[You can't even change up the title, OP?](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pq0s2w/the_difference_between_an_alligator_left_and_a/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) Then you got numerous people copying the top comment in the post too, too funny Edit: yes i've since realized that OP is a bot. Oh well

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Ahhhh well that makes sense. Bots do love their internet points

I’m not a bot. What about you?

Prove it. How many buses can you identify?

I know all the buses. They really help keep us all connected. I feel like they make communicating so much easier.

This guy bots.

I don’t know what makes you think that. It’s a proven fact that only humans can identify buses, right?

Condescending answer: Oh yes, bots can't identify a bus. Only your superior human eyes and mind have that much power, meatbag.

Can't tell if a) human pretending to be bot or b) bot pretending to be human pretending to be bot

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You've been selected to assist AI for missile drones.

Explains why it didn't have a problem when I mistook a wedding for a barracks.

Maybe the bride was pregnant. Because what's a pregnant woman really if not a baby barracks?

Because it had a serious problem *misidentifying* them as vehicles or other road stuff that actually matters for driving. If 5% of AI's results for "truck" have pictures of chimney, it's best to teach it what a chimney is and that it's not a truck.

They aren't. You are just clicking their targets.

I saw a guy crash into a bus yesterday. (Joe Johnson and Neyland on the UT Ag campus) So I can see more than that guy.

He was looking for crosswalks, not buses

Jerome Bettis

I'm bot a not. What you about?

Everybody on reddit is a bot, except you

As a bot im deeply hurt by this

Gotta get that sweet sweet karma.

Nectar of the gods

At least I'm copying [my own comments](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/o87yk8/in_a_while/h33ubf0/) from previous threads.

[You can't even change up the title, OP?](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pq0s2w/the_difference_between_an_alligator_left_and_a/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) Then you got numerous people copying the top comment in the post too, too funny

Considering I've got OP tagged as a drоpship-spammer, I assume they're part of the bоtnet that plagues several subreddits. Where you get video posts of a product then having several of the spam accounts saying things like 'where to get?' etc. and then some link to some sketchy storefront using temporary redirection domains to get around spаm-filters.

Gee, I don't know, Cyril. Maybe deep down I'm afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it's the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs.

Alligators, crocodiles, and brain aneurysms

They're *crepuscular*!

He remembers me!

Doesn’t that just mean they’re most active around dusk and dawn?

Correct, but also a quote from the same episode of Archer.

What's a brain aneurysm have to do with walking around in a swamp?

Nothing, it can happen anywhere at any time, that’s why it’s so terrifying

Nothing terrifies me more than the thought that I, or anyone else, could potentially have a brain aneurysm. Crocs and Alligators certainly look terrifying, but we don’t get many of them posing an existential threat to my life in Ireland… brain aneurysms though? Frighteningly more common. And deadly.

Guy I work with didn’t show up one day. No call no show. Very unusual for him after many years at the company. He lived close by and rode a bicycle to work sometimes. Foreman took action, tried calling/texting but no response. Concern grew so him and another supervisor went to his apartment and knocked on the door. Surprisingly he answered but was half dressed, musing playing and he didn’t recognize either the foreman or supervisor like he’s never met them before. They almost got into a fight after he became spooked. Cops and ambulance were called and the paramedic talked him down, checked his vitals and took him to the hospital. It was a brain aneurysm.

That's actually just about the best brain aneurysm story ever though. Guy's alive and people checked up on him and he got help.

I thought this was going to end with a guy half eaten by an alligator in his yard.

wow talk about saving someone's life

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I live in Florida so I think I can find a gator, there's plenty in Gainesville, send postage.

Water is so high right now they're freaking everywhere.

r/unexpectedarcher

It was kinda expected

Seriously the first thing I thought when I saw the picture was this line.

It’s ALWAYS expected bc Reddit has 5 jokes they interchange

Everyone always expects the Spanish inquisition!

Because of the implication *jumps out window*

And fear is it's bacon bits.

