Maryland man captures, kills 7-foot alligator in Chesapeake Bay
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Most would expect to come across fish and crabs at Driftwood Beach in the Chesapeake Bay, but one Maryland man and his son caught a 7-foot-6-inch alligator, killed it, and they're now eating it for dinner.
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poor alligator
it was so delicious! wish there were more around these parts to hunt and eat!
Wrong! Chesapeake Bay is the northernmost range of gators. Virginia, specifically. I swear, y'all need to tell the whole truth or say nothing.
There's plenty more with that came from in Maryland and further north, you'd be very surprised.... They're much better at hiding in the north
That gator was nobody's pet, they are migrating down here. Im tellin yall.
There is absolutely no way, alligators prefer freshwater, they would not survive. It was a pet and makes me sick
@@gabriellebyczek6692 not gonna lie, the dude shouldn't kill the gator. Even that was harsh in my eyes regardless if the gator was wild of a pet of someone's.
@@shadics_minecraft8063 I never said that. As a reptile owner myself, I completely disagree with killing a gator that size. Especially it wasn't even a threat, could have been taken to a zoo or some kind of preservation/rescue.
One of my favorite reptile channels is Snake Discovery and she has a really small gator, I aspire to be like her one day. I only have several snakes as of now, I never kill wild snakes.
@@gabriellebyczek6692 ok. Same here. I disgree with the killing of the gator too. I though they were migrating down here. And its illegal to have a pet gator in the first place. Yes It should have been taken to a shelter. The origin of the gator and how it got here in Maryland is unknown (unless most people like yourself believe that it was someone’s pet).
So either someone had it as a pet or he did some traveling 🤔 either way... the best type of gator in a populated area is a dead gator. Enjoy your gator nuggets and boots.
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Alternative headline: Alligator gets lost, man murders it.
murder does not apply to non humans.
@@angelabacker1177 except dogs.
@@juankarron9215 killing a dog is cruel and inexcusable and I hate it, but murder only applies to humans.
Now I want a alligator 🐊 sandwich
praising a guy who killed a gator because it's not where it supposed to be? Why not set up away to relocate it to it's habitat. 😒
it's not an endangered species.
@@angelabacker1177 and so does that mean you have to kill it? Humans aren't endangered species and do you justify murder??? Smfh
Use some common sense. A seven foot alligator doesn't belong in the Chesapeake Bay. If you would like to personally fund relocation costs - be my guest.
@@angelabacker1177 but Disney and other humans can build on their habitat.. hmm interesting 🤔 do they belong?
@@CraftyCreationsbyJadeThis incident occurred in Maryland not Florida and the alligator was probably released by a local pet owner.
Now I feel safer to go the beach down there again. Thanks for looking out for the community 😊
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Too bad you don't know that the bay and Potomac are chock full of sharks including bull sharks.
The Chesapeake bay is one of the largest shark pupping grounds in the world. They come in and have their babies and they grow to several feet before heading out to open ocean.
The have even been caught within a few miles of DC in the Potomac River, look it up.
@@riverpirate1022 awwww too bad
@@radiancecarmen5712 Whatever this is supposed to mean....
Lol 😂 “does it taste like chicken?” She’s funny (and cute).
Gator is pretty good
Alligator taste like alligator.
Ay yes, a 10 year old ultra rare for the location dinosaur. Lets eat it and get it mounted.
I remember once they found a bull shark in the Chesapeak Bay.
There are 12 different species of shark in the Chesapeake Bay and the bull shark is one of the more prevalent ones so that's no big surprise
I've lived in Calvert County for ten years now no surprise there's been sightings of a few more recently.
I've seen plenty of types of sharks here in the Chesapeake. Especially Assowoman Bay. (It's a real thing)
@@NomadXplorer
Assawoman Bay has absolutely nothing to do with the Chesapeake . You are very confused my friend and that's a real thing
Would it have been able to survive icy waters or 3 to 4 months of frigid winter, probably better to be shot than freezing to death. Cold blooded animals can thermo regulate and as they try to hibernate, their brain expands as ice builds up inside; then they slowly die. I read that in Reptile Magazine years ago, the story was about people putting reptiles in freezers as euthanasia instead of paying for a vet. This news story made me remember that story.
yes. Alligators live in cold water ok. Ice is a problem because they have to breathe. The bay doesn't freeze
Ice is not a problem for gators they hibernate under the ice with there nose poked threw so they can breathe
Old news its been around for 12 years someone just happened to have the courage to kill the thing.
