That first close-up on the alligator's snout was incredible. It got my heart racing. Some part of my mind was telling me fight or flight, I've never felt that before from a TH-cam video. I'm so surprised how relaxed and almost docile the crocodile and alligator were with you. Gave me goosebumps!
This is incredible. The only two species of crocodile and alligator that overlap territories like this, and you got to see two impressive sized specimens just chilling together!
Just found your channel today and have been bingeing your videos. Awesome footage and content. Born and bred South Floridian here- thank you for all you do to help our gators! ✌️🐊💕
I live in Saltwater Crocodile country in Darwin Australia. We also have smaller freshwater Crocs who are relatively non aggressive and far smaller. It amazes me that an animal that size is so non aggressive, and that they are cohabitating together. This goes against all the typical behaviour of our salties. What a privilege to get so close to such impressive animals. They are beauties.
This is a chance that no one should be willing to take. In Seconds... his life can be gone and nothing can be done about it. An encounter with a Gator is always unforgiving. Id change to a non suicidal line of profession.
Up until recently there was plenty of food to go around in the Florida Everglades so perhaps they evolved with no need to be so aggressive with so much abundance. However now with the rise invasive specie in the swamp this could change.
As a third-generation Floridian, I appreciate your videography and narration. The largest alligator I have the pleasure of being around was only about10 feet long. I live in the Nature Coast area now and we have several alligators that venture out to the Gulf, one that is fond of following my wife and I while we wade fish. They are amazing creatures and deserve respect, as you mentioned.
Thank you for sharing. I’d never risk getting into a situation like that so thank you for posting this. What an amazing experience you had! You are a beast!
What a video!!!!! Thank you for sharing that awesome experience. The photos are just breathtaking. The only point I got anxiety was when you went into the pipe ...eh...no way! Thanks again and keep up the great work. A kiss for Casper x
Most intriguing footage of gators/Crocs I have ever seen. Normally voids of them are from the pov from bank or boat so only see top of the animal. In the water with crov and gator with this pov had me in awe. So beautiful. Amazing !
Am I the only one mortified?! 😩 he got so close and he's in their terf, man! I was scared for you! Absolutely wild footage. I'm curious about your safety protocol.
@@ChristelVinot That figure is for its entire range, throughout Latin America. People do some really dumb stuff down there, like feeding them from docks and riverbanks.
That was amazingly awesome. I live here in Florida all my life and I just love going out and seeing them in the wild the alligators and crocodiles. I just like to sit and watch them sit on the banks or see them the water. It's really something to see em in person especially when they're big. It blows my mind every time I see them. I love them so.
I’m surprised only you and me commented on this! A decade (10 yrs) is NOT a long time at all to be studying and learning how to move around these apex predators. You have to consider that the first few years he wasn’t swimming with them. It was probably more of learning about them on his terms. I just think this was really really stupid. Especially with no oxygen. But, then again, some people don’t mind having around 60 large teeth that produce over 4,000 lbs of pressure per square inch, tear into their flesh while 1,000 lbs of apex animal brutally rips and rolls their body under water, tearing off limbs. Hopefully, for their sake they drown rather quickly after the first deathrolll… But, HEY!! At least they were doing what they loved 🥰
I agree that wouldn’t be my thing diving to those wild dinosaurs. I’m not an expert …but I think it’s just a question of time until you become food doing stuff like that so be careful as always.
Awesome footage. Great job! As a nearly lifelong central Floridian & avid fisherman/outdoorsman since 1969, I also have a lot of personal experience with alligators. One thing I would like to point out when attempting to educate people about the differences between the American Alligator & American Crocodile, that I believe is a great help for differentiating the two species, is that a gator's snout looks much like a duck's bill. And if I'm not mistaken, wildlife biologists actually call it a bill. I think the gator's "bill" would really stand out in the mind's of people trying to learn the differences in appearance.
Im sorry... im a Floridian too... I do not think its important AT ALL to know the difference in 2 Absolute Killing Machines!!! I did not pass my Boy Scouts 2nd Class badge to become a 1st Class Boyscout bcz to get my Swimming Merit Badge, the test was to drop me in the middle of a pond and swim back to land. The water was murky and you could not see the bottom. THAT WAS A HARD N FOR ME!!! Keep the Swimming Merit Badge, i am ok with being alive with all my limbs as a 2nd Class boyscout.
