Do not taunt happy fun alligator

[Video Link] Gator doesn't take kindly to having a towel placed over its head and being straddled by a bipedal mammal. (Via Arbroath)

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snagglepuss

Yeah, THIS should be the headliner for the “What Could Go Wrong ?” file.
Robert Cruickshank

“You’re going to need a bigger towel.”
- mtdna
  
  He’s obviously been reading The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
- Just_Ok
  
  from orbit
Rich Keller

The scientist should have known that the “Atomic Sit-Ups” gag works once and only once.
mtdna

Step 1: Throw towel on alligator and jump on him.
Step 2: Uhhhh…
Just_Ok

Like how the others all just kinda take off.
eldritch

This is our future without Steve. We will be helpless before the reptiles and their cold-blooded, calculating ferocity.

Our only hope is to find the reincarnation before it’s too late. There must always be a Crocodile Hunter. But with all of Australia to search, will we have enough time?
timquinn

I seen guys do this on teevee. How hard could it be?
http://twitter.com/zanycaswell Michael Bracewell

Well obviously the guy doesn’t know how to restrain an alligator, or was just to nervous to do it properly. You’re supposed to jump on top of the thing as quickly as possible, now hover over it until it decides to leave.
Cowicide

He who hesitates is bitten by an annoyed alligator.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Crocodylia favor the bold.
JhmL

This is how Tee Hee lost an arm.
mongo

It takes an edumacted scientist to demonstrate that the best technique in dealing with the trashing, snapping jaws of a giant prehistoric reptile is to offer a leg in hope it will satisfy.