Beerball Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140306-otter-alligator-florida-predator-photos-wildlife/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Should have fried that gator... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 We need more "high-motor" otters on the Bills! "How does the otter actually kill the gator? It doesn't, not directly. First, that's a pretty hard animal to bite through. The armor on the back is made to deflect bites from other alligators, so it's very tough. Where the otter wins is in energy: The otter has sustainable energy, whereas the gator is like a grenade, with explosive energy that doesn't last long. So the best tactic is to wear the gator out, which only takes a few minutes of thrashing and rolling around. Quite quickly it will be very tired, its muscles filled with lactic acid and no longer functioning. At that point it's almost like it's intoxicated, and the otter can then get it up on shore. The gator dies of lactic acid buildup, not from being eaten. It would take a long time to kill it that way." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We need more otters on PPP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We need more otters on PPP. And fewer gators. Unless of course that's what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We need more otters on PPP. LoL... "The gator dies of lactic acid buildup, not from being eaten" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts