Can you domesticate gators???
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- Is Casper domesticated? Can you domesticate alligators? All these answers and more in this video! This covers many of the most commonly asked questions that I get, so I hope you guys enjoy the video! Remember, you can also come do a tour with me and Casper at Everglades Outpost! #Alligator #Gatorland #Florida’s #Education #Educational #AnimalEducation 
i knew the answer but my inner man child still thinks its a cool idea... i should stay away from gators.
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I love watching
The fantasy of having a 20-foot domesticated Salt Water Crocodile or a 15-foot Alligator is so awesome. Playing with him, feeding him, taking him out for a walk, rubbing his belly and neck, brushing his teeth, having him trained for home defense, dressing the croc/gator in turtlenecks, scarves, hats, and everything else no one should ever attempt to do in reality!
This is why I watch the professionals 😂
Lol
Yes trained, but not tame. There's a huge difference. Very clear, thanks Chris! 👍
Great video, you are exceptionally eloquent with the way you speak. I love that you really pay attention to using the right words and explain them fully! I don't think I've ever heard domestication described better than this!
Thank you!!
I like the way you speak to Casper. No yelling or harsh words.
I haven't seen another person who can make gators seem personable and kind of loveable as you do. I know that's not your objective, but your demeanor and skills with interacting with them is unparalleled.
I've seen a video of a man with a small gator named wally that was in the pool with kids in his face I don't know what to think of that
@@jaquelineb8285 yes, that's his emotional support gator. I want to see if Wally is as tame now. The guy would bring him to the mall and restaurants.
@@jaquelineb8285Me either. I have no doubt his owner loves him. But I wonder if his original owner didn't harm Wally to the extent that his spirit was broken. He certainly is far smaller than he should be.
@@jtoland2333 Most if not all gators kept in captivity are.
I love how you're so eloquent and factual in your videos. It's also very refreshing that you're willing to admit when you don't know something. Thank you!
Good explanation of everything. I think a big part of the confusion is Casper is so well trained and so chill with you-I don’t recall seeing him try anything with you, unlike many of the others.
I get that he isn’t domesticated, but every animal has their own personality too. Is Casper smarter or have a less aggressive disposition than some of the other gators, or could you take any of them and eventually get them to Casper’s level? Because you obviously have greater confidence in being able to predict what Casper does.
Casper is definitely less aggressive than say Seven or Miss Toothy. I doubt he’d ever be able to get Seven to act like Casper. Also, Aries who’s a Nile/Cuban cross was much calmer than Miss Toothy and easier to train.
At 1:39 a tiny lizard engages with Casper in a territorial dispute. Complete with stomping and head bobbing, I’m not kidding I’m dying😂
There on the rock, haha.
Quite an informative video, especially the part about how domestication works as an over time, evolutionary process. Also it's good that you trust your own instincts, experience, and knowledge (all things YOU control) when you're in contact with the gators. Best to think of the worst case scenario (getting bitten) and work backwards from that. Great job as always! Love Casper!
Hi Chris, been watching you a long time now and I really appreciate how informative you are. While it is entertaining to watch you and the gators, it is also very educational. Stay safe mate.
I love the unique thoughts here. Great job man
I enjoy all these talks, learned so much from him. I use to be scared of alligators, but because of these talks and other videos I learned they are not as bad as people think they are. Still not swimming with wild gators. Plus what is crazy Casper is not the only gator in the pond. Thank you for all the information please keep up the good work.
Thank you for your information Chris you're totally something different about animals
Thank you for your very clear answer and for you explanation of artificial selection and domestication. This Science Teacher approves!
Chris I really love your educational and informative podcasts I really enjoy learning about alligators and crocodiles At first I did not like your channel because all I saw you do is feed the alligators Thought that was boring and it got old pretty fast So happy to find out that you do so much more then that Please continue with your educational podcasts I think that’s the way to go ❤
Love you bro! Great stuff as always !
Great video awesome information!
Great video Chris, very informative
Casper is adorable
I want to add your tour to my bucket list 😊
Yes I learned you in the water with them and me far away in the dry land. Thanks you got cojones!
Awesome 👏
Can you do a video where you discuss all of your (or your friends’!) experiences with alligators when things go wrong/ dont go as planned? i think it would really hammer home how dangerous and respected these amazing animals are! love your content by the way!
Throw a link to your tours in the description, man! Crocodilians in general are my biggest fear, but I'd love to face that fear (gently) and be in the pond with Casper. Closest I've gotten is the Alligator Farm's zipline thing in St. Augustine. The anchoring was very sketchy.
