Alligators! Nature's Perfect Ambush Predator.

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Alligators truly are nature’s best ambushto hold their breath for literally hours underwater.
predators. The simple fact that they have beenNext, more quite and undetected than a stealth
existence since the age of the dinosaurs is amazing.bomber, the alligator creeps closer and closer to
Within this long period of time they have not at allit’s unsuspecting victim at the water’s
changed except that they are a little smaller. If youedge. Literally getting feet from it’s prey
can go back 100 million years ago and catch a glimpsewithout the animal knowing.
of an alligator it would look exactly the same. WithThen with the speed of a bullet lunges out and snaps
that being said they must have a pretty darn gooddown on it’s prey, using jaws lined up with
survival strategy, one that includes hunting and eatingbone crushing teeth that can exert three thousand
other living creatures.pounds of pressure per square inch. Once in these
Now I’m going to walk you through how anjaws it’s all over there is pretty much no
alligator goes about killing it’s prey, I want youescape.
to imagine being the alligator. It all starts with theThe alligator drags it’s prey underwater and
alligators ingenious natural design. At the top of theirdrowns it in minutes, and since the alligator can hold
head is their eyes and snout. So the alligator canit’s breath for and hour plus this isn’t a
completely submerge its body leaving only it’sproblem at all.
eyes and nose to scan the surrounding area.This my friends is nature’s perfect ambush
From here the alligator can very easily locatepredator. There is no other creature that has been
unweary prey that comes up to the water’susing the same hunting technique for over 100 million
edge looking for a drink. Then suddenly it vanishesyears, never once having to change a bit.
not to be seen underwater. This is where the alligator