Alligators! Natures Perfect Ambush Predator.

Alligators truly are nature抯 best ambush predators. The simple fact that they have been existence since the age of the dinosaurs is amazing. Within this long period of time they have not at all changed except that they are a little smaller. If you can go back 100 million years ago and catch a glimpse of an alligator it would look exactly the same. With that being said they must have a pretty darn good survival strategy, one that includes hunting and eating other living creatures.

Now I抦 going to walk you through how an alligator goes about killing it抯 prey, I want you to imagine being the alligator. It all starts with the alligators ingenious natural design. At the top of their head is their eyes and snout. So the alligator can completely submerge its body leaving only it抯 eyes and nose to scan the surrounding area.

From here the alligator can very easily locate unweary prey that comes up to the water抯 edge looking for a drink. Then suddenly it vanishes not to be seen underwater. This is where the alligator is deadliest, evolution has granted alligators the ability to hold their breath for literally hours underwater.

Next, more quite and undetected than a stealth bomber, the alligator creeps closer and closer to it抯 unsuspecting victim at the water抯 edge. Literally getting feet from it抯 prey without the animal knowing.

Then with the speed of a bullet lunges out and snaps down on it抯 prey, using jaws lined up with bone crushing teeth that can exert three thousand pounds of pressure per square inch. Once in these jaws it抯 all over there is pretty much no escape.

The alligator drags it抯 prey underwater and drowns it in minutes, and since the alligator can hold it抯 breath for and hour plus this isn抰 a problem at all.

This my friends is nature抯 perfect ambush predator. There is no other creature that has been using the same hunting technique for over 100 million years, never once having to change a bit. The American alligator along with it抯 other crocodilian cousins are not only nature抯 perfect predators, but nature抯 best survival story.