Is Casper aggressive??
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Is Casper, or any gator, considered aggressive?? Not by my definition of the word!!
~~You can come swim with me and Casper! If you want to come join you can book online now, go to www.crocodilechris.com Let me know if you want to go! Observation and photos only at @evergladesoutpost and tour participants are separated from gators by safety fence. Remember all the gators you see me working with are rescue nuisance gators, caught from the wild as big as you see them now! The state kills 7k-8k each year. We volunteer our time to catch & rescue them and bring them to sanctuaries, unpaid. Wetsuit by @cressi1946
#Educational #EducationalVideo #AnimalEducation #EducationalPurposes
#glades #southflorida #Miami #glades #reptile #reptilesofinstagram #underwaterphotography #gatortour #underwatergatortour #thingstodoinmiami #subaruambassador #scicomm #conservation
![Tee Grizzley - Detroit (Feat. 42 Dugg) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aeKfTtt0x14/mqdefault.jpg)
Casper is a cute water puppy. I love to watch him float and relax.
Water puppy🤣🤣🤣 Agreed tho I luv him!
Very informative video. I had always thought of Nile crocodiles as being aggressive but you cleared that up. I did know about Cuban crocodiles from watching Gatorland videos. I read a story I believe it was from the Bronx Zoo. They had an exhibit entitled “Most Dangerous Animal”. When you entered the exhibit you were face to face with a full length mirror staring at yourself. Humans are a very dangerous animal. I feel safer with animals than I do with people. Absolutely adore Casper. He is a sweetheart. Love to everyone from Tennessee. 🥰🐊
Well to be jonest the second place should be for Dolphins
I mean, theyre litterally a-holes
False, mosquitoes kill more humans than humans do
Look at Cuban 🐊 attacks in Skansen Sweden
When you said "hi there, I see you" he just looked so derpy and cute 😂
Seeing Casper calmly float by makes me so happy! 😁 You being "shot at" however is disturbing!!! And ya, hippos 4get it😳
I love the idea of him submerging and thinking "Right, he definitely didn't see me, this is it, this is the one. Here we go".
I had a cottonmouth chase me, it kept going on about trying to reach me about my car's extended warranty.
I love how he’s calmly saying “he’s trying to get my leg” 😂
People are the WORST monsters roaming our earth, abusive, torturous murderers. Not all...but they are in a race now a days. Now humans, a different story. You have to have humanity to fit in that category. Congratulations on your new sanctuary and thank you for the true respect you have for those animals.
@bostinroid4434 Then explain the monsters who abuse animals !!! They are purely insecure monsters . To be a true human you have to be humane !!!!!!!!
@bostinroid4434your description only applies to humans, not people, and humans are very rare in our species
Casper rolled his eyes at you at the 4:46 mark. lol
Just as a follow-up to my question: I was watching the “Murder Log” video again and also the “Unpredictable Gators” video where you (Chris) mentioned that Casper, like all alligators, can be unpredictable, so you’re constantly trying to anticipate if he might try to do something or bite your leg, etc. and you mentioned that it’s often due to something in the environment Casper (or any gator) picks up on. These dynamics make him change his behavior throughout the day, based upon what he perceives.
So my question is: What do you think was going on in this particular video of Casper not really engaging/swimming around the the pond as he normally does, vs. him staying behind you and then slipping quietly underneath the water to try to start something? What do you think could’ve caused that change in him? To the average viewer, it seemed like any other video where you are discussing various topics. What do you think may have caused the change for Casper to contemplate a sneak attack? You also mentioned that he had contemplated this in the video with you and George.
Also, as someone else asked, do you think it would have been a “playful“ nip (if there’s even such a thing in the alligator world 😊) or do you think he would’ve tried to put you in a death roll?
Hi Casper .🐊 I love watching your videos. Stay safe..
Great video Chris……the more you know, right? Thank you so much for putting in the time and effort! I love learning about animals in general and I appreciate the way you explain things. Have a great day!!! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼
Yo Chris, great to see ya today, as always great vlog. I hope you and gabby and all the rescued animals have an awesome day
Casper the notoriously aggressive animal that. . . lets a human swim with him, and is safe enough that tourists can get in the water with him? 🤨 Do the people asking that actually think the question through before hitting submit?
I very seriously want to go meet him & would def get in the water as long as he was fed & in good mood lol🤷🏻♀️ Then again I also thought I'd luv snorkeling till it was time to jump in the ocean & ended up being the only 1 who stayed on the boat cuz terrified of sharks
@@SalemSphynx If it makes you feel better, the state has said that they had to put in a metal grate so anyone in the water with Casper is safely behind something he cannot get into!
