If you thought that alligators can’t understand what humans say, then think again.

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This tour guide thinks it’s funny to joke about slapping an alligator across the face, and literally as soon as he says that and the tourists starts laughing, the gator makes the snap decision to take pre-emptive action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr69gxtBf8o

Yeah, might want to stop your boat a little further away from the bank next time. Almost had ourselves another Facebook Live death, which I can’t help but think we’re going to see a few of in 2017. These guys were lucky to get out of the way of that gator’s chomp zone, that’s for sure.

To read about the Florida man who was caught having sex with the alligator he kept tied up in his back yard, click HERE.