Crunching A Crab!

Yesterday evening I was watching this alligator making it’s way along the salt marsh among the oyster beds at low tide.

I saw it suddenly lunge out at something but wasn’t sure exactly what the gator caught until it lifted up it’s head and I realized it had a nice size blue crab!

Well…the alligator proceeded to crunch the crab (which I could clearly hear from my position) until it finally bit down hard on the now completely cracked crab, and gulped down it’s meal.

Incidentally, if you view the time lapse video I posted earlier of the same marsh area, at 28 seconds in you can glimpse this same alligator making it’s way back into the marsh. 

29 thoughts on “Crunching A Crab!”

    • I’m so glad you checked out these pics and that you like them! Thanks a lot for looking and commenting!
      And he does have a look on his face like he is thinking…”ummm, that was some goooood crab” 🙂

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  16. I think I would rather be the fish than the crab, It would be better to be gulped down whole then crunched up.

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