Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
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.
A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.
I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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.
I am used to wrangling crocodiles.
Well, I'm wrestling alligators.
See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
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.