Crocs vs. Gators: Who is King? - Ep. 6 | Untamed with Filipe DeAndrade

There she is.
Caitlin's going to see if she can snag him.
Dude, that was bonkers.
What is going on, wildlife warriors?
The Everglades in South Florida is
the only place in the world where alligators
and crocodiles coexist.
So we're going to be working with biologists, back country
guides, and wildlife handlers just
to better understand these important and iconic animals.
Alligators, crocodiles, Everglades.
It doesn't get any more primal than that.
Right now, we're heading over to meet
a wildlife trapper to help him relocate
an eight foot nuisance gator.
When people come down and feed wild animals,
they have to be relocated because they
associate people with food.
If you ask me, if you're feeding wild animals,
it should be you that's getting the boot.
But I don't get to make those decisions.
So as it stands, we got to go help
them move that gator into a sanctuary
before somebody gets bit.
So Paul's going to come up to the gator.
He's going to try to put the noose around its neck.
And he's going to come over the banks, hand me the rope,
and I'm going to have to pull this thing
up and out of the water.
And he's really putting his trust in me.
I just met the guy 20 minutes ago.
Does he have it?
Does he have it?
WOMAN: He's got it.
OK, I think he just hooked it.
You good? - Hope you're feeling strong.
Yeah. Let's do it.
[inaudible] you got it?
I got it.
Whoa.
Hell.
That is king of the swamp right there.
PAUL: I got him. - You got him?
PAUL: All right, step over. - OK.
PAUL: You ready for this?
Yeah.
PAUL: Step in, [inaudible] neck.
All your weight.
This is insane.
This is a surreal feeling, right here.
This is king of the swamp.
This is exactly why you don't feed wild animals.
Because then they have to get trapped, removed
from their natural habitat, and put in a wildlife sanctuary
before the next person that feeds them ends up as Captain
Hook of the dinner party.
All right, man.
Let's roll.
We're heading out right now with one
of the best back country guides in the Everglades.
Garl knows this water better than anyone
and about a month ago he watched a 14
foot croc eat an 8 foot gator.
We're coming up on the bank right now where he photographed
all of this happening.
All right, so we're going to go back there right
now with Garl and check out the skull from this alligator that
got dismantled by a crocodile.
You see the bite mark right in the skull.
So this is clearly an alligator skull.
The biggest way to tell the alligators apart
by the crocodiles is look how much more broad
the alligator snout is.
A crocodile's will be much longer and then narrower.
And you can see the penetration mark right there.
That's where the crocodile bit down on this alligator skull,
punctured it.
And then you could see, it was murder she wrote after that.
Yeah, we're in croc country right now.
The sun just went down.
And now is the best time to be catching crocodiles.
It's crazy to say, but we're going to be bringing them
onto the boat So that biologists can get their work done
and monitor south Florida's biggest predator.
Caitlin's going to see if she can snag him.
Oof, he is beautiful.
Caitlin snagged him.
Look at this guy.
That is over 2,000 pounds per square inch of jaw pressure
right there.
So I'm trying to say a little bit collected
and let Seth and Caitlin do their work.
Now that we got our crocodile, Caitlin and Seth
are going to be measuring it, weighing it, and checking
to see if it has any injuries.
If it doesn't already have a transmitter,
they'll give it one.
The reason this work is so important
is because the crocodiles are an indicator species.
By monitoring their health, it's easier
to know how the Everglades ecosystem is doing as a whole.
You guys are the bomb dot com.
And since we've got everything we need
from this beautiful, beautiful female,
I think it's time to let her go.
Got a little bit wet.
But what's living if you don't.
Oh, man.
That was bonkers.

Crocs vs. Gators: Who is King? - Ep. 6 | Untamed with Filipe DeAndrade

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