(tension building music)
- I'm Coyote Peterson, you guys asked for it,
and today I'm getting chomped
by the American alligator.
Ready?
One, two.
Oh boy.
Three.
(yelling in pain)
(dramatic tribal music)
All right, you ready?
One, two.
Oh boy.
Three.
You know what, guys,
I'm crazy, but I'm not that crazy.
What you're looking at there
is a 200 pound American alligator,
with one of the most powerful bite forces on the planet.
An animal this size could probably rip off my arm.
And just to prove that he's real, watch this.
(breathes out) Wow.
And getting that close to those teeth
really gets your heart racing.
Now I've gotten up close with a number
of different dangerous animals,
and gotten into the strike zone to show you
what to do and not do if you ever find yourself
in that position.
Now, I'm not willing to be bitten an alligator of this size,
but I am willing to hold up my end of the bargain
and get chomped by something a little more reasonable.
All right guys, let's bring in Junior.
Over the course of my adventures
I have had several alligator encounters,
all of which ended without me ever being bitten.
See you later, buddy.
Wow!
So that'll be the bite perspective right there.
Alligator will come from this side
and chomp down right on the meat of my forearm.
The measured bite force of a full grown
American alligator is around 3,000 pounds per square inch,
making it one of the most powerful chomps
in the animal kingdom.
I am trying to mentally put myself
in a place where I'm not gonna feel the pain.
I have a pretty high pain tolerance,
but even still, having all those tiny little teeth
pop through my forearm in both sides,
this is not gonna feel good.
(breathes out)
- [Voiceover] This is the real deal.
- This is the real deal.
No matter what, never replicate
what you are about to witness in this video.
And who you're looking at there,
that is Junior.
He's about three and a half feet in length.
He weighs about 20 pounds.
And an alligator of this size is only about two years old,
so the purpose of me getting chomped today
by Junior, other than the fact that you guys
wanted to see me get chomped by an alligator,
is to prove to you that having an alligator as a pet
is just not a good idea.
All right, Junior, go easy on me buddy.
(sighs) I don't know how I get myself into these things.
Here we go.
(breathes out)
All right, this is not gonna be pretty.
You guys ready for this?
I'm Coyote Peterson and I'm about to enter the strike zone
with the American alligator.
You ready?
Ready, everyone ready?
- [Voiceover] Rolling.
- Rolling.
GoPro, rolling.
Here we go.
One, two.
(screams in pain)
Oh yeah, he is into my arm,
he is holding on.
(moaning in pain)
Yep, all right,
that feels like big needles going into my forearm,
and I can see there
that those teeth are deep down into my skin.
Oh yeah, he's really holding on.
Man, now an alligator of this size,
only about three and a half feet,
capable of giving you one really,
really nasty bite.
Argh!
All right, I think to get him to let go
I'm gonna try to just pry his jaw down a little bit.
All right, I'm gonna pull my arm out, you ready?
Ow, no, he's not letting go.
He is locked onto my arm, guys.
You know what, let's get a bottle of water.
Argh, there are some teeth underneath
that have just popped through
the underside of my arm.
All right, I'm gonna dump a little bit of water on him.
You ready?
Here we go.
All right buddy, let go, let go.
Oh, I don't want him to like slide back.
(pants in pains)
It's the underside that hurts the worst.
(screams in pain)
He's biting down harder, and harder, and harder.
Oh man, this was not a good idea, ladies and gentlemen.
Truly chomped by the American alligator.
I can't get him off.
He's locked on there.
- [Man with Beard] Want just a suggestion from me?
- [Coyote] Yes, suggestion.
- I'd take this stick, put in here
so he couldn't bite down any harder.
- Yeah, that's a good idea.
All right, what we're gonna do now
is put a stick in his jaws from this side.
Getting the alligator on is one thing,
getting him off is another.
He's got the underside of my wrist
locked in his jaws.
(yells out in pain)
Ohhh, yep.
Wow.
Thank you, Junior.
Oh man.
(laughs) Wooo, doggy.
Look at that.
Oh man, he got really close to a vein right there.
You can see there's a big hole
went into my arm at that spot.
That hurts the worst.
And I think one of the most uncomfortable feelings
is when you can feel a tooth
pop through your skin.
In total, my arm was locked in the jaws of this alligator
for seven minutes.
And I was working with a team of experts.
Remember, Junior is only two years old.
Now imagine having him as your pet.
You go to feed him, you clean his cage,
or mishandle this reptile for just a second,
and wham (yells in pain),
this could be you.
(slow motion moaning in pain)
Well hopefully this proved as an excellent lesson
as to why you never wanna get an alligator as a pet.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave,
stay wild, we'll see you on the next adventure.
Thousands of baby alligators
find their way into the pet trade every year.
They may start off small and adorable,
but they won't stay that way for long.
Accidents happen with captive alligators,
and they happen often.
Guys, I am seriously chomped here.
(screams in pain)
I was lucky to walk away with just a few puncture wounds,
but you, well let's just say,
you might not be this lucky.
If you thought being chomped by an alligator was crazy,
go behind the adventure to have a closer look
at the aftermath.
And learn how we dressed my bites
right there on location.
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