@@123antknee Hey, that's YOUR opinion. If you don't want TO LEARN how to easily & simply spot the stark differences between a gator and a croc, will, that's fine. But I still don't understand why you feel the need to push your paranoid outlook on me, when all I did was list THE BEST WAY to easily & quickly spot the difference between these 2 giant lizards. Did I ever say "Jump in the water, dive down to get a much closer look at each, to see this difference"??? NO, I did not. Lastly, I DO have a healthy respect for these animals, I DO keep my distance from larger gators ( we don't even have crocs up here in central Florida, they are only found in south Florida )..........but that doesn't mean I'm going to freak out every time I see a huge gator in an area that I'm fishing from inside my boat. And ya know why? BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT "THE CRAZED KILLING MACHINES" THAT YOU ARE PLAYING THEM UP TO BE. Common sense goes a long way man.
@@howabouthetruth2157 So do you think they'd attack you if you were in a boat and fell in? Honestly. I'm just curious. Or what if you just went swimming in the water? That might sound like a dumb question. I use to live in S. Florida and miss the heck out of it. So beautiful there.
This is one of the coolest videos i have ever seen!!! My natural instincts are going crazy when ur filming those ancient beasts close up!!! I really feel it in my bones that i want to go far away from them! :D But in the same time they look so cool and amazing! Really cool video!
Amazing experience, I am out of words! Your knowledge on gators and crocodiles is huge, I wish one day to come and see Casper🐊 best wishes from Italy 🇮🇹
Wow! So incredible & so happy you saw them both. Pics at the end are gorgeous! So compared to Seven, how big were they? Oh and it looks like the crocodile has less osteoderms, is that normal or it just looks different?
Such a professional looking video too the colors of everything were just beautiful you definitely captured the beauty and serenity of these Jurassic looking beasts just AWESOME
Wish You had Filmed the Scene Above The water to Show what the Whole Setting Looks like. Like the Old Swimming hole where Everyone is up top having a great time But Down on the Bottom someone Is Sleeping in the Murk. Whole setting so people can know What kind of areas to watch out for.🐊
I am so shocked this video doesn't have 3m+ views this footage is 10/10 5 star quality!!! better than anything on TV relating to alligators. just wow!!
There's just something so horrific yet amazing about a massive reptile that's just motionless. Just sitting there with no sign of being a living thing. At least until the point of lunging and biting.
I find this so interesting you could never be this close to a wild lion or tiger but actually in the water with a crocodile or alligator you got less chance of surviving.
"They are not like people; they don't kill each other just for looking different." Sad, and even sadder that this will never change for us human beings.
It's arguably more common for humans to get along than kill eachother though. And it is usually governments or leaders of some kind (religious etc) who foster that hatred. People all over the world are for the most part good people.
Out of this world footage totally awesome encounter wow!!!both seemed like they were very chilled but hiding in the mud! !well done Chris !!!! Really scarey eyes so green and pearly white teeth!💯💟🌈 but very skilful work like something out of Jurassic park movie lol interesting to see the detailed differences of croc and gator 🐊🐊🐊 congrats guys
Hello! Can you please do a video on what to do when you see an alligator/crocodile/sharks coming towards you in the water? I work for a hull cleaning company in south Florida and we have to look out for gators/crocs/sharks all the time. Thank you!
Carry a hand grenade man, jokes aside leave that job immediately. Such biological hazard are hard to contained. Bring a spear gun if u must or a flare.