I know now that you have your own property you won't have much time to spend with Casper which is understandable, so thank you for these videos, I can rewatch them when I miss Casper. Good luck to you and Gabby with the new property!
Man been watching you for a while, love Casper but will love to see your own sanctuary. Your awesome
Loving these long videos. So much great info.
Thank You Sir. Even though I have no intention to ever be put in a situation where I may need to protect myself from a gorgeous animal like Casper, it's a great feeling to learn something new regarding one of the oldest animals of prey. Knowledge is definitely power.
Cris your a very intelligent guy you know your stuff I wanted to meet you and Casper some day, I love Casper man
Casper!!
I agree on humans being the most aggressive species and they attack without any reason (often) but (personally, in my opinion) the fact that they are apex predatory animals, put them as aggressive animals. Plus they get aggressive if they feel trapped (more than likely you aren’t trying to trap them but you are just inadvertently close to them). Hence as soon as they misjudge a situation they get aggressive for whatever reason. They have a reason for being aggressive and attacking, but still, they do that. It’s for a pray? Ok, so they are aggressive for getting a meal. Fair enough. So you stay away from them because they can attack you. With good chances .that being said, I repeat, it’s just my personal opinion and I don’t say I’m right and the others are wrong and I love you Chris, your channels are amazing and you work is incredible
I JUST got chased by a cottonmouth into the house to watch this video!!
Excellent information really enjoy your reels and RUclips videos
Congrats on your sanctuary!!!🤘Would a bite from Casper be more "playful" since he knows you or would he use full force to try causing injury?
I'm actually curious of it as well. He said he'd bit him in the leg as if casper did so before as well but I'm curious if it is a full force bite
@@user-by9ks6nc9t I (thankfully) only have my cats to compare to but the 1 time I was attacked was bad enough!!! Its pretty shocking how much damage a 5lb cat can do when mad😳 Def made me respect how much reserved power they have tho..
@@SalemSphynx For real it must be even more life-threatening if an alligator were to do the same thing. But still Chris in the video didn't seem to imply that the biting leg thingy is something as grave so it just made me wonder lol
I’m wondering this too.
Love your videos Chris with Casper !
Predatory and aggressive is something I’d call animals such as crocodiles just like I would a person. Great video! I always learn something 🙂and I agree it’s not just splitting hairs when u fully understand crocodilian behavior
Very informative - and it's cool how you called Casper out on trying to bite your leg!
With the media reporting that so many people are being attacked or killed by large dogs, why do you think they attack as they can't see you as food like a crocodile?
Great video Chris,
Huge hello to you and
Casper 💙💜
You are spot on !!
Animals have a reason if they are aggressive
Sadly not like humans
Total in awe watching you and Casper 💜💙
You definitely do have a bond
all the best with your new sanctuary
I am in Australia we have 🐊 Crocs most attacks are people in their areas thank you for educating us as makes total sense 🐊🐊🐊🐊
Thanks for these videos Chris. I'm always trying to convince people that animals in general aren't agressive. Most specifically snakes since I have a pet snake that many people are afraid of even though she''s not aggressive at all. The only time i' ve been attacked is if I have been messing about in her tank while she's in there, because that;'s her space and she will defend it.
Thank you for explaining about the snake because I always heard the same thing and always had a fear of that particular snake. Thank God for educational channels like yours🙏🙏
You will miss him when you go to your own place 🥹
Great video, but what do you think about dogs ? Do you think some of them can be aggressive?
They have predator instincts so not the cute n cuddly teddy bears people treat them as.
With dogs, mostly they discriminate
- territorial aggression
- prey / food aggesssion
- mating / jealousy aggression
- fear driven aggression to protect themselves
- ...
So yes, there clearly is aggression in dogs, and as of my own encounter, I can say, that there is also primary motivated aggression in dogs. One can think of them as, like, narcissistic or psychopathic dogs, for the enjoy being aggressive for being aggressive. The joy of mobbing, of terrorizing somebody else. I've meat such dogs on rare encounters.
The cameraman never dies
I would argue that humans have similar behavioral patterns.
Of course we are way more complicated to read but in the end it comes down to similar instincts.
When it comes to trying to bite, I would argue that more intelligence leads to more play and learn without making the situation lethal.
The dogs I have lived and worked with have been fully capable of learning that biting is okay depending on how strong and with whom they would do it.
How do alligators react to music? They seem to have very good hearing capacities. Are there any tests with music yet?