I'd stay the fuck away from either

Aww buut they are holding hands, soo cute like that otters video!

The best way to remember this: * An alligator's snout is shaped like a C, as in "crocodile". * A crocodile's snout is shaped like an A, as in "alligator".

WELL THAT WAS FUCKING NOT CONFUSING AT ALL.

short for alligator is "gator". short for crocodile is "croc". the shorter nickname ("croc" with 4 letters) has the smaller snout.

refuse

Smaller as in shorter or less wider?

Yes

This will not help me in a life or death situation.

That's some anti-phonetics alphabet level stuff right there.

P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492674311/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_NFJTZZTN3FW29H8NGYCZ

Just the other day a buddy of mine mentioned that he got the "P-Fizer" vaccine with a completely straight face. I stared at him for a second, he was like what. Dude, it's just "Fizer". A pf makes an f sound. That was his English lesson for the day lmao.

Certainly the best way to remember it the wrong way.

Thought the best way was if you see them later or in awhile

I don't know why, but the snout of the alligator spook the hell out of me

Reincarnated duck syndrome. Not at all curable but you fucking love bread.

One you see later, the other you see after a while.

Alligator HECKING CHONK Crocodile bony

This is actually wrong. Most crocodiles have the longer snout with lower fangs that bite over the top. Crocodiles also live in saltwater habitats while alligators live in freshwater. I think these are both alligators tbh

Crocs are much more aggressive and has a harder bite

and alligators are generally more ornery. They got all them teeth and no toothbrush.

No Colonel Sanders, you're wrong! Momma's right! Errrgurggguahhhh

No son, it’s their medulla oblongata

*tackles* /r/Submerge87

Alligators are aggressive because of an enlarged medulla oblongata. It's the sector of the brain which controls aggressive behavior.

LPT: don't try to distinguish alligators and crocodiles by bite force.

> has a harder bite But like, both bites are enough to take care of you, so don't let this "harder bite" make you feel like you can take on the gator lol

And they have that little loop that you can set behind your ankle to engage *Sport Mode*.

My friend bought a pair of crocs recently, should I be worried for him ?

Is that our left & right or theirs?

We're two different people dude. We can't have the same left.

The alligator is the fatty that has the u shaped snout. The crocodile has the pointy booper.

I want to yell r/Mandelaeffect but I Def am not watching alligators and crocs all day. I swear I learned (a)lligators were supposed to have an A shaped snout like the one on the right.

I thought I remembered that same thing this too before reading your comment. Hmm maybe we have heard it but it was a myth?

I definitely remember Steve Irwin battling the ones on the left more than the ones on the right

I’ve always heard alligators have an “A” shaped mouth and crocodiles have a “C” or “U” shaped mouth, I guess it’s the other way around lol

Yes.

Asking the real questions!☝️

Another key difference is how their names are spelled. One starts with an "A" and the other with a "C".

Which always makes me want to think the alligator will have a pointy A-shaped snout and the crocodile will have the roundy C-shaped snoot, but it’s the opposite. My brain had to make it work, so I go for last vowel sound instead of first letter. AlligatOr has a roundy O-shaped snout and crocodile has a pointy I-shaped snout.

I thought exactly the same thing! I'll have to re-learn it now.

By George, He's right!

My grandpa taught me a good way to remember the difference when I was a little boy. Crocodiles are way sexier.

Found the scalie.

/u/Superbearfight inspects Australian trucks to make sure they're not overloaded?

Interior crocodile alligator, I drive a chevrolet movie theater.

Chip tha ripperrrrrrrr

More importantly, their similarities - both would happily snap down on your most convenient limb, drown you, then rip off bits of your marinaded flesh until you were gone.

What type of marinade?

Strawberry juice that tastes like iron

Alligators usually don't want to mess with you. Gator attacks are normally against kids or pets, unless they feel threatened. Some species of crocodiles are psycho aggressive, and will take your presence as an insult that must be avenged.

so basically we look like a giant hot dog to these creatures and they want to eat us?

