The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
Alligators and crocodiles are some of the most aggressive creatures on the planet - they'll take down a boat if you come up to their nest.
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.
See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
I have dogs, and it's no secret that I find reptiles interesting, but the thing about reptiles is that they really just wanna be left alone, and I understand them. It's, 'Don't pick me up, stop holding me, don't look at me, just leave me alone.' I have to admit, sometimes I feel like that.
When I went to Amazonia, l went as the field doctor for biologists studying crocodile behavior. There's no way humans should have any encounters with crocodiles. You should stay away from them!
I grew up in Florida, so every now and then, we'd have a garter snake in the lawn. But I'm not super okay with them.
I am used to wrangling crocodiles.
Well, I'm wrestling alligators.