This is incredible. This footage you captured is honestly one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen. Why are they not attacking you? It’s blowing my mind
Honestly its just luck that hes not being attacked. Hes a professional and can read their behavior better than most but even with the warning signs of an aggresive animal like that in the water there is no chance of escape. Also the element of random encounters such as bumping in to a hidden croc or gator adds more dangerous luck. It just happens to be at the time of filming that those animanls werent hungry or feeling aggressive, which i am happy to see.
so amazing. to think these things basically lived with dinosaurs and endless other life forms to come before humans and still very similar to millenia ago since they are perfectly designed for how they survive and thrive!!! hope i can do something like this some day
@@genabargay4391 nah they're crocodilians, but lived at the same time. the only existing dinosaurs are avian now. still, very similar predators and haven't changed much if at all since then
Dude you are insane! Even with 10 years of experience I wouldn't even think about getting into the same water with a crocodile and an alligator..oh hell no! I don't even swim in water where there are fish let alone crocodiles or alligators! I'll stick to swimming in a pool thank you. You can have all the dangerous fun you want ...I'm good! Lol 😏😊 🏊🏼♀️🐊🐊
This was awesome!!! BREATHTAKING!!!😁Two magnificent Apex predators just chillin 😎. I have heard Chris say Shark diving can be rather calming, or relaxing, and I have actually felt strangely relaxed while watching some of y’all’s Shark diving videos, and I was wondering if it’s the same swimming with wild Alligators, and Crocodiles? Thanks so much for sharing this amazing experience 😁
In the 70s, when I was tiny and obsessed with alligators, the American Crocodile had fewer than a dozen known nesting sites. When i lived in Florida in the late 80s, early 90s, seeing a wild croc was unheard of. Even many of the parks did not have a native croc in their pens. As soon as COVID dies down to a manageable level, I've got to get down for a visit.
Wow! What a footage. Just wanna know if that wider design of the jaws from an alligator exerts higher bite forces, compared with a crocodile's? I know the saltwater croc has the largest extant bite force, but may be for its huge size. How about force per kg?
Bite force in crocodilians is usually proportionate to body size and largely independent of snout shape. Instead, snout shape will determine how well a species can handle those pressures, therefore having implications for behavior (can also affect things like side to side/up down movement when attempting to bite or locate food and sense surroundings). The Alligator and American croc will have similar bite forces at the same size, but the alligator’s blunter snout and teeth will resist the stresses from biting that hard better. That makes it somewhat safer for it eat stronger/harder prey and less likely to suffer major structural injuries during combat with other alligators.
How do you do this?!!? It took me 3 sittings and two pairs of under ware to get through the whole thing. Mad respect for this, its a side to gators I haven't seen before, but can you share the safety protocols you have in place for things like these? Do you bring a knife or anything?
@@dundeeecroc I saw this when the vid first came out, but I’m revisiting and just have to say that this is literally not true. There’s nothing special about the circumstances which allows him to be “safer”. It’s incredibly dangerous even with Chris’s vast experience. His “safety protocol” is excellent knowledge and understanding of crocodilians and their behavior. He knows the best way to act around them, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. And his successful encounters that are peaceful aren’t due to some fancy trick.
While the buzz is certainly an aspect of this profession, I'm sure I can say with certainty that Chris doesn't do this for the buzz. Mostly for education and just a love for the creatures.
So cool!! Random question? Was the croc missing an eye? Also anyone know why American Crocodiles have the two holes on the premaxilla? Like I know the teeth fit in there but what could be a beneficial adaption for having that?
Those holes are caused by the anterior dentary teeth wearing through the jaw as the animals age, afaik. The holes are also present in some Caimans, but I’m unsure whether or not they are caused by wear as well. Some species, like Saltwater Crocs, will even lose a couple of small teeth through ontogeny via a similar process. I’ll have to read up in the literature a little more now.
@@Dynotop1a Hey Cliff, this is @RedheadRex from Twitter! I can't believe I found a fellow paleo nerd out in the wild internet. I guess I shouldn't be surprised based on the video being on crocs. Thank you for your insight!!
@@onefortheages5983 TH-cam and Twitter notifs have been acting up for me lately, so I didn’t see until now, but this is pretty cool! Definitely enjoy your Twitter posts and art! I appreciate the follow too, even though I mostly just retweet stuff.
This is insane! Awesome video
This shit giving me goosebumps 😨
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Is this a good full bod y 5 minute dynamic workout before weightlifting?
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I dunno how this guy is able to swim with those Giant balls weighing him down.
