the wrong side of a stud horse. They can f**k you up. Pretty impressive for a herbivore.

[mtnbkr]

Did you catch in the audio one of the girls saying "just leave him alone!"?

Really? Telling the horse with young to leave the dangerous predator alone? :rolleyes:

Chris

[Gater]

Mi patria. That's about 15 min from my house when I was a kid....there's a lot of critters out there you don't want to mess with.

As far as the outcome...well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPVLyB0Yc6I

[LittleLebowski]

For some reason, this made me giggle. I figure that the gator was waiting by the horses, too closely; in order to perhaps get some tender young colt, and the horses knew it.

[TGS]

Thanks for posting.

Nature is metal. It's true, and this video also reminded me that I have to do my monthly checkup on a the instagram of the same likeness.

[Hambo]

For some reason, this made me giggle. I figure that the gator was waiting by the horses, too closely; in order to perhaps get some tender young colt, and the horses knew it.

I think the gator was either catching some rays or in transit across the trail from one wet area to another. They're ambush predators mostly laying up in shallow water. I see them all the time at one place I fish, and the most incredible thing is seeing how fast they swim under water.

[blues]

I think the gator was either catching some rays or in transit across the trail from one wet area to another. They're ambush predators mostly laying up in shallow water. I see them all the time at one place I fish, and the most incredible thing is seeing how fast they swim under water.

People don't realize how quick they can move on land when they want to either. I used to be in and among them pretty regularly out in the 'glade...paddling or on foot. Been closer than I should have been many a time...but I was always stupid that way.

[Kukuforguns]

Here's a gory video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=ePLmWJh2Krg) of crocodile versus zebra.

[Duelist]

Yes, that was very gory. But real. Were those Nile crocs, I wonder?

[jwperry]

Considering how much rain we've had(more places for them to move around to) and that we're in the middle of their mating season, this won't be the last video we see from Florida with large gators encountering other mammals.

[Kukuforguns]

Considering how much rain we've had(more places for them to move around to) and that we're in the middle of their mating season, this won't be the last video we see from Florida with large gators encountering other mammals.

Not on video, but a woman was killed and at least partially eaten by an alligator (https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/nation-now/gator-attacks-likely-kills-woman-as-she-walked-dogs-in-florida/465-016ad539-0cae-4efb-9a23-afe3340e9597). I feel so sorry for the victim's family.

[fixer]

A nature walk ending up 20 yds from a pack of gators? yeah eff that.

I'd have paid good money to see that horse finish that gator off.