What I mean by that is that yes, by definition it's nuts,. but at the same time you have great experience and a level of professionalism that greatly decreases your chances of mishap and injury. I myself have kept and raised crocodilians for nearly 30 years (28) and can honestly say that I know what I'm doing when I am working with my gators. Even though to most inexperienced people viewing this, it may look nuts. But I'm sure that you, like me, can "read" your crocs, or the croc your working with constantly when you're working with them, looking for any signal that he is about to do something out of the ordinary. A certain bending of the tail, a certain tensing of the body or back legs. While simultaneously you are looking for signs that he is going to remain where he is and not advance. And you are prepared to make a very well known escape method in the event of such an advance, or a technique to halt the advance or divert it. But that still doesn't mean that it isn't risky, and yes, somewhat crazy. Because face it, no matter how experienced we are, if we take this chance repeatedly, eventually something will happen. And I have scars to prove it, lol.
All that my wife and I have now is a bunch of gators and I know that they don't even compare to salt water crocks in aggression or indifference of human life, so I won't make any attempt to compare the two. But we still approach our males with a respect and a certain deference. We know what they like and don't like and pretty much cater to this. And depending on the weather we read and accept their tolerance at that moment and cater to that too. But there are good days when our biggest male will allow us to pet, rub, move and yes, even kiss him for pictures to impress our friends. But on his bad days he lets us know with a thunderous deep hiss (more of a cacophonous windy roar) that he doesn't want to be touched, and we respect this and give him his 3 feet space that he often demands (and gets). All in all I don't have any "mean" or aggressive gators, and many are quite personable and even like to be rubbed in certain places. I know this may sound silly, but they do things that tell us they like what we're doing, like throwing their legs back, stretching, and closing their eyes when we rub the sides of their bellies, their necks, or along the base of their tail.
Anyway, I have babbled on long enough. Sorry for the long post. I just get carried away when I talk about my babies.
>>I have worked with crocs for 30 years so I guess I am crazy. LOL. I have done that show 89 times in public in front of huge crowds. I started working with that croc 3 days after bringing him back from Thailand and 3 weeks later started that show. Have a new video and 2 more television episodes in the works. I'll keep everyone posted. Pics available to all who email me. Best regards. BigSnakeDaddy!
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