Can we plz stop alligator hunting?
Do you know what brought alligators back from the brink of extinction? Marketing. If you had any knowledge of alligator biology, you would know that just because an alligator is clinically dead doesn’t mean it’s nerves have completely stopped. Ever see a lizard’s tail break off and continue twitching? The same concept is in play. Proper placement of the shell from the bangstick helps to ensure clinical death of the alligator. Unlike mammals, the main blood supply to the brain of an alligator runs along the spine, a proper shot at the base of the skull wipes out the brain stem, and blood supply to the brain. Additional usage of a blade to sever the spinal cord and ensure that the blood supply is cut off is insurance. Yes, the alligator will still twitch, and yes, it can still bite, this is why they are taped, and as a matter of fact, when the alligator is taken in to be skinned and butchered, due to the slow metabolic rate of these animals, they are bled out and refrigerated for at leas