There's other aggressive animals besides humans. But I agree most animals are defensive or predatory. Hippos, dolphins, chimps and some other animals are aggressive.
Orcas too. They kill Great Whites just for a quick liver snack, and beat up seals until they’re dead but don’t eat them after
could you show Casper feeding?
omg chris, what situations have you been in where people are shooting at you?! that’s insane!
love me some Casper. thanks Chris for all of your info.
Secret agent Casper’s cover has been blown.
Thank you so much for this education! Very interesting and everything makes sense! It really is a human being who is the most dangerous "animal" on the planet unfortunatelly. Nice to learn about this cause I've been amazed that you can be that "safe" with Casper.
I wouldn't say "for no reason" when describing aggressive behavior, but more so the ease in which an animal will choose violence to get what it wants. Even humans have reasons to kill each other, but they can be quite dumb or superficial compared to animals who need to focus on surviving.
I believe the African Buffalo is documented to be one of those animals that will attack you and kill you if threatened, more so than any lion or big cat, but i have no real experience with them nor have i done any research on them. I know boars, from personal experience, can be extremely aggressive under the right circumstances and in big numbers.
Starting at 4:45, Casper looks like Godzilla swimming by. Wow!
Where is your own sanctuary located?
Casper and seven behaviors
awesome content
How come I can’t do this with the alligator in my lake, what training you teach Chris.
*A cottonmouth once followed me home from school, staring at me eating my dinner and followed me to the living room and watched 6 episodes of 2 and a half men with me. :/ wtf*
I don't care what anyone says. Wasps will fuck you up for fun.
Does Casper love you .... YES... He loves you pan Fried ! 🤣🤣😂😂
So you were stepping on casper tail so you can keep an eye in him. So would you say is he being aggressive or is it predatory. Are they always hungry to want to attack you to eat you.
Hey Gator Chris love what you do. I am a Florida native and I am originally from Melbourne FL but now live in north Florida in Niceville. Right next to Eglin AFB. I was just curios where in north Florida are you making the sanctuary and I hate asking this question but I never heard if the women that got eaten in Tampa by the 14ft alligator got dragged in the water or do you know what happened? I never heard the rest of the story. Well I just recently stumbled across your videos so I have been catching up on your footage. Keep it up I absolutely love it.
Fantastic topic/video and I do agree with everything you've said here, Chris! Your hippo example helped clarify for me the difference between *features* of natural behavioral drives such as predation & territorial defense which we may perceive as aggressive, vs. a distinct trait that alters behaviors separately from those natural, cause-and-effect drives... I.e., human aggression! I used to believe that many predator and prey species have varying levels of aggression between individual animals, and wondered what factors might be behind the variation -- perhaps testosterone levels, brain anomalies (like we see in the paralimbic system of human psychopaths), and/or genetics... But I'm dropping all of that thinking out the window now as it's clicked in my head that the term "aggression" as applied to animals has been describing numerous separate phenomena all along.
The one other species I now wonder about is chimpanzees - but perhaps their particular displays of violence can be fully explained by natural responses to changes like the social hierarchy or resource availability...
Thank you for the lightbulb moment and sparking new curiosity on this topic, and thanks for another cool video with Casper. It isn't lost on me that you're putting in a great deal of time into making sure that Casper's fans still get to see him, and with the massive amount of work you're putting into building and running your new sanctuary, I'm not sure how you're doing it all.... Hope you take care of yourself and catch some breaks here and there!
If Casper bites your hand would he let go quickly cause realize he made mistakes, or he going for more.
I love your videos…I know that you’ve been around Casper for a long time…but…he’s still an Alligator.
Careful…On a lighter note he is awful cute!
Did you see this article in LifeScience. Wondering what your thoughts are. "Indian crocodiles seen saving dog from feral pack attack, but scientists divided over what it means"
I like your comment on animal obsession particularly in movies. I have been an avid Great White shark supporter for most of my life and have watched people exploit or pursue the rogue shark theory. Shark movies (Jaws on particular) have not helped. I also support your predatory behavior idea especially for GWS. However in their case I think it’s also a little bit of curiosity or mistaken identity. Unfortunately in Great White’s the only way they have to inspect is with their teeth and most always people just get hurt. But thanks for your video and I appreciate you always trying to provide explanations.
If I were in there with you would he treat me in the same manner or does he get to know you? Does an alligator sense fear?
Solid explanation, thanks!
Chris what were you doing that you got shot at?
Imagine if Gators became self-aware about humans being scared of them. ☠
Great explaination.
I don't know.. those saltwater crocodiles in Australia are pretty close to
Are crocs/alligators territorial or possessive?
