Got this in an e-mail today.
Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida
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,” can still fall victim to implemented ‘team work’ strategy, made possible due to the tight knit social structure and “survival of the pack mentality”bred into the canines.
See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature Magazine. Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it from breathing, while another dog has a hold on the tail to keep it from thrashing. The third dog attacks the soft underbelly of the gator.
Anne’s daughter, glad you liked it. 🙂
Stephanie – there is no way I’m looking – no way.
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How funny!
Unfortunatley Kim, it is true.
Stephanie before I look, is that real? Because that would really upset me – see what a chicken I am?
Hi Kim…here is where a gator ate a cairn!
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/13/Hillsborough/Dog_jumps_into_water_.shtml
What and miss being accused of censorship or compared to the KGB?
Deborah, you know, I didn’t even realize the irony until you pointed it out. Very true.
This post, its subject matter, and the image, are quite a timely analogy. I’m struck by the irony.
(Kim, you won’t hurt my feelings if you decide not to approve this comment. )
Hi Kim,
And here I was visualizing some dogs going at it on a gator. Good one! 🙂
I’m a sucker also and fell hook, line, & sinker! CUTE photo!!
Sandra, that is too funny of an image!
Annie – I felt the same way when I received the e-mail!
Oh, the humanity…..
Speaking of muzzles, my grandma used to have a gift for mangling the English language. When Sam, our family dog, would bark or howl (usually at the sound of sirens) Grandma would complain that we should “put a nozzle on that dog” to shut him up. Presumably, she did mean we should muzzle him.
But poor Sam — I’ve never been able to shake the image of a blue heeler with his snout shoved into the nozzle from the garden hose.
OMG I completely fell for it! I almost didn’t click on “read more” because I was expecting the photo to be gruesome. Good one!