@@jimmystaddon4252 he legit shows himself holding the camera multiple times bro 😐
@@jimmystaddon4252 How to be dumb in the comments 101
TH-cam comment of the year for 2021. Damn shame they don't hand out a 🏆 for that category because it would be yours hands down 😂🤣
I'm from Florida and we're not even this ballsy. But we do keep them as pets. However it's nuts to just jump in with the wild ones.
😂😂😂
He's from Florida, should be stated for everyone wondering if this is normal human behaviour.
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Lol yep this kinda thing definitely takes Florida man guts 😅 the rest of us mere mortals would not be able to do it!
florida...the australia of america. (:
@@awishforpeaceinthevoid9653🎯 the accuracy!😂
Well i mean, that's his channel name tho
That first close-up on the alligator's snout was incredible. It got my heart racing. Some part of my mind was telling me fight or flight, I've never felt that before from a TH-cam video. I'm so surprised how relaxed and almost docile the crocodile and alligator were with you. Gave me goosebumps!
Lol
He just ate
Maybe cus your last name is an animal 🤔🐑
My bad.. he is indeed up close.. this diver must be out of his mind..
@@camping11 they must not have been hungry.
You deserve many awards for your work with these majestic creatures, you’ve shown the world that they can also be peaceful.
This is incredible. The only two species of crocodile and alligator that overlap territories like this, and you got to see two impressive sized specimens just chilling together!
well there's only one other species of gator and there basically extinct in the wild thanks to china
I like how he said no one has been killed by an alligator in Florida that’s big bs
@@friedchicken894 He said Crocodile...
@@friedchicken894 A crocodile not an alligator, how about listen for once lmao
@@beningram-eiser6121 caimans are technically alligators since they fall under their branch
This is incredible. I’ve never seen anything like this on documentaries, not with this clarity and perfect narration.
This dude is insane. I've always heard the water is the last place you want to meet an alligator or crocodile.
And what youve heard is true
Just found your channel today and have been bingeing your videos. Awesome footage and content. Born and bred South Floridian here- thank you for all you do to help our gators! ✌️🐊💕
Thank you!
Eerie how quiet and peaceful it is down there even while crocodiles could be silently creeping up on you from any direction
Proof again that the "man with the camera" is immune to all kind of harms
😂😂😂😂😂 camera increases plot armor +100
@@prodigyj8395 😂😂
I live in Saltwater Crocodile country in Darwin Australia. We also have smaller freshwater Crocs who are relatively non aggressive and far smaller. It amazes me that an animal that size is so non aggressive, and that they are cohabitating together. This goes against all the typical behaviour of our salties. What a privilege to get so close to such impressive animals. They are beauties.
🥳🥳🥳🥳Darwin 🥳🥳🥳hello fellow Darwiner xxx
This is a chance that no one should be willing to take. In Seconds... his life can be gone and nothing can be done about it. An encounter with a Gator is always unforgiving. Id change to a non suicidal line of profession.
Up until recently there was plenty of food to go around in the Florida Everglades so perhaps they evolved with no need to be so aggressive with so much abundance. However now with the rise invasive specie in the swamp this could change.
I love Darwin
Haha yeah nah, not getting anywhere near that close in Australia
As a large crocodilian I appreciate your content!
As a third-generation Floridian, I appreciate your videography and narration. The largest alligator I have the pleasure of being around was only about10 feet long. I live in the Nature Coast area now and we have several alligators that venture out to the Gulf, one that is fond of following my wife and I while we wade fish. They are amazing creatures and deserve respect, as you mentioned.
Thank you for sharing. I’d never risk getting into a situation like that so thank you for posting this. What an amazing experience you had! You are a beast!
Florida is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles co-exist together.
Awesome experience
Love how you got so close to alligator but was bit cautious around the croc
Amazing. You pretty much experienced a primordial time capsule that would have probably looked exactly the same 50 million years ago.
Very neat perspective you gave this video, thank you.
Except for the coke can…..lol
At twice the scale
They're made so perfect they seemingly haven't evolved much from what o can tell
Tell that to crabs 🦀
Amazing footage and bravery too - I wouldn't feel anywhere near safe hovering around these equally amazing creatures.
It's amazing that you were able to capture footage an alligator and crocodile just chilling in the bottom of murky water so close to each other...
