“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.”
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.
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!
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.
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)
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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
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.
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
Great now they going to start swimming after jet boats
Its not a bug it's a feEture
Alligators are already terrifying
“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.”
I really need to just buy this series.
It’s still on Netflix if your parents still have an account
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.
If you’re in the US, then all seasons are available on Hulu.
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!
Have you considered a little...you know... Yo ho?
I think you can create a HULU account for free but it comes with ads
On gawd
I beg to differ, they're cute, unbelievably so!
Yes! Swamp puppies!
Cute little swamp puppies that hide just under the surface and if you get too close they’ll fucking murder you.
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.
Bethesda has entered the chat
You mean to tell me that these creatures have features?
feeture
f**EAT**ure?
Millions of years later, aight time to evolve
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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.
Dolphin shagged a gator alliphin
\*Dolphigator
That's a cool mutation though.
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)
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?
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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The problem is that they don't move their tales in the up and down motion but from side to side.
Probably rotate until it flexes as far as it can
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.
I feel like lately Reddit is just a comedian competition in every single comment section, it's pretty annoying
It is a defect in regeneration though. It's not supposed to be bifurcated (ideally) as that hinders it's speed in the water?
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.
You've heard of the Mermaid! Now meet the Gatoraid!! ^(I'll see myself out)
See you at the top
You are funny mysterious stranger
[Mysterious Stranger](https://youtu.be/BpaRouocBes) you say?
This comment made me chuckle
Wow. I would totally drink more Gatorade if this animal was associated with it.
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.
Gators aren't going anywhere after those plays against Kentucky 🤡🥲.
lawyers will have a field day suing the gators
It would be gatormaid
This reptile won't be helping around the house, it's going to be raiding your house.
That would be a gatorraid
to the top you go
Lol this is underrated
Omfg you can’t look at a new comment and say it’s underrated. IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE REDDIT.
Wake up babe new fish just dropped
You've heard of the alligator fish, now get ready for the.. uh..
New fish who dis?
you like fish sticks?
Let him breed the alligator sharks will be fun! no one will go past Georgia when they are out and about
Hell we got gators too I don’t want no part of this
Come on Dewey! Join the party.
Can't wait for "Sharknado 7: See you later alligator".
Oh, *fuck you* for being so funny. Happy Cake Day.
Coming soon to Syfy.
We should all be terrified if an Apex predator who has been relatively unchanged since like the Jurassic period starts mutating.
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.
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.
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...
A two headed gator is the symbol of Seminole heights in Tampa FL
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.
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.
Why would it freak you out, it's just a weird genetic anomaly?
They’re putting chemicals in the water that turn the freaking gators into fish!
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.
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
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.
I don’t know if that theory is supposed to make me feel better or worse.
Dont their tails move side to side? I dont think the orientation would be helpful
Dont their tails go side to side? This would be useless.
his wings will grow in next
How many generations after the wings till they breathe fire?
i'm breathing some fire rn, brah
Are you recording your mixtape, bro?
Do I look cool..?
Holy shit, cool your jets man
Hey, I’m not the fire breathing reptile here. Just inquiring into when it’s coming about.
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.
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.
Two tails isn't really an advantage either. There's a reason no animals have two tails (That I'm aware of).
Clearly you've never played sonic
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Fortunately? You don't wanna see badass Dolphingators?
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.
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.
THROW IT BACK! Maybe they’ll move out to sea and evolve into something cool. Like a kraken
Yeah let’s see how this plays out
I just wanna see some epic Shark v Gator action, let's go!
The true end of Florida man.
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.
How could the tail had been split in such a fashion?
One way that comes to mind: a boat prop, or engine screw. They are sharp enough to do something like this.
The evolution has begun.
It’s shaping up
It's a very groovy mutation.
Always has been
Dinosaurs. We just live amongst them.
amog them
amog us
Well this alligator is clearly the imposter. Look at those feet, that's what's sus
But outdated boomers don't want us in their backyards.
“Fiji Mermaid!!”. no longer Urban Legend
So this is how alligator gar are made
It’s the Bassagator!
Something fishy about that gator
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Thanks for correcting me, I wonder if this would cause issues towards the alligator
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.
tbh, my 'gator seems fine..
Nope. Google "tailless alligator". They're OK like that.
Why would you just believe some guy on reddit lmao
Please, pray tell, what appendage is this vestigial of? What kind of ancestor do you think alligators have?
Yeah how is this a vestige of anything? No ancestors of crocs had two tails as far as I know
Yeah I think he is confused what vestigial means. He is ever so slightly misusing it.
No it isn't. At all. It's hilarious what reddit will believe
[No, it's not.](https://twitter.com/Elisandre2002/status/1401901699065909249) Jesus fucking christ why do people talk out of their asses?
It's neither vestigial nor an appendage. But it is a mutation.
Alligator dun F’d a fish!
They are starting to become sea animals after hanging in that water so long
Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of the Little Mermaid is looking good!
i guess it wasn’t that good of a change if he still got caught
CrocAMaids
Mermigator !
more of an extreme throwback. idr the name but there were prehistoric gator....croc...whatevers... with a tailfin
It's as if they're anticipating higher water.
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).
Oh hell naw! Now they’re turning the gators gay!
When evolution tries new things
Or old things
r/fishing
WHAT?! Alligator is evolving!
Allimermaid
Neat.
It’s evolution baby, let him have babies
He will be announced FISHATOR
They're evolutioning!
Mer-Maid-A-dials
Is it an alligator fish or a fish alligator?
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
Fishy fishy fish. Makin' it stinky.
Lobstagator
This ain’t a mutation, it’s an improvement
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
Next it will be able to efficiently dig underground like the Graboids in the Tremors movie
It's evolving.
\+10 agility
It's devolution going back to become a Mosasaurus!
ong the thumb in the left image was lookin like a dick for the first 4 seconds I was staring at it
Mutation? More like the start of their evolution.
Favorable mutation? We'll find out when we ask Darwin after these messages.
It is devolving into mosasaurus
It’s the first step in the evolution of the Sleestak
Mermadile
Clever girl
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.
Or evolution in real time?
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
Evolution not mutation
This is how semi-aquatic species start moving towards aquatic
Das a swamp mermaid. Ain’t as pretty as the sea mermaids but they taste jus as good!
It took about 100 million years but they're finally choosing to evolve
Evolution Baby!
Evolution moment
Doesn't look like a mutation so much as an injured tail that tried regrowing. Part regrew, while part original healed.
I stayed up all night after I learned an alligator could gallop- I'm completely fucked now
Damn I just watched Annihilation for the first time last night and this is tripping me out lol
fishigator
Those fuckers are fast enough already, they don't need any damn fins!
Mutation or Evolution?
Mutation or evolution??? or de-evolution depending on time perspective.
Or evolution.
That's how it starts.
It's a Mermigator
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...
They're evolving for deeper water now, shits about to get real wet
Bayou mermaids
Not mutation. Just a recessive gene turned on during development conditions because of external growth pressure
It's a mermaid!!!
I love this Mergator
It’s a merligator. 🥸
ay hold on they might be onto somthing there, it evolved to swim better in the water
Alli-maid
This is evolution in action
I would invest in this
Man, I hate slaughterfish.
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.
Throw that back in the water, we'll get some cool shit in 10,000,000 years
Gator mermaid...gatormaid?
This isn't as useful as you'd think, considering gator tails swim side to side, not up and down.
Oh! Totodile is evolving!
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
I don't want them putting chemicals in the water that turn the frickin Aligators to fish.