For alligators, “the chef’s special is whatever fits in the mouth.” That’s according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which recently shared a video to Instagram of an alligator with something large in its mouth as it nonchalantly crosses a road in a Florida wildlife refuge. In fact, that object is a turtle—or, as USFWS calls it, “nature’s hard candy.”
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“American alligators treat turtles like nature’s hard candy,” wrote USFWS in the Instagram post. “An alligator’s jaw is so powerful they have no problem crunching through a hard turtle shell. Enjoy this fine dining experience, brought to you by nature and questionable table manners.”
Watch as an alligator crosses the road with a snack:
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