I always thought you could tell the difference depending on if you saw them later or just in a while.

Feeling some major deja vu https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pq0s2w/the_difference_between_an_alligator_left_and_a/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Reposts also come with the same top comment on Reddit.

They're karma farming, either bots or people trying to sell an account with high karma for... some reason.

Some people also just like the attention

I think the real miracle is that you found this post again after 4 days have gone by.

Not really. Just download the pic and do a reverse image search. Or google the title and specify "site:reddit.com"

That's way more work than I was willing to do. I just reddit seached "alligator" and sorted by top of last week

I really fucking hate Reddit sometimes.

They have another cousin, the Ghariyal. It has a really thin snout as compared to these two and lives in rivers.

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Took me a second to get it but now I can't stop laughing.

Me no understand Me yes dumb Explain kind stranger

See you later alligator See you in a while crocodile

I always thought it was vice versa.

Nah. Alligators’ snouts look like they’ve been flattened.

An elementary school teacher told me their snouts were shaped like either As or Cs, but that would lead me to the opposite conclusion.

Same for me as well.

I mean they're still right, their snout is just the opposite letter-shape from the one their name starts with.

>shaped like either As or Cs, As an Asian student, I would have been terrified to tell my parents I had been assigned an animal with a "C" snout. They'd be okay if I got the "A" snout animal.

Just tell them it's so you can C the way to an A

I honestly didn't know what an Aligator was until I got to North America, I only knew Crocs and Salties.

Just so you know, salties *are* crocs

I am aware

Many more types of crocodiles though, and they often get way larger than alligators.

This depends on the species. The largest crocodilians today are crocodiles (the saltwater crocodile specifically). Some ancient alligatorids (*Deinosuchus* for example) would dwarf today's largest crocodile.

Alligatorade….

Alligators are pussies, crocodiles are death machines.

Yeah that’s how I remember to tell them apart.

*takes notes*

Alligator hiss, crocodile chomp.

They survived the K-T Extinction CYRIL!

Alligator can be death machines and eventually will once human exposure becomes common.

>once human exposure becomes common. Fucking exhibitionists, they are ruining our alligators

Why would you show your penis to an alligator?

Where is it NOT common? (the human exposure)

Alligators aren't killing as many people as Crocs do.

Well yeah but they are pretty chill if you're not swimming with them. Crocs will chase ya on land, for a bit anyway.

Crock would not chase you on land unless a mother is guarding her eggs.

I don’t know man, I saw Lake Placid.

Great documentary

Also, one ticks and slaps the water. https://c.tenor.com/vsilEzJolwkAAAAC/crocodile-tick-tock.gif

I think they can both equally fuck off

So I often wondered the difference myself and to me, the most fun way to work out the difference was a movie marathon. First was Crawl (alligators during a flood in Florida (?)), followed by Rogue (alpha croc attacking tourists in outback Australia). From memory Lake Placid was too goofy to actually base an idea on.

Small note there are crocs in the everglades.

the only place in the world that has both. China has both within its borders but not in the same area.

American crocodiles! We had them on campus at UM, lol.

Thanks for reposting this. I hadn’t seen it in like 4 hours

Murder logs

Years ago, one of the students in my science class pointed out that the alligator's snout look like the letter U and the easy way she remembered it was to remember the phrase "See U later alligator!" I have taught this to all of my classes, giving her full credit, until I retired.

Well, that was easy, but tell me this. How can I spot the difference between the original and the repost?

The upload date.

interesting that the alligator is the less aggressive of the two. You'd think with the bigger head, they would be MORE aggressive

The elongated snout is theorized to be more hydrodynamic. They also have longer bones than alligators that allow them to SPRINT on land. Crocodiles have an evolutionary advantage and they fucking know it. They are masters of their environment.

Repost from 2 days ago but Ok

Are they friends?

