Dog Pack Kills Alligator In Florida

[BikeWriter]

I my have beaten Matcom News to this one!

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 in its natural eco-system, can still fall victim to implemented team work strategy, made possible by the tight knit social structure and survival of the fittest pack mentality bred into canines over the last thousands of years by natural selection.
See the remarkable photograph attached, courtesy of Nature Magazine.
Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it from breathing, while the remainder of the pack prevents the beast from rolling.
Beware! This is not for the squeamish!
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[Anarcho-Socialist]

1. They look ferocious

Yikes!

[BikeWriter]

3. You can't say you were not warned!!!!!111

[Richardo]

2. "Payback. This time it's for REAL."

:D

[BikeWriter]

4. They're badasses, huh, Pard?

[eyepaddle]

5. Oh god, that is SO cute

I might fall into a diabetic coma.

[BikeWriter]

6. Cute? They're vicious!

[Phillycat]

7. In a world...where puppies bring down a ferocious stuffed alligator...

this time, it's PAYBACK! :D

[BikeWriter]

12. Freak'n A!

:rofl:

[xchrom]

8. oh the humanity -- er oh the alligatority -- er

i'm at a loss...

except to say THAT IS SO CUTE!

[BikeWriter]

15. I love your alligatority pun! Well done.

[Sequoia]

9. Cute attack, cute attack!

[BikeWriter]

16. Thank you, I had to bring it to you guys. :-)

[matcom]

10. FLORIDA!!!

:rofl:

[BikeWriter]

13. Back off, Matcom! This is a BikeWriter's News Feature!!!!111

:rofl:

[matcom]

17. THAT kind of attitude will NOT get you.....

promoted to cub-reporter status :D

[BikeWriter]

18. I'm okay wit that. I scooped you on this story, bad boy!

Hee hee hee!

[Virginia Dare]

11. In puppy world, that is exactly what's happening...

God, if I could only live in that world--that's just too damn cute!!!

[BikeWriter]

14. Cool puppies, huh?

:)

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. That alligator never stood a chance with those ferocious beasts...

:rofl: That's too cute! Reminds me of my own dogs attacking a wild animal (i.e. plush toy)! :hi:

[BikeWriter]

20. "Feral Dog Pack Mauls Native Animal!"

:shrug: