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Down the line feeding everyone! Bunch of good kids lined up how they’re supposed to! More info from previous posts-At Everglades Holiday Park We feed our gators at the rescue once a week, that’s it, and only a few pieces each. 40lbs between about 20 gators, once a week. And most are overweight from this! That’ll blow a few minds, but you just have to remember your high school biology! Being that they’re ectotherms and don’t produce their own body heat, they actually eat very little and a 10ft gator will likely eat less in a year than the average dog. Any alligator here can easily go over a year without eating anything at all, not that they ever would here but very useful in the wild in a survival situation. Remember all the gators you see me working with are rescue nuisance gators, caught from the wild as big as you see them now! None are raised in captivity, I didn’t know them from babies, they’re wild animals I work on training. Nuisance gators are ones that show up in a backyard or other unwanted place and are typically shot and killed, the state kills 7k-8k each year. We volunteer our time to catch & rescue them and bring them to sanctuaries, unpaid. The water has a yellow color because it is natural well water with a high iron content. Thanks for helping me film @george_da_nature_dude_ #alligator #Florida #SouthFlorida #Everglades#glades #adventure #coexist #respect #reptile #dangerous #animal #animals #educational #animaleducation #Gator #Alligator
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#alligator #South #shorts #Everglades #glades #adventure#coexist#respect #reptile #dangerous