Chris, that was just amazing. What a beautiful encounter you had.
What a video!!!!! Thank you for sharing that awesome experience. The photos are just breathtaking. The only point I got anxiety was when you went into the pipe ...eh...no way!
Thanks again and keep up the great work. A kiss for Casper x
I rarely comment on anything but this is monumental. Getting incredible footage of the different species. Well done!
Most intriguing footage of gators/Crocs I have ever seen. Normally voids of them are from the pov from bank or boat so only see top of the animal. In the water with crov and gator with this pov had me in awe. So beautiful. Amazing !
Am I the only one mortified?! 😩 he got so close and he's in their terf, man! I was scared for you!
Absolutely wild footage. I'm curious about your safety protocol.
I'm mortified at the false information he gives.... zero croc deaths in the US, and non aggressive? This is all false information.
@@ChristelVinot He said no Human deaths from the American Crocodile in Florida, but he still said they are treated as dangerous.
@@paddlefar9175 But there have been human deaths. 20 deaths alone just between the years 2008 and 2013...
@@ChristelVinot That figure is for its entire range, throughout Latin America. People do some really dumb stuff down there, like feeding them from docks and riverbanks.
Big difference from a provoked attack and unprovoked. Now swimming right next to a croc.. that could be considered as provoked.
That was amazingly awesome. I live here in Florida all my life and I just love going out and seeing them in the wild the alligators and crocodiles. I just like to sit and watch them sit on the banks or see them the water. It's really something to see em in person especially when they're big. It blows my mind every time I see them. I love them so.
For this guys comfort, I was expecting 'whole life' as the time he's been doing this. 10 yrs, he's a rather ambitious learner.
I’m surprised only you and me commented on this! A decade (10 yrs) is NOT a long time at all to be studying and learning how to move around these apex predators. You have to consider that the first few years he wasn’t swimming with them. It was probably more of learning about them on his terms. I just think this was really really stupid. Especially with no oxygen. But, then again,
some people don’t mind having around 60 large teeth that produce over 4,000 lbs of pressure per square inch, tear into their flesh while 1,000 lbs of apex animal brutally rips and rolls their body under water, tearing off limbs. Hopefully, for their sake they drown rather quickly after the first deathrolll… But, HEY!! At least they were doing what they loved 🥰
WOW!!! That is truly amazing! It is such a privilege to have seen both of these large animals at the same time and the same place in person! 🐊
Impressive and you got balls of steel...but your pushing your luck.
He knows what he's doing tough..
You just make my week with this footage. They're so breathtakingly beautiful!
You’re a legend. Floridas so lucky too have you. I loved the 16 ft python catch aswell
Completely insane! Thank you for bringing it to us!!
I agree that wouldn’t be my thing diving to those wild dinosaurs. I’m not an expert …but I think it’s just a question of time until you become food doing stuff like that so be careful as always.
He’s the next Steve Irwin.
Awesome footage. Great job! As a nearly lifelong central Floridian & avid fisherman/outdoorsman since 1969, I also have a lot of personal experience with alligators. One thing I would like to point out when attempting to educate people about the differences between the American Alligator & American Crocodile, that I believe is a great help for differentiating the two species, is that a gator's snout looks much like a duck's bill. And if I'm not mistaken, wildlife biologists actually call it a bill. I think the gator's "bill" would really stand out in the mind's of people trying to learn the differences in appearance.
That's how i learned to differentiate them. If the snout looks roundish it's a alligator.
Im sorry... im a Floridian too... I do not think its important AT ALL to know the difference in 2 Absolute Killing Machines!!!
I did not pass my Boy Scouts 2nd Class badge to become a 1st Class Boyscout bcz to get my Swimming Merit Badge,
the test was to drop me in the middle of a pond and swim back to land. The water was murky and you could not see the bottom.
THAT WAS A HARD N FOR ME!!! Keep the Swimming Merit Badge, i am ok with being alive with all my limbs as a 2nd Class boyscout.
