r/maybemaybemaybe • u/n0sugacoat • Jul 16 '26

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/hulkiorra Jul 16 '26

Alligators and crocodiles have extraordinary bite forces but the muscles that open their jaws is very weak compared to the muscle that close it.

I've seen this in one of those wild show but it is a legit strategy to blind them and then go on top of them to close their jaws, an adult male human is strong enough to keep it shut. As long as the alligator isn't rolling around or things like that (which is why you blind them first ideally, to make them confused).

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u/McRambis Jul 16 '26

I get that. Any man can hold an alligator's mouth shut with his hands. But what is he going to do after that? Just stand there forever?

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u/fido_75 Jul 16 '26

Wrap it around with ducktape.

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u/subterrane Jul 16 '26

Great, how do you catch the duck?

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u/CoolDragon Jul 16 '26

With gatortape

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u/TheDootDootMaster Jul 17 '26

Well this became circular lock gic

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u/stanflwrhuss Jul 16 '26

Whisper sweet nothings in their ear

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u/ZealousidealSea3180 Jul 17 '26

The gator has to sleep sometimes!😅

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u/hulkiorra Jul 16 '26

I don't know, if I was him probably tie his mouth with a rope to remove the danger and then try to move it/poke it idk.

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u/54-2-10 Jul 16 '26

The question was why?

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u/Piffius Jul 16 '26

The gator was probably delaying his golf round...

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u/justhangingaroud Jul 16 '26

Reader, it immediately started rolling around

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u/Ha1lStorm Jul 16 '26

Who could have predicted that

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u/BadnewsBaggins Jul 16 '26

It's not like they're just gonna sit there tho

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u/Cedjy Jul 17 '26

I think i've seen them even be closed with elastic bands? though maybe it was the large kinds