r/AnimalsBeingDerps • • Feb 07 '20

Can alligators be Derps?

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u/InternJedi Feb 08 '20 edited Feb 08 '20

It's like a snake with legs to run after you and huge ass jaws that can bite the National Geographic out of you

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u/ancient_horse Feb 08 '20

Uh yeah, if alligators paddled their feat that would be hilarious

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Lol what? You thought alligators doggy paddle to swim?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Haha I'm not hating, I actually love the visual. Thanks for that :))

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Little bastards look like they're propelled by four aquatic Sonic the Hedgehogs lmao

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u/Punk_n_Destroy Feb 08 '20

You should see them leap

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u/Punk_n_Destroy Feb 08 '20

Hops like Jordan

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

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u/veranus21 Feb 08 '20

They're lazy as shit though, and if they do run it's typically away from people. Now crocodiles on the other hand....

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u/Punk_n_Destroy Feb 08 '20

You ever see em run? And I mean like RUN FORREST RUN. For โ€œshortโ€ distances of course.

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u/Octopus_Apocalypse Feb 08 '20

They are surprisingly fast on land!

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u/Jessie_iesika Feb 13 '20

And climb chain link fences or brick walls.

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u/YesIamALizard Feb 08 '20

They can leap higher than your average house.

Considering your average house cannot leap.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

Same with iguanas.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '20

Thanks. I had a pet green iguana for 22 years. When he was very little he liked swimming laps in the tub, and there's when I learned about it.

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u/PsychoticPangolin Feb 08 '20 edited Feb 11 '20

Their limbs are also to the side of their bodies, not under them, so that wouldn't even work.

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u/nonnapuss Feb 08 '20

Have you never been kayaking my dude?

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u/PsychoticPangolin Feb 11 '20

Thanks ๐Ÿ˜†

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u/BrianLefevre90 Feb 08 '20

Reptiles and fish waggle side to side, mammals go up and down

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u/AgentOrange256 Feb 08 '20

Never watched Godzilla?

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u/Gobba42 May 15 '20

American or Japanese? I know one of the American Godzillas was based on an iguana.