@@123antknee Hey, that's YOUR opinion. If you don't want TO LEARN how to easily & simply spot the stark differences between a gator and a croc, will, that's fine. But I still don't understand why you feel the need to push your paranoid outlook on me, when all I did was list THE BEST WAY to easily & quickly spot the difference between these 2 giant lizards. Did I ever say "Jump in the water, dive down to get a much closer look at each, to see this difference"??? NO, I did not. Lastly, I DO have a healthy respect for these animals, I DO keep my distance from larger gators ( we don't even have crocs up here in central Florida, they are only found in south Florida )..........but that doesn't mean I'm going to freak out every time I see a huge gator in an area that I'm fishing from inside my boat. And ya know why? BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT "THE CRAZED KILLING MACHINES" THAT YOU ARE PLAYING THEM UP TO BE. Common sense goes a long way man.
@@123antknee interesting story. That's crazy they'd expect that of you. Seriously.
@@howabouthetruth2157 So do you think they'd attack you if you were in a boat and fell in? Honestly. I'm just curious. Or what if you just went swimming in the water? That might sound like a dumb question. I use to live in S. Florida and miss the heck out of it. So beautiful there.
My entire body just had chills the entire time. What an amazing video, thank you.
This is the greatest channel on TH-cam, thanks Chris
Phenomenal video! I held my breath watching it. It was exciting, scary and amazing. Loved it. Glad you are safe!
This channel is crazy!
You are absolutely incredible, experienced, professional and amazing!
This video has me sold. What a channel. Excited to follow and check your work out!
Awesome Chris!! You got the dive of a lifetime. Alligator and Croc in the same video
I’m in complete awe😀😀 what an incredible moment for you Chris!
This is one of the coolest videos i have ever seen!!! My natural instincts are going crazy when ur filming those ancient beasts close up!!! I really feel it in my bones that i want to go far away from them! :D But in the same time they look so cool and amazing! Really cool video!
One of the greatest videos on TH-cam I have ever seen! Absolutely brilliant
Amazing experience, I am out of words! Your knowledge on gators and crocodiles is huge, I wish one day to come and see Casper🐊 best wishes from Italy 🇮🇹
You’re crazy going in that water! How are you not terrified?
I've never found interest in crocs or allis.... now I do. Great Video! Very informative and speaks a lot about what they really go through.
Best channel on TH-cam. Unrelenting respect for your devotion and respect to animals.
I was on the edge of my seat! Wow Chris! What an experience!!!!
Wow! So incredible & so happy you saw them both. Pics at the end are gorgeous! So compared to Seven, how big were they? Oh and it looks like the crocodile has less osteoderms, is that normal or it just looks different?
Awesome! My two favorites; an alligator and a crocodile in the same area just feet from each other!! 🥰
Amazing! Thank you so much for your research and sharing this video!
That was awesome, I hope you'll let us know what you find out about the croc! I'm happy that you got to have such a cool experience💚
So happy for you Chris.... what a great find and you were the guy to find it 🐊🐊
Amazing watch, thank you
Dude.. cameraman will never get hurt!! That's why you're still alive
Such a professional looking video too the colors of everything were just beautiful you definitely captured the beauty and serenity of these Jurassic looking beasts just AWESOME
Wish You had Filmed the Scene Above
The water to Show what the Whole
Setting Looks like.
Like the Old Swimming hole where
Everyone is up top having a great time
But Down on the Bottom someone
Is Sleeping in the Murk.
Whole setting so people can know
What kind of areas to watch out for.🐊
I absolutely Love your excitement for these kinds of things I have the absolute same feeling!!! Youre the luckiest guy in the world :D
I am so shocked this video doesn't have 3m+ views this footage is 10/10 5 star quality!!! better than anything on TV relating to alligators. just wow!!
This was amazing. I was nervous for you being so close. They are very unpredictable. Glad you were careful. Thanks again for the experience. 😃
There's just something so horrific yet amazing about a massive reptile that's just motionless. Just sitting there with no sign of being a living thing. At least until the point of lunging and biting.
I find this so interesting you could never be this close to a wild lion or tiger but actually in the water with a crocodile or alligator you got less chance of surviving.
"They are not like people; they don't kill each other just for looking different." Sad, and even sadder that this will never change for us human beings.
