Should you had to decide on a victor in a water battle, black bear or alligator, which species would you select? A Florida man kayaking on the St. Johns River didn’t know what to suppose when he all of a sudden noticed an enormous black animal swimming close by, then noticed an alligator heading proper towards it.
Tyler Futrell grabbed for his cellphone and began recording as the 2 animals met mid-river. The large black animal—Futrell later realized it was a black bear—swatted on the gator when it lunged, as if the gator have been an annoying fly. Then, the black bear retains on swimming as Futrell drops a number of expletives.
Earlier than the bear may end crossing the river, it runs into one other gator, however this one can’t gradual the bear down both. Futrell instructed native information in an interview that he’d by no means seen a black bear within the river, and he’d definitely by no means seen a black bear go up towards an alligator whereas swimming. But, on this fateful day, he noticed one go up towards two.
Watch a black bear face off towards two alligators in a river right here (warning: this video incorporates express language):
Whereas alligators are the apex predators in Florida’s freshwater, black bears can swim nicely too, they usually aren’t simple to take down, even for those who’re a gator. These gators definitely discovered their lesson: Don’t even strive.
