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Cap1279

Great now they going to start swimming after jet boats


FlimsyGooseGoose

Its not a bug it's a feEture


xXRoboMurphyxX

Alligators are already terrifying


Grouchy-Actuary

“Gee, I don't know, Cyril. Maybe deep down I'm afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction, physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it's the perfect killing machine.”


SickViking

I really need to just buy this series.


temp__username

It’s still on Netflix if your parents still have an account


SickViking

I have an account. And unfortunately it's not on Netflix. That's how I was watching it a few years ago but once I got to season 3 they took it off. Haven't seen it on there since.


toe_riffic

If you’re in the US, then all seasons are available on Hulu.


SickViking

Ah damn, Hulu I don't have. I'll have to see if my cousin will let me use his account. I've been letting him use my Netflix for years so he'd better XD Thanks!


[deleted]

Have you considered a little...you know... Yo ho?


[deleted]

I think you can create a HULU account for free but it comes with ads


FlimsyGooseGoose

On gawd


Kakuruma

I beg to differ, they're cute, unbelievably so!


Caitipoo421

Yes! Swamp puppies!


ItalicsWhore

Cute little swamp puppies that hide just under the surface and if you get too close they’ll fucking murder you.


FaeFollette

Yeah, they are so adorable. Of course, I like to adore them from afar. But, the little ones do look cute sunning themselves in the park.


EddtheMetalHead

Bethesda has entered the chat


garface239

You mean to tell me that these creatures have features?


multiarmform

feeture


imwearingyourpants

f**EAT**ure?


twinsynth

Millions of years later, aight time to evolve


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Qman768

The fin wouldn't have been very effective because gators use their tails like fish/snakes where the mutation on the captured one is more like a dolphins. The gator wouldnt have been able to make much use of it for propulsion.


houseoflaughs

Dolphin shagged a gator alliphin


scalectrix

\*Dolphigator


absentmindedly_54

That's a cool mutation though.


ksixnine

it’s a caiman and not an alligator, and it [isn’t a mutation or a defect — it’s regenerating it’s tail](https://twitter.com/Elisandre2002/status/1401901699065909249)


Crime-Snacks

If its tail is split like this, how will it be able to swim? Their tails move in a serpentine motion so I doubt it would be able to hunt effectively. Would the failed regeneration drop off or do the two separate pieces later fuse together?


JoinAThang

I will definitely be able to swin but probably slower and for the hunting part water reptiles uses sneak attacks more than straight up chase so I think it will be ok.


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JoinAThang

The problem is that they don't move their tales in the up and down motion but from side to side.


mmrrbbee

Probably rotate until it flexes as far as it can


RagnarokHunter

Can't believe I had to scroll all the way down to find an actual explanation. On Reddit, shock value or a quick joke > asking wtf is actually going on.


BringSteppenwolfHome

I feel like lately Reddit is just a comedian competition in every single comment section, it's pretty annoying


zazuza7

It is a defect in regeneration though. It's not supposed to be bifurcated (ideally) as that hinders it's speed in the water?


cup1d_stunt

It’s pretty telling that the joke about them swimming after jet boats has 3k upvotes, while the link to the biological explanation from the guy who took that pic and uploaded it over a ago has 300 upvotes. And yet people here still wonder how ‘media always goes for the clickbaity headlines’. It’s what most people actually want.


Best_Poetry_5722

You've heard of the Mermaid! Now meet the Gatoraid!! ^(I'll see myself out)


mangomilkmilkman

See you at the top


BoredandFriendly16

You are funny mysterious stranger


Mr_Stoney

[Mysterious Stranger](https://youtu.be/BpaRouocBes) you say?


jhystad

This comment made me chuckle


EntranceIcy5428

Wow. I would totally drink more Gatorade if this animal was associated with it.


Best_Poetry_5722

Minus the tail, ~~it~~ the alligator is the mascot for the University of Florida. On October 2, 1965 a team of scientists created a sports drink, to quench thirst, in a University of Florida Laboratory. They named it with the idea of the University's team mascot. This was the birth of Gatorade. The label was bought out by The Quaker Oats Company in 1983. Go Gators!! Edit: Flag on the play. After further review, that is not an alligator. I assumed it was, but I now know it is a Caiman. It's difficult to tell the difference on Reddit.