I have lived in Calvert County for the past 10 years.
Exactly. No coincidence that gator just happened to be released and only live and thrive possibly going on two decades lol. That happens to be the northernmost cypress swamp in US? Well somebody didnt tell the gator he is not supposed to survive there. No matter if was dumped years ago or migrated north. Obviously it can live there and at some point in relative recent historical timeline did. It does appear from just examining it from pic,that it likely wild born and mostly likely from Tidewater of area VA vicinity.With the much slower growth rate at that tip of northen range,its almost guaranteed it was around six feetish,with abundant forage and some mild winters mixed in going well over a decade about 2 ft of growth is on target to the northern range specimans. Its the typical size of gator that migrates a decent distance due to its " tweener" size in search of more forage and less competiton for it from other gators. Get 50-100 miles upriver past where any others live. Makes sense he had that area too himself and did well. Plus around 4ft is the length the most pets gets dumped. Most people realize,they better get him out now before he grows another foot or two and I got a f@#king problem here lol.So that makes odds of pet release more unlikely.That was a wild gator at no matter.Ole boy kind a got away with one. Lil sad,but I see the motivation and general opinion that seems to be very majority opinion in Va/MA area that most don not want them there.Seems like a solid guy,if he had good evidence it was preying on pets and other locals were aware of issues and the fact it was almost 8ft and again was moving up into another size range that was gonna likey on track to get close to 10ft bull gator size and become a legit threat to prey on humans. That area has option to keep itself gator free. Eventually a few more would move up and at some point possibly out of several attempts have a successful breeding one year.All things considered if it had one breed a decade as only pair in territory over decades that mean a couple of gators at most make to even juevinile status.The territory is limited to how much capacity for a population. Its the tip of spear.They dont have any option for even short range exspansion. North of Lusby night temps really take a nosedive. So if you choose when a new settler comes from VA you eliminate it and you can stay gator free
Gators have not and cannot live in Va in hundreds if not thousands of years.
They also cannot live in salt water; it will eventually kill them.
Yes Alligatordoes taste good it’s a white meat and doesn’t have much of a fishy or wild game taste I grew up inSouth Florida and lived for 25 years inMaryland people get Gators as pets when they are small but are surprised at how large and fast they grow then can not care for the Animal Unfortunately Alligators raised that way are a serious threat to people i their areas because they associate people with food instead of fearing them Florida has strict rules about Feeding them to prevent them from getting that way as they will become a Nuisance Alligator and begin planning attacks on children and Animals inthe area they live in The Chesapeake Bay isn’t a nviorment Alligators would be happy living in as they do like small animals to eat as well as fish but I don’t think the fish population is high enough for a Gator to keep themselves adequately fed That’s why Gators thrive inthe Florida Everglades because of the high amount of Fish,Snakes ,and Wild Boar and birds it als has lots of Marshy lands that allow Gators to hunt from the water and surprise attack it’s Prey on land the Bay has a Shoreline of course but a Gator would need to relearn his / her natural instincts of hunting in that enviorment the local man did the right thing and wound up with a decent amount of good food to eat for free
What did it to do them????
Beautiful reporter, but boy does she have some fangs on her!
She might be a vampire....
This gator was obviously a pet that was let loose when it got too big.
No chance it could survive the winter here, not to mention eventually the saltwater would kill it, it didn't know better because it was captive raised.
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Best tasting meat!
They need to give that man a job just based off this.
better than eating a bear or mountain lion
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Can we hire him to help clean up the wild jogger incidents going on in cities across America? asking for a friend.
I'd love to see people killing joggers in the city too. They just jog in the street not even paying attention to cars. Would probably get a similar amount of meat from them too.
Really sad that the gator had to be killed instead of captured and then released
Not really. They are delicious.
@@dionwahn312you might be delicious too 😋
It’s funny he said “ well I watch swamp people and do what they did”