@KateMishkin @JWPascale this is what I was trying to say!!!!
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Wow, come for the flashy headline, stay for the bite force trivia
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It also said she stuck her fingers up his nostrils and he MIGHT have felt he couldn't breathe.
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Gators noses are really sensitive. It let go of her. She didn't pry it open. It's easier to open a a plane door mid flight than open a
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Gators mouth once it has clamped down on something. Humans can't even displace 2 psi let alone the 3,700 psi a gator applied when it bites.
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What was her name? Chuckleen Norris? Brucelle Banner?
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was the expert there?
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No but other news stories give the full story. She kept hitting its nose. Gator's noses are sensitive so it started to release. While it was
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Letting go she just opened it up a bit more to get herself out. Not so much prying it open as using the skills she was taught. It's humanly
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Impossible to open a gators mouth after it clamps down on something. That's 3,700 psi on you. You're not being released unless the gator
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Wants to release you. While the expert wasn't there, the facts are always here and it's a fact she didn't pry open it's mouth. Not possible.
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Yeah. It seemed improbable. But, who knows.
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Not improbable. It's impossible.
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Reason I didn't immediately declare it as impossible was the way a human can lift a car in an emergency. Barring miracles, I agree with you.
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You also have to take into account that she's a ten year old girl. That would have to be one hell of a miracle. Physically it is impossible.
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Nope. She learned about alligator's snouts being particularly sensitive, put fingers up its nose and it opened its mouth. Not even a miracle
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What is the point of the article? Is this 'expert' calling the girl a liar? Why would she lie?
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Having personally known of someone dying from an attack (a grown woman) I'm a little bewildered by this story. Attacks are brutal
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