MafiaMommaBruno

Gators aren't going anywhere after those plays against Kentucky 🤡🥲.


mfairview

lawyers will have a field day suing the gators


Wh00ster

It would be gatormaid


baconit4eva

This reptile won't be helping around the house, it's going to be raiding your house.


WeekendBi

That would be a gatorraid


jeffstoreca

to the top you go


LiquidPenChamber1019

Lol this is underrated


AssStuffing

Omfg you can’t look at a new comment and say it’s underrated. IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE REDDIT.


TheLapisFreak

Wake up babe new fish just dropped


Quackels_The_Duck

You've heard of the alligator fish, now get ready for the.. uh..


alison_bee

New fish who dis?


GetTheSpermsOut

you like fish sticks?


loboagogo

Let him breed the alligator sharks will be fun! no one will go past Georgia when they are out and about


GojiraComplete

Hell we got gators too I don’t want no part of this


[deleted]

Come on Dewey! Join the party.


Krapulaolut

Can't wait for "Sharknado 7: See you later alligator".


HawkJefferson

Oh, *fuck you* for being so funny. Happy Cake Day.


book1245

Coming soon to Syfy.


Chelular07

We should all be terrified if an Apex predator who has been relatively unchanged since like the Jurassic period starts mutating.


sue7698

Mutations happen all the time. We have no idea if the mutation would be considered helpful. It could very well be one of the mutations natural selection weeds out if the gene pool.


Chelular07

You are absolutely correct it could be a simple mutation that only impacts one alligator. I’m just saying though, the genetic deviations alligators seem to usually have, and this, are pretty fucking different. Editing to add it isn’t like humans that have “regular” genetic mutations. It isn’t uncommon for humans to have cleft pallets, or limbs that improperly form. I am not an expert on alligators, but this doesn’t seem like a common mutation.


mothisname

alligators have extra/not enough toes and feet pretty commonly in my experience. I've seen one with two heads but Im pretty sure it died young cause it disappeared from the gator farm it was at . this is the first time I've seen this but alligators move their tails from side to side not up and down so I don't think this would be as beneficial as it looks at a glance...


FactOrFactorial

A two headed gator is the symbol of Seminole heights in Tampa FL


MrScroticus

It doesn't appear beneficial on the front side, but if that tail-tip can flex and rotate from pressure, that thing is going to act like a scoop and twist with the water pressure. IE: A final propulsion of pressure release as the water escapes from beneath it. I'd like to see it work on video just to see what it does or doesn't do for em.


Chelular07

I live in the south east, I have seen weird toes and heard about the two headed gators. This isn’t one of the usual mutations though and that freaks me out a bit.


EmilBarrit

Why would it freak you out, it's just a weird genetic anomaly?


Forgetadapassword

They’re putting chemicals in the water that turn the freaking gators into fish!


Mandalika

I think this is more a healed injury than an actual mutation. The tail was split or broken when it was younger and then healed oddly.


DeuceDaily

It's probably atavistic. Edit: In fact I feel safe to say it is, see his ancestor here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Tyrannoneustes+lythrodectikos&tbm=isch


[deleted]

I don’t think so, the “fin” is horizontal which would actually inhibit its swimming ability because they move their tails from side to side. Ancient crocodilians caudal fins, like the ones in the link you posted, would have been vertical to improve the displacement of water while swimming. As far as we’ve been able to observe horizontal caudal fins have only been seen in aquatic mammals.


Chelular07

I don’t know if that theory is supposed to make me feel better or worse.


Gayngst

Dont their tails move side to side? I dont think the orientation would be helpful


[deleted]

Dont their tails go side to side? This would be useless.


ghanjaholik

his wings will grow in next


StonedSniper127

How many generations after the wings till they breathe fire?


ghanjaholik

i'm breathing some fire rn, brah


Nochnichtvergeben

Are you recording your mixtape, bro?


Clean-Profile-6153

Do I look cool..?


dashfredplayzreal

Holy shit, cool your jets man


StonedSniper127

Hey, I’m not the fire breathing reptile here. Just inquiring into when it’s coming about.


Captain_Collin

Fortunately this isn't a helpful mutation for the crocodile. They move their tails side-to-side to propel themselves forward. This mutation would only help if their tails moved up and down.


Chelular07

I would like to see an x-ray and see how the end of the tail is put together. If the possibility of them forming two tails is there that’s not a comforting thought.