It's arguably more common for humans to get along than kill eachother though. And it is usually governments or leaders of some kind (religious etc) who foster that hatred. People all over the world are for the most part good people.
@@cholst1 Racism is pushed at every level the government just has resources to act on it.
I’m loving this channel.
Crazy how you get sooo close to it like you trying to find out How strong the bite force is of it with your body lol
Whaaaat!!! Bro this is crazy!!!! Legend my guy pure legend!!
THis is very educational for fishing. Thank you for showing us the underwater activities.
This was nuts!!! That footage was incredible 😍
Out of this world footage totally awesome encounter wow!!!both seemed like they were very chilled but hiding in the mud! !well done Chris !!!! Really scarey eyes so green and pearly white teeth!💯💟🌈 but very skilful work like something out of Jurassic park movie lol interesting to see the detailed differences of croc and gator 🐊🐊🐊 congrats guys
So amazing definitely love crocs and alligators but idk if I could swim with them but more power to you 🙌
This is deserved million views,awesome video !!!
I was terrified the entire time I watched this, but they are beautiful animals, and I'm glad YOU had this experience :)
Hello! Can you please do a video on what to do when you see an alligator/crocodile/sharks coming towards you in the water? I work for a hull cleaning company in south Florida and we have to look out for gators/crocs/sharks all the time. Thank you!
Carry a hand grenade man, jokes aside leave that job immediately. Such biological hazard are hard to contained. Bring a spear gun if u must or a flare.
Amazing video. So happy for you that you got to experience this and so appreciate you sharing it with us.
First few seconds of the video and its already crazy how brave this guy is to swim with such beautiful creatures
Wow...that was incredible. Thank you.
This is incredible. This footage you captured is honestly one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen. Why are they not attacking you? It’s blowing my mind
They probably are resting from meal time.
Honestly its just luck that hes not being attacked. Hes a professional and can read their behavior better than most but even with the warning signs of an aggresive animal like that in the water there is no chance of escape. Also the element of random encounters such as bumping in to a hidden croc or gator adds more dangerous luck. It just happens to be at the time of filming that those animanls werent hungry or feeling aggressive, which i am happy to see.
What part of Florida is this ? Must be South Florida near the glades where there are Alligators and crocodiles?
so amazing. to think these things basically lived with dinosaurs and endless other life forms to come before humans and still very similar to millenia ago since they are perfectly designed for how they survive and thrive!!! hope i can do something like this some day
They are dinosaurs!
@@genabargay4391 nah they're crocodilians, but lived at the same time. the only existing dinosaurs are avian now. still, very similar predators and haven't changed much if at all since then
What a video! Watched the entire thing. Amazing footage! Well done sir 👏
The algae, visible growing on the croc in the final minute of the clip, make it look so incredibly prehistoric! Amazing footage! Congrats!
How old would you guess these 2 big boys are? Thanks, amazing video!
Dude you are insane! Even with 10 years of experience I wouldn't even think about getting into the same water with a crocodile and an alligator..oh hell no! I don't even swim in water where there are fish let alone crocodiles or alligators! I'll stick to swimming in a pool thank you. You can have all the dangerous fun you want ...I'm good! Lol 😏😊
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@@scientistjam9318 10 years of experience avoiding water lmao
@@namelessking111 avoiding fucking crocodiles lol. This is really cool but really dumb, to each their own. Man is lucky.
The pool sucks anyways, like swimming in a public bathroom. Pass.
@@locifer696 - Um dude I was talking about my own swimming pool not a public one...eewe! 😒🤮
You and I bro! That's the only swimming I do. The ocean frightens me just as much!
Awesome man. This is so refreshing great work.
My heart started pounding like crazy by just watching it on a screen... not even fullscreen.
This was awesome!!! BREATHTAKING!!!😁Two magnificent Apex predators just chillin 😎. I have heard Chris say Shark diving can be rather calming, or relaxing, and I have actually felt strangely relaxed while watching some of y’all’s Shark diving videos, and I was wondering if it’s the same swimming with wild Alligators, and Crocodiles? Thanks so much for sharing this amazing experience 😁
Swimming with sharks and gators relaxing?? You've got to be kidding and delirious!! Right?? Which one is it?
