A Palm Beach, Florida man recently learned just how dangerous and agile alligators can be, after losing his new drone to one of these reptiles in one fell swoop.
Robert Rosetto, a real estate agent, posted a video of the fatal overflight on his Instagram account. In the footage, he flies the drone over a lake while an alligator looks on curiously and calmly.
However, the giant reptile suddenly jumps straight out of the water and grabs him with an audible crack : “Well, there goes my drone! Damn crocodile actually ATE it! Rosetto subtitled.
Here are the images of the alligator “devouring” the drone with one bite:
As The Daily Mail shared, Rosetto had just bought the drone to use for real estate shoots, but took it to the lake that day to photograph his girlfriend’s boat. As he flew over the water, “the alligator showed great interest in me coming straight at him and then following him.”
So he decided to stop and get some “nice video and close-up pictures” of the creature. But the imposing animal had other plans.
“I never thought that he would actually launch himself so high out of the water and grab the drone,” he told the media. “I have lived in Florida for almost 30 years and have come across alligators frequently, but I have never seen anything like it.”
Rosetto was not thrilled to lose the expensive contraption, but his family thought the sacrifice was worth it. “They thought it was hilarious,” he added. “My 11 year old son thought it was the funniest thing in the world.”
Alligators actually hunt in the air often. From a resting position, they can jump up to six feet high, according to Wild Florida, and they use this trick to great advantage.
“The jump of an alligator is not limited to jumping out of the water” the organization wrote. “They are known to jump so they can get up a tree branch faster and then climb up to their prey.”
“When hunting large animals, alligators usually have a small disadvantage, since they are very low to the ground,” he continued. “To make sure they have a chance to take down a large animal like a deer, the alligator will jump aiming for the neck of the prey in the hope that the animal will lose its balance and fall.”
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