Ty you answered my thoughts the way he goes to you looks like he loves you but now I understand ... how there mind works .. thank-youI.. I can say I do love them..I've loved dinosaur and crocodile my whole life... would carry books around about them .. .ty
Watch Chris’s video ‘Unpredictable Gators’. I think thats the one..…Chris demonstrates Caspers reaction when he slaps his hand onto the sand on the banks of Casper’s enclosure… An out of the ordinary action by Chris. Casper proves he’s trained not tame. He turns his head right towards the sound ready to bite….. Of course Chris was expecting it and was out of tbe strike zone..Scary all the same…
This is on my bucket list
I don’t understand why anyone would try to make a pet out of an alligator. It’s cruel, selfish and inhumane. However, I love what you do for these displaced animals and I love gators! They’re such magnificent, interesting and wonderful and important contributors to the ecosystem. People need to know about them more and that they are not monsters. They are innocent creatures
Does Casper ever have those days where you can't get him to do nothing? or you feel it's not safe to be in the water with him that day?
I also wonder..🤔
Great question. Wondered the same thing too. Has Chris ever said to himself, "Not today."
Probably maybe on cold days, reptile’s attitudes are affected a lot by temperature, so maybe on a cold day or maybe in mating season he could have acted weird or more aggressive.
Nice, another Croccast
Thank you... that was a wonderful lesson on domestication, evolution, and tame vs trained. :) I always wondered if you raised one out of the egg if it would be like raising a golden retriever puppy... hard no!
Another great video - really informative. I'd like to see an explanation of their killing technique - the death roll you talk about
Been binging your videos for hours. So incredible how calm you are around these magnificent beasts. I know they’re “trained” and used to being around you but I just respect their raw power so much I can’t imagine being as calm as you around them, even Casper. Props to you keep up the great work
Wow, that was very interesting. I never knew that about gators.
How very cool… gator awareness… so cool … all creatures big and small , wet and dry
That female / male gator story is pretty chilling.
Nature can be brutal!
Casper is so rad. It’s amazing what you do with him. Does it have more to do with him trusting you? And is there any alligators or crocs you’ve raised from the time they were born? I’d love to see what you can do with one that’s known you their whole life.
Love the croc talk keep them coming 💪🏾 should name it gator talk 😂
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Another great, really interesting video! I hope no one ever tries to domesticate alligators, imagine how humiliating for them to be an apex predator in a cute sweater or Halloween costume.😂 💚
Howdy Chris great stuff
Casper is caspering peacefully is my happiness ❤
Good education for most people. They don't get the difference between domesticated and trained. Cats have not been domesticated as long as dogs. I worked with feral cats and it's the same as you demonstrated - you need to watch the subtleties of the animal's behavior and trust yourself not the animal. People also think because the animal is in a zoo they are tame. Good talk. Thank you.
Watching your stuff here to, Chris and Gator's.
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You’re doing an awesome job😢🎉🎉
yeah I confirm, they have such a predatory instinct that they are ready to eat anyone, anything, and even more when it's an easy meal. Only listen to your instincts when dealing with them, never trust them and you will probably be saved. thanks for video.
Wow he knows his name !!!!
Is this a older channel or newer one? This one showed up a couple of days ago and subbed right away as I like the content and the other channel as well.
Love your videos 😍
Hello from Georgia! 😊
Great video. Lets say you were going to start the multi-generation long process of domesticating gators, which of the current gators you work with would you choose to start the process with? Casper for sure?
When Casper was first caught he was NOT nice lol, so maybe not. You’d want to pick ones that are naturally calm, not trained to be
I vote next topic is about the cannibalistic and hunting tendencies. Might as well, you already started going there haha
Hey Chris! First, thank you so much for these informative videos, second are Casper’s girlfriends still in that pond with you? I only ask because I thought at one time one of the girls tried to sneak up on you? Maybe I’m wrong about that but just wondering, sorry for long post! 😊❤️
Just him in there right now
Honestly I would love to see domesticated alligators in the future. Would be pretty amazing. And it’s not like they’re wouldn’t still be wild gators and crocs. Just the same way we have dogs, but there are still wolves and coyotes out there. It’s a win win in my book!