How many times have you been bitten by Casper and other crocodilians?
Id love to see a video where you show us a close up of the most well known gators and point out the differences between them. Youve shown begore how some gators have really long snouts and some have shorter ones, of how some have different eye colors, but its been a while since I last saw those videos.
If not I'd love to hear more about how you started interacting with gators. What memories stick out the most for you? What was it like the first time getting into the water with a gator? I can only imagine terrifying and amazing at the same time 😂 it would be for me, even with a safety net😅
Maybe some reacts. I know I know. But are there people out there like you, I'm sure there are, doing content on big cats, or great apes, or bears, or dolphins, or the Orca which everyone thinks is a whale but it's a dolphin. Maybe do some collabs with them. I love your reals not feels approach. It's amazing. I've learned so much. Or maybe you can include some links to channels covering other dangerous animals and thier psychology.
Can you make a video on the differences (both physical and behavioral) between alligators and crocodiles? Is it possible to train a crocodile in the same way that you trained Casper?
Caspers like this dude just likes to talk to much. Im out of here 😂
Very true about humans. We are most destructive and dangerous and dangerous living thing with a brain in planet earth.
you know that saying with bears, if it's brown lie down if its black fight back if its white goodnight? they need that for crocs gators and caimans lol
Caspar is so cute. Is there anywhere you can pet him without getting his ire up?
Chris- concise and well explained. Common sense should guide us humans.
fishinGarrett routinely walks barefoot in the Everglades, and has videos showing water moccasins and alligators expressly not aggressive toward him
he’s beautiful
All great points if the animal kingdom was all out aggressive there would be multiple deaths daily. I am interested to see how long you would feel comfortable with Casper, will the relationship change when he is 12ft and twice as heavy - would you be as confident in the water with seven. Will Casper see you as food the bigger he gets?
Great video, as always! 👍🙏
So, to sum this up: Don't look like prey, don't behave like prey, don't look like an easy catch, show superiority and make clear to the 🐊, that you're not tasty. 😂
Then they won't attack you as prey.
But, are they, too, territorial against potential prey-species like humans?
Would they be aggressively protecting a nest or their youth?
If a salty wants to eat us, that IS aggressive towards us. And that is ok and natural, dont let yourself become prey 😂
In murky water, will they approach another large animal they sense (hear or proprio/pressure)? Or will they almost always pop to the surface and glance to see what's in the distance, and only approach if the animal they see appears small? My guess would be that they don't approach unless they gain surface visual confirmation but wondering what your thoughts are
Does Casper gets bored with no other gators or animals around? What does he do when you are not there?
another great example of aggression is a bull elephant in must. and they cant help it because they are overflowing with hormones.
I don’t like all this predate touching. I only allow touching postdate.
Casper is a qt
That’s not what aggressive means to me.
Even Steve Irwin described snakes as aggressive, it is temperament. It may not be politically correct...
In your experience which one is harder to train an alligator or a crocodile?
Google Cuban 🐊 attack in a zoo in Sweden
Do gators dream ?
I could be wrong but I have heard that wolves kill for sport.
why have you been shot by humans, was it on purpose or more like they were hunting and didn't see you?
It is what it is.
I hope you’ll still be doing videos at your sanctuary 😊
Chris why did someone try to shot you?
Unfortunately Chris, some people love to be alarmist, as talking in absolutes all the time. That why so many Gators get wiped out every year. All anyone needs to do is leave the Gators alone, then nothing will ever happen to them.
I hadh to go back and confirm... You state here that people are claiming there are certain behaviours we can exhibit if in the water with a saltwater crocodile which will stop it from eating us? Are you serious? Can you give more, MUCH MORE detail on this as, clearly, this is a claim and a half....?
Domestic dogs are the most aggressive animal i can think of
Fear responses in dogs are easy to perceive as aggression. Sadly most dog owners never learn their dog's body language and psychology to recognize the signs when the dog feels threatened, thus instead of helping redirect the dog, people tend to unknowingly push them until the dog reaches a breaking point and bites to defend themselves. It can be a vicious cycle and a nightmare for dog owners to deal with, and some dogs never get successfully rehabbed, but it is never because the dog is inherently aggressive...its because their psychological (and sometimes physical) needs aren't being met.
Polo bears try and kill you on sight
It's fascinating how reptiles are driven mostly by instinct yet they also have intelligence to learn, plan and adapt. Casper moves his head to instantly snap at any disturbance on the water's surface although he probably knows he's looking at Chris' hand.
🧠🫡
👍
Greetings ✋