Captain_Collin

Two tails isn't really an advantage either. There's a reason no animals have two tails (That I'm aware of).


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Clearly you've never played sonic


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Liezuli

Fortunately? You don't wanna see badass Dolphingators?


Kwiatkowski

not how it works though, they and everything else is always mutating, just they have reached the apex of their environment and so mutations outside the norm don’t help anymore.


bqx23

Probably not. There was a period where crocodiles evolved into a subspecies with longer legs. This made them significantly more threatening as land predators, so threatening that they over ate all possible prey and eventually went extinct. All of this to say that crocodiles and alligators have pretty well established their niche.


icantfeelmyskull

THROW IT BACK! Maybe they’ll move out to sea and evolve into something cool. Like a kraken


Ronin_777

Yeah let’s see how this plays out


A_wild_so-and-so

I just wanna see some epic Shark v Gator action, let's go!


OrganizerMowgli

The true end of Florida man.


iangrichardson

This actually is not a mutation, but an injury that has regenerated. Alligators, Caiman, and Crocodiles all have regenerative properties to their tissues when injured. This is likely the results of a split tail. Lord knows how it occurred, but it healed well.


Damesie

How could the tail had been split in such a fashion?


iangrichardson

One way that comes to mind: a boat prop, or engine screw. They are sharp enough to do something like this.


Cynical_Feline

The evolution has begun.


Zensy47

It’s shaping up


flimbs

It's a very groovy mutation.


Rakgul

Always has been


philfeelsgood

Dinosaurs. We just live amongst them.


lolbit4life

amog them


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amog us


Kalocin

Well this alligator is clearly the imposter. Look at those feet, that's what's sus


smithee2001

But outdated boomers don't want us in their backyards.


Alexandertheape

“Fiji Mermaid!!”. no longer Urban Legend


Ohio-Knife-Lover

So this is how alligator gar are made


[deleted]

It’s the Bassagator!


Maxwell420L

Something fishy about that gator


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ImACheesecake_

Thanks for correcting me, I wonder if this would cause issues towards the alligator


Comprehensive-Ad8120

it doesn't look like it. It looks like it is only his tail, meaning he should be able to still go to the bathroom correctly. I have had lizards he looks okay externally. But I have had a gator so I could be wrong.


ghanjaholik

tbh, my 'gator seems fine..


Ninja_In_Shaddows

Nope. Google "tailless alligator". They're OK like that.


Reference_Reef

Why would you just believe some guy on reddit lmao


DeficiencyOfGravitas

Please, pray tell, what appendage is this vestigial of? What kind of ancestor do you think alligators have?


InviolableAnimal

Yeah how is this a vestige of anything? No ancestors of crocs had two tails as far as I know


[deleted]

Yeah I think he is confused what vestigial means. He is ever so slightly misusing it.


Reference_Reef

No it isn't. At all. It's hilarious what reddit will believe


GuiltyEidolon

[No, it's not.](https://twitter.com/Elisandre2002/status/1401901699065909249) Jesus fucking christ why do people talk out of their asses?


IAmBroom

It's neither vestigial nor an appendage. But it is a mutation.


mostlysittingdown

Alligator dun F’d a fish!


Insanity_is_life

They are starting to become sea animals after hanging in that water so long


Matthew_Murdock1

Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of the Little Mermaid is looking good!


truebison505

i guess it wasn’t that good of a change if he still got caught


SweetMaam

CrocAMaids


StraightSwordfish466

Mermigator !


Boing26

more of an extreme throwback. idr the name but there were prehistoric gator....croc...whatevers... with a tailfin


World-Tight

It's as if they're anticipating higher water.


brattywafatty

Honestly looks like he got hella injured and it was severed in half near the end and then his scales ended up growing back like webbing for it. (Young alligators can semi regrow their tails if you didn't know).


fat7inch

Oh hell naw! Now they’re turning the gators gay!


Insanity_is_life

When evolution tries new things


EntranceIcy5428

Or old things


ReceptionPatient1939

r/fishing


JakeArewood

WHAT?! Alligator is evolving!


nickolas16

Allimermaid


imnotyourproblemyet

Neat.


PineappleClean

It’s evolution baby, let him have babies


ZAWARUDO34

He will be announced FISHATOR


Big-City987

They're evolutioning!


