Can You Really Escape an Alligator by Running Zigzag?

About this episode

This episode discusses the likelihood of escaping an alligator and the patterns of their attacks.

You could probably outsprint an alligator no matter what pattern you ran in -- but it's extremely unlikely that you'd ever need to. Learn how alligators do and don't attack in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator-zigzag.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• alligators
• animal behavior
• survival tactics
• running techniques
• myth busting

Keywords

• alligators
• escape
• running zigzag
• animal attacks
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BrainStuff, iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: Can You Really Escape an Alligator by Running Zigzag?, https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator-zigzag.htm

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