I don't know how one can be so sure that an alligator won't attack. what if the alligator is hungry? how do you know?
Just awesome! I never thought I would see this! Never!! Thank you so much for this!!..😎
In the 70s, when I was tiny and obsessed with alligators, the American Crocodile had fewer than a dozen known nesting sites. When i lived in Florida in the late 80s, early 90s, seeing a wild croc was unheard of. Even many of the parks did not have a native croc in their pens. As soon as COVID dies down to a manageable level, I've got to get down for a visit.
Wow! What a footage. Just wanna know if that wider design of the jaws from an alligator exerts higher bite forces, compared with a crocodile's? I know the saltwater croc has the largest extant bite force, but may be for its huge size. How about force per kg?
Bite force in crocodilians is usually proportionate to body size and largely independent of snout shape.
Instead, snout shape will determine how well a species can handle those pressures, therefore having implications for behavior (can also affect things like side to side/up down movement when attempting to bite or locate food and sense surroundings).
The Alligator and American croc will have similar bite forces at the same size, but the alligator’s blunter snout and teeth will resist the stresses from biting that hard better.
That makes it somewhat safer for it eat stronger/harder prey and less likely to suffer major structural injuries during combat with other alligators.
@@Dynotop1a I thought it was the Alligator that had the more pointed snout and the Crocodile that had the blunter wider snout.
Brass balls, Bro! Nicely done.
You my friend is the definition of loco! Great video and narration.
Omg obsessed with your videos!
How do you do this?!!? It took me 3 sittings and two pairs of under ware to get through the whole thing. Mad respect for this, its a side to gators I haven't seen before, but can you share the safety protocols you have in place for things like these? Do you bring a knife or anything?
The water is cold and they are in a semi hibernation mode.
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I saw this when the vid first came out, but I’m revisiting and just have to say that this is literally not true.
There’s nothing special about the circumstances which allows him to be “safer”. It’s incredibly dangerous even with Chris’s vast experience.
His “safety protocol” is excellent knowledge and understanding of crocodilians and their behavior.
He knows the best way to act around them, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe.
And his successful encounters that are peaceful aren’t due to some fancy trick.
Just wondering how close do you get when you take those close ups? Is that mostly zoom or do you literally get right next to them?
You can see in the vid when he spots the beast its in full frame and he swims right up to it's nose. No zoom!
@@iii978 what?
Frick- that guy is going to die like that someday.
Nice video. Well
Made. Good job explaining everything.
Excellent! Just excellent! Your excitement is so fun!,
Epic indeed, but how can you be sure they won't attack? Is the buzz worth the risk ultimately?
This is how Chris chooses to live his life.
@@FloridasWildest Absolutely, and I admire him for it. It's incredible for me to see someone swim with animals of that kind and feel safe at all.
While the buzz is certainly an aspect of this profession, I'm sure I can say with certainty that Chris doesn't do this for the buzz. Mostly for education and just a love for the creatures.
@@FloridasWildest Thank you for sharing your world and these beautiful animals with us
They act totally different under the water. Such fascinating animals.
So cool!! Random question? Was the croc missing an eye? Also anyone know why American Crocodiles have the two holes on the premaxilla? Like I know the teeth fit in there but what could be a beneficial adaption for having that?
Those holes are caused by the anterior dentary teeth wearing through the jaw as the animals age, afaik. The holes are also present in some Caimans, but I’m unsure whether or not they are caused by wear as well.
Some species, like Saltwater Crocs, will even lose a couple of small teeth through ontogeny via a similar process.
I’ll have to read up in the literature a little more now.
@@Dynotop1a Hey Cliff, this is @RedheadRex from Twitter! I can't believe I found a fellow paleo nerd out in the wild internet. I guess I shouldn't be surprised based on the video being on crocs. Thank you for your insight!!
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TH-cam and Twitter notifs have been acting up for me lately, so I didn’t see until now, but this is pretty cool!
Definitely enjoy your Twitter posts and art!
I appreciate the follow too, even though I mostly just retweet stuff.
So beautifully explained I enjoyed watching your video … so awesome 😎 thank you 😊
Great video Chris !