Dogs Attack Alligator In Florida

[Fat Albert]

At times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty, and  even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.

The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators, normally considered the "apex predator", can still fall victim to implemented 'team work' strategy, made possible due to the tight knit social structure and "survival of the pack mentality" bred into the canines.

See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature Magazine. Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it from breathing, while another dog has a hold on the tail to keep it from thrashing. The third dog attacks the soft underbelly of the gator.

Not for the squeamish!

[neilb]

nature never fails to amaze

[pistonbroke]

I guess the "gator " got  "death by suction"  

[markh1970]

I guess the "gator " got  "death by suction"  

Thanks how I want to go when I pop me clogs.

[cast iron]

That gator must have eaten a duck as I'm sure I can see feathers coming out of it  

[pistonbroke]

I guess the "gator " got  "death by suction"  

Thanks how I want to go when I pop me clogs.

Me too , I wanna die of ecstacy  

[Asterix]

I guess the "gator " got  "death by suction"  

keyboard please