The sound of a violent splash in the Silver Springs State Park in Florida took a woman in a remote table To discover that a very big alligator He was in the process of eating one of his.
Tammy Shaw shared images and video of the spooky moment in the Facebook group Alligators of Floridashowing that the Great Cayman was hitting its prey once morest water, to tear its food in pieces the size of a bite.
This happened around 3:30 pm on Thursday, August 4 and Shaw says that at first he was not sure of what the Cayman had in his mouth.
Then he saw that the caiman slowly came out of the water and began to throw the body as if it were a rag doll.
“It was something intense, but super cool”Shaw said.
“My (inflatable) paddle board is 11ft and he was regarding that size, if not more. The caiman who was eating should measure between five and seven feet. The video was cut because it seemed to me that it was too close following it knocked him down. ”
The Silver Springs State Park It is known for housing “many” Caimanes, which prosper in the water and on the banks of the Silver River, according to The Florida Guidebook. The park is regarding 85 miles northwest of Orlando.
Shaw is a frequent visitor and says that the park’s caimanes “are dedicated to their own and do not look for problems.”
It is not clear how the smallest caiman became a prey, but Shaw’s video shows that he lacked his head.
Canibalism is common among the caimanes, including the major whimmers that are eaten to the offspring. According to a study, “between 6% and 7% of young caimanes are victims of cannibalism,” reports Live Science.
Another Facebook video shared on August 6 by Kayla Green seems to show that Cayman himself – called “Big Head Fred” – He turned to hit the dead caiman once morest the muddy shore of the river to soften him.
Shaw’s post has received hundreds of reactions and many have been perplexed on what led the biggest caiman to snack at the other. Some believe that it is an intense hunger, while others suspect that it is a territorial dispute.
Many agreed that Shaw was brave when staying enough to record the video.
“It’s the most prehistoric I’ve ever seen,” he wrote a person on Facebook.
“If King Kong and Godzilla had a young, I think he would behave like this,” he wrote other.
“He doesn’t care anything at that time: fish, caiman or human,” he said someone.
Los American alligators are native Of the 67 Florida counties and “they can be found anywhere where there is stagnant water,” reports the state.
This story was originally published the August 17, 2022 3:43 pm.