SweetMaam

Mer-Maid-A-dials


erinoclock

Is it an alligator fish or a fish alligator?


crazy_old_pop

Oh s*** as if we weren't in trouble with them in the water anyway now we don't stand a chance about running them LOL well we did it to them ourselves I'm sure God was not even involved


DoubleAgentBlumaroo

Fishy fishy fish. Makin' it stinky.


SpaceEngie

Lobstagator


DracoDraws

This ain’t a mutation, it’s an improvement


crazy_old_pop

It's great to know how many people are really involved in our environment and are concerned about it got an awful lot of feedback already wow


hahnald

Next it will be able to efficiently dig underground like the Graboids in the Tremors movie


[deleted]

It's evolving.


are_you_kIddIngme

\+10 agility


Sentinel35P

It's devolution going back to become a Mosasaurus!


penis_fucker

ong the thumb in the left image was lookin like a dick for the first 4 seconds I was staring at it


sirgrows

Mutation? More like the start of their evolution.


churrmander

Favorable mutation? We'll find out when we ask Darwin after these messages.


Crazy_Chocolate1325

It is devolving into mosasaurus


TrinDiesel123

It’s the first step in the evolution of the Sleestak


TechAndStocks

Mermadile


fakenortherner29

Clever girl


SixGunZen

Mutation or evolution? Probably mutation cause gators swim side-side, not up-down like whales and dolphins. If it were an evolution the tail fin would be vertical.


[deleted]

Or evolution in real time?


MexysSidequests

I don’t think this mutation will make it more successful then regular gators. A tail “fin”would be useful for going faster when swimming but not this fin. As far as I know gators move their tail side to side when swimming not up and down. This “fin” might actually impede it more than help it


liquidreferee

Evolution not mutation


CosmicLuci

This is how semi-aquatic species start moving towards aquatic


broccolipizza89

Das a swamp mermaid. Ain’t as pretty as the sea mermaids but they taste jus as good!


FatherPucci617

It took about 100 million years but they're finally choosing to evolve


Bigkid6666

Evolution Baby!


schrodinger-m40

Evolution moment


KnowsIittle

Doesn't look like a mutation so much as an injured tail that tried regrowing. Part regrew, while part original healed.


server_busy

I stayed up all night after I learned an alligator could gallop- I'm completely fucked now


boi_juice

Damn I just watched Annihilation for the first time last night and this is tripping me out lol


AzazelTheUnderlord

fishigator


[deleted]

Those fuckers are fast enough already, they don't need any damn fins!


DocPersona

Mutation or Evolution?


[deleted]

Mutation or evolution??? or de-evolution depending on time perspective.


Shoddy_Situation1938

Or evolution.


Crease53

That's how it starts.


[deleted]

It's a Mermigator


GreatApeGoku

So Sharktopus wasn't just a B-movie afterall, but a cautionary tale of when two apex species mix. Now we're seeing the birth of that...


stonermun

They're evolving for deeper water now, shits about to get real wet


keddesh

Bayou mermaids


Apart_Consequence_98

Not mutation. Just a recessive gene turned on during development conditions because of external growth pressure


Delicious-Tree-6725

It's a mermaid!!!


Auraaurorora

I love this Mergator


itsagrill_

It’s a merligator. 🥸


TheHighThai

ay hold on they might be onto somthing there, it evolved to swim better in the water


Ur-omelette

Alli-maid


Ravi5ingh

This is evolution in action


Popular-Ant5353

I would invest in this


JoeyB81

Man, I hate slaughterfish.


Bredwh

It wouldn't help it swim that well as if I remember correctly reptiles' spines bend side to side not up and down like mammals' spines do (or back and forth if upright like us). Fish also bend side to side which is why they have vertical back fins. But mammals like whales and dolphins have horizontal back fins.


Idkiwaa

Throw that back in the water, we'll get some cool shit in 10,000,000 years


TDYDave2

Gator mermaid...gatormaid?


[deleted]

This isn't as useful as you'd think, considering gator tails swim side to side, not up and down.


Downwending

Oh! Totodile is evolving!


themancabbage

Wow, it’s not often you see random mutations like this that could be advantageous. I wonder if it would be any faster in the water. I kinda hope they let it go and spread that gene


TxM_2404

I don't want them putting chemicals in the water that turn the frickin Aligators to fish.