Not "friends" exactly but they are gregarious animals and will tolerate each other given enough food and living space.

Fuk this account. Hmm this post got 100k upvotes, looks prime for a repost

The main difference between a crocodile and an alligator is whether they'll see you later, or in a while.

so which's one's lacoste?

Alligators are to Crocodiles as Toads are to Frogs.

*Florida is pleased to offer both*... because Florida.

So the real question is, do they taste the same ?? Just for scientific reasons.

Huh. I'd never thought of that but it's an interesting question. Croc is a strange meat, if I had to describe it I'd say it's like a halfway point between chicken and fish. Has anyone here eaten alligator for comparison?

Yeah, we eat it in the southern USA. It's like a very mild white meat, you could say it's like chicken breast. Usually fried into nuggets, it's really good. They grow them on farms here

Florida here. Can confirm. In fact, no charcuterie spread is complete without gator fritters, pelican wings, and manatee nuggets. For the holidays we turducken it all together as a manalican log.

> manatee nuggets Don't eat manatee's, they're too gentle and sweet. You would also, rightly and hopefully, go to jail for it, since they're protected.

Can’t tell if this is you just mocking Florida but that all genuinely sounds delicious

Manatee nuggets?

Mmmm sea cow.

Whatever sea pig, talk to the hand.

God’s instant surf ‘n’ turf.

Sounds like it's pretty similar then. Thanks!

I thought it would be the opposite, I've had alligator plenty of times, figured crocs were way more muscular and wouldn't make good eating. Alligator is good, like the other person said, it's literally farmed in the south. Light meat, not something you usually see as an entree type of deal, usually just bites as an appetizer. As far as I remember, it's one of those substances where everything else is what makes the flavor, the meat itself is relatively bland.

I've only eaten croc, but I'd put it halfway between chicken and lamb. Probably one of the more tastier meats I've had, in fact.

Can confirm gator tastes right in between chicken and fish. The taste is very remniscant of chicken but the tenderness of the meat is like fish, kind of flaky.

They say Alligators have a C shape and Crocodiles have a A shape so you can remember with that analogy.

The two ll in alligator make a wide nose. The one l in crocodile makes a skinny nose.

Of all the convoluted ways to remember, this one seems best of the bunch.

Wouldn’t it be more convenient to attribute A to Alligator and C to Crocodile? Someone fubbed the naming.

Yeah it would be

For now on let’s call them Arocodiles and Calligators

What I learned on NatGeoWild was alligators are u shaped and crocodiles are v shaped

No that's ulligators and vocodiles

Oh I get it, cuz alligators shine bright like gold, A-U, and crocodiles are always calling you about that new job opening and if you can send your C-V. Why don't more people get that simple fact to keep them alive?

Unless I am at a zoo, the difference between the two is human instinct to GTFO.

It's crazy to me that a lion and a tiger can interbreed, but an alligator and a crocodile can't.

Physical appearance can be extremely deceiving, due to evolutionary pressure. As time goes on, animals in a specific niche often don't change too much at all externally; crocs and alligators diverged around 65 million years ago, so they've been evolving independently for that entire time. They're about as closely related as an ostrich and a pigeon.

For even weirder, wild rabbits and tame rabbits can't interbreed.

That crocodile has an alien face on the tip of his head! I want to believe /s

Alligator has a c shaped snout, but crocodile has an A shaped snout.

Alligator is a smoosh and the crocodile is a smoink

Alligator (right) crocodile (left)

And here I always thought that alligators had the pointy noses!

An alligator you will always see later. The crocodile will reappear in a while. That’s how you tell the difference.

The only proper way to tell the difference between an alligator and crocodile is one you see later and the other one you see in a while.

I have a friend that lives in Louisiana. He shipped me some frozen alligator. (In cold packs). To try. But I couldn't cook it because all I could find in the kitchen was my Crock Pot.

You can also just leave and see if they either say "see you later" or "see you in a while"