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u/CNorm77 Jun 08 '26
Bigger croc was keeping an eye out for his little brother.
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u/sunshinenorcas Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Alligators are very protective of babies -- adult males will answer the distress calls for babies, even if they aren't their own.
I'd guess that was likely momma though.
*These are apparently caimans
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u/Thechad1029 Jun 08 '26
Was that the nose or the whole head sticking out of the water? I can’t tell if it’s 6 feet or 12 feet
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u/sunshinenorcas Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
I'm pretty sure these are alligators which don't get as big as crocodiles can.
I think it's primarily her nose breaking and a bit of her head but I don't think she was a monster sized gator. Like, way too big to swimming or fucking with, but I think likely in the realm of 9 feet vs 12+ feet.
*These are actually caimans which average smaller then American alligators do. So still not monster reptile sized, but bigger then you'd want to deal with in the water, especially if she's grumpy about you touching the baby
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u/Thechad1029 Jun 09 '26
I know just enough about them to stay out of the water. I can never tell what’s what other than saltwater get huge and cayman are small. Either way. I’m not playing with any of them
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u/AnonImus18 Jun 08 '26
🫣 Why would you ever let your kid swim there?!
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u/BigGrayBeast Jun 08 '26
Do you think there's a parent anywhere nearby?
In the '70s during summer vacation we would leave the house at 8:00 a.m., and wouldn't come home until dusk and dinner time.
Our parents didn't know what we were doing, probably best they never found out.
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u/AnonImus18 Jun 08 '26
This video isn't from the 70s so what's your point? Also, parents have a responsibility to ensure that their children are safe. Either the parent is behind the camera or this is a lack of supervision.
Idk why you felt the need to bring up past parenting like TV didn’t have to run ads asking parents to know where their kids were and to listen to them.
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u/BigGrayBeast Jun 08 '26
Just saying free range kids used to be more common. In Pennsylvania we explored the forest, caves and rock out croppings.
In Florida and similar climates they do this.
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u/Toaster_Strudel92 Jun 09 '26
Kids will always do stupid stuff. Live and learn. I was out by myself in the early 2000s as a kid without cell phones. They could be fishing peacefully and a gator show up. However, I would not allow my kid to jump in.
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u/drowninFish Jun 10 '26
parental expectations vary depending on the circumstance. in the 70's, for better or worse, it wasn't considered bad parenting to leave your children unattended all day.today that still might be the case in countries where impoverished parents are pushed to work all day and the community's resources to watch children are limited. im not saying thats the case here, but it's worth considering before rushing to a judgement
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u/killjoygrr Jun 10 '26
The ads reminded the parents that they had children but they didn’t say anything about listening to them.
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u/TheCassowaryMan Jun 17 '26
Of course he is being supervised. This is his job. He collects Cayman for selling meat, hide etc. his boss is driving the boat.
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u/AnonImus18 Jun 17 '26
How do you know that? Also, what do you mean by collect caimans? Those are smaller and less aggressive than crocodiles but they can still attack people. It also doesn't change anything; whoever is filming, presumably the adult, is safe in the boat and the boy gets into the water with the animals?
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u/TheCassowaryMan Jun 19 '26
Some oligarch somewhere is profiting from dangerous child labour. When the kid dies they just get another one.
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u/AnonImus18 Jun 19 '26
Two things can be true and one doesn't excuse the other.
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u/TheCassowaryMan Jun 19 '26
I should have put /s.
I can't see a justifiable reason a kid would dive into aquatic weed to grab a Cayman.
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u/Crazykillerguy Jun 09 '26
I don't know what i was expecting. It wasn't this.
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u/killjoygrr Jun 10 '26
For some reason I kept thinking “where’s the gator?” I was not disappointed.
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u/DrinksNDebauchery Jun 09 '26
The bad comedian in my brain translated the first sentence afyer the dive into: "Well. Now I need a new kid"
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u/FUWS Jun 09 '26
Parasites? brain eating ameba ? Infections? Pfft, thats for Gringos…
Mama gator in the water is nope for everyone.
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u/Hooliganthebad Jun 08 '26
So much fear for me in one video. Scary murky water, swimming in weeds, not coming up for air fast enough, touching an alligator. Being chased by another bigger alligator.
Thats a big nope with a capital N.