I just wish that could happen in my life time . I’ve wanted to get an alligator or a crocodile because I’ve seen Rex , the pet alligator seen in Snake Discovery , which made me think that I could ‘domesticate’ a crocodilian if I raised it . But no . Now I am I’m shambles . I want a pet croc
1:39 funny lizard on the rocks
i can see in his eyes he would never hurt you, he is just like my dog (meme)
Chris, if you could selectively breed any of the alligators you work with which one(s) would you breed?
My husky heard the wolves in the background and started talking to them lol
Any pet alligator should be wearing a steel mouth guard with a safety locking mechanism, they're nothing without their jaws of death.
I emailed you today 6/6/2023 and this video explains my questions! I have an other question. Have you ever witnessed alligators having fun? I have googled it some answers said they can, but your opinions are reliable. I'm asking because, in pictures and videos, they always seem like statues, and occasionally in your videos , we see them moving, but it seems that's only when treats or feeding is involved. I know we wont see them act like a dog or dolphin, but have you ever observed them having fun?
My question would be what part of the gator do you watch if they are going to attack? Is there a sign before they attack or a certain movement they will do before? I will never try it out on any gator but I am curious though. Thank you for what you do! I love learning about them.
What are the odds there was a caveman Chris doing tours with his big wolf and educating others how it's still a wild animal 😅
I wanna know more about their senses. What’s their hearing like underwater? Is it the same underwater, what’s their hearing like when it’s raining? What are they thinking when there’s a big storm happening? What colors do they see? Can they tell if gators or people have diseases or have cancer? What’s their smell like out of water and under water? Talk more about their eyes. I’m fascinated with their eyes. I wish I could see thru the eyes of a gator for one day
domestication takes like thousands of years, generations after generations
Anyone else see the lizard head bobbing in the backround 😂
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I'm curious as to what you would do if Casper wanted to turn around and snap at you I noticed that you do not have your sick that you generally use what would your defense be?
You can hang with a gator. But a croc? No way.
Anybody else see the big lizard in background?
I really enjoyed the video. I would love to work with Gators and crocodiles. I think they are beautiful animals. I'm confused though. Have you heard of the gator named Wally?
I love it. Thank you for explaining the domestication however, it my belief that no animal is truly “domesticated” meaning we can not remove “wild” instincts.
You should debate the guy with an alligator support animal that he lets swim with children! He's a baby right now ;but dude is convinced (and convinces parents) his alligator is domesticated and friendly to humans.
things can only end bad ,,,,,,your in there space,,,
It's tough because the expression on their face never changes. It's I'M GONNA DEATH ROLL YOU or I'm just gonna boop you and hope you feed me. I would NOT roll those Darwin dice.
Always a toothy smile!
Hey Chris I’m really really curious idk if it’s rare but would you work with a Black or Grizzly Bear if so which one?
I used to work with polar bears. Lovely animals.
@@TheBridgesYouBurn wow! In what capacity did you work with them?
I’ve never had the opportunity to, but wouldn’t turn it down
Is it not a bad idea to splash the water near him? Wouldn't that potentially cause him to snap at you?
If Chris presented like a prey item, Casper would attack him. In fact, the video he releases before this one answers that. 😉 As long as Chris is staying alert though, it should be fine.
But he's your buddy and you love him❤
Imagine starting a breeding programme 🤔🤔
Does Casper ever have a bad day, where he is tough to work with?
Will Casper bite you if your face or hand is right next to his jaws from the side near his eyes? Or even touching it. Since that is where his vision is best.
Sometimes he tries
Curious... I wonder just how dramatically an alligators appearance would change if you did domesticate them. Like... a pug and a chihuahua are SO different in appearance and physiology from its ancestor wolf. I wonder if a domesticated alligator might resemble that of an axolotol 😅😅😅😅
How big is Casper is he the biggest or is it Seven will they grow anymore
thought the thumbnail was a scene from Team America
Very interesting! But would it really be possible to domesticate animals that dont have a social or "loving" nature ftom the start? Like wolves have in the wild a pack dynamic/collaboration to hunt and raise pups, etc. that can explain what human saw in them, and what behaviors and traits they wanted to reinforce. But if it is not in the nature of the animal, could you really breed a relation into being? Also, most animal we domesticated, except dogs and cats, are not predators.
would you consider some iguanas domesticated/partial . we are far passed at least 45 generations of selective breeding esspecially on the endangered in the wild spieces.
I wonder how walley gator got so sweet.
So there's an eventually a chance in a couple hundred years to have a swamp pupper lol
If someone was trying to make it, maybe lol
That possible
That’s not possible
Male alligators are sexually around 10-11 years, females around 15 years. I think the fox domestication experiment took 40-50 generations. Speculating that an alligator domestication program would take 600 years? What gains would there be to domesticated alligators?
You could have a 'Guard Alligator' sign on your window! lol
Big water puppies?
What is the extent of their training? What else is it possible to train them to do except recognizing their name and cover over?
Would you say you have developed a friendship or understanding with Casper? He’s very comfortable with you in his space it’s insane- does your comparative size have anything to do with this?
If you didn’t work with him for a while would he forget the training and not treat you the same?
A question about domestication. Let's say that humans domesticated Alligators, there would be obvious changes, likely changing the sharpness of teeth and such, also likely changes in the way they look and the hardness of their scale, or something that softens the Alligator. But also, wouldn't there be a problem in them developing a relationship with a human. Because as crude as it is as example, they sound as though they are sociopathic or psychopathic -- meaning simply that relationships are built on what is best for the Gator in that relationship, what the Gator get's out of the relationship. So, in that regard, wouldn't be very difficult to breed 'love' into a Gator. Domestication is relatively simply (not easy, just intellectually simple) in animals like dogs, or gibbons, or even beavers. This seems as though we would have to breed Alligators to be social. Something like a Lion might not be a monogamous animal, but it is certainly social. Another issue arises due to purpose. Dogs were domesticated for hunting, cats seem to have been domesticated as a friend (and they have the attitude of a friend), Horses domesticated for travel and power, but why would we want to domesticate Alligators (They are cute but they serve no purpose in domestication). Even if it is possible, which believe it to be - why? I think if someone were to make a case for domestication, then they would have to say why, because the resources to domesticate, the time, the turn, in our lifetimes we could breed 10 generations maximum, meaning at Alligators could be tamed and domesticated in 500 years. the seems to be a possibility that could reduce. lets say we can bring that maturity down from 10 to 3 years, as we have seen change in cats. Domesticated cats can breed at four-eight months compared to wild cats at 3-5 years. We are still looking at about 33 generations in about 100 years.
I would like to know more about why they can’t love in the sense that we know. Like why they can’t love humans? Is it solely to do with their nature, like the fact that they’re predators? If so, is it the same for other predators like tigers etc?
😅😅😅 From wild wolf with the capability to kill you and all the majestic allure of a unicorn to barely breathing with mouth open little pug 😂😂😂
These are fascinating facts however by saying all that Chris can you please go in detail about how that one lady Idk if you heard who is raising a baby alligator as a pet, dressing it up and showcasing it to kids on Christmas like Santa clause? by doing that, is it POSSIBLE to train it at that point as like a pet ie. dog/cat who are domesticated?...this is a baby croc mind you, so I don't know where it came from but it apparently don't know its environment because its been under this woman's care for a minute...will that gator grow up tamed and trained or it would or possibly turn on her if provoked since these creatures are not friendly animals in general. I mean, she kisses it, cuddles it, she somehow won the case to keep it as a pet so 🫠😰 I need answers, will she be alright in the long run lol doing this.
So, when he's bigger, you want get in the pool with him
Fyi.. dingos are not descended from dogs, or wolves. Their closest ancestors are ancestors of wolves also. So more like cousins to wolves. So they were not in fact “rewilded” they were never domesticated and have been in Australia for over 10,000 years.
Honestly I know you said it would be possible to domesticate them with enough time over several lifetimes, but I can't help but wonder if that's really true or not. Them being reptiles definitely adds unique challenges you don't get from mammals but that aside you'd essentially be fighting the genetic makeup of a creature that's remained fairly robust through millions of years of evolution with very little changes, the time it would take to breed those kinds of instincts out of it may simply be untenable and even if you could it leaves the question that by the time you managed it if they would have to change so much that they would be unrecognizable as what we would define as an alligator at that point.
There’s a guy literally letting the public handle an adult alligator like it’s a puppy. It’s hours emotional support animal. He tried to bring it to some sporting event
If you had been around Casper his entire life, even as a hatchling, would he exhibit any different behaviors around you/be more tolerant with you than he is around you now? I understand that no matter what the relationship is an attack is very much possible regardless, but does the length of the relationship even matter when it comes to a gators tolerance?
Likely different but still a wild animal with all its instincts
I just hope we dont do some crazy stuff in the future and try to do some genetically engineered stuff to wild animals brains to try to domesticate them to be obedient to humans.
I think I saw a 'Thunderbirds' episode like that - 'Attack of the Alligators'!