I get that you're quite familiar with crocodilian behavior but it's undeniable that you have cojones the size of the Florida turnpike for swimming trying those murky stretches of water. This video is out of this world. Bravo!
Unbelievable footage Chris. This has to be one of your greatest moments in wildlife. You're changing the way the world thinks, I know I've learned a lot. In the mean while I'll stick with swimming with sharks.
I'm an aquatic biologist and work in the southeast. I snorkel and dive in gator habitat all the time just in zero to near zero visibly. Seeing those tracks on the bottom never ceases to get my heart rate up. That said, you're nuts. I do all i reasonably can to stay away from the large predators.
Grandpa Croc was definitely side eyeing you! WOW! That is some very beautiful footage! I hope you run across him again so you can let him know he has his very own fan club!
Wow dude just wow… That has to be the most amazing footage I’ve EVER seen of the American Crocodile.. I am so thankful for the effort and the danger you put yourself in to show us these amazing reptiles. I seriously felt like I was back in the Cretaceous Period swimming in the Western interior seaway, especially with that clear water. That’s the biggest Crocodylus acutus I’ve ever seen on film in the U.S. forsure, congrats dude.
I didn’t even know crocs were native to North America I thought you only had Alligators and that you only got crocs in Africa and Australia plus parts of Asia.
@@FloridasWildest wtf dude. Why are u in there with wild fukkin dinosaues. Ur so lucky man. Wææ just imaging the feeling getting ripped apart by that thing while suffocating
@@D9Wx Florida's population of American crocodiles are not very aggressive towards humans. They are quite shy and timid compared to even their alligator neighbors..
Those are really beautiful pictures and that footage of the croc as it descends and settles back to the bottom. Wow. I am obsessed with these videos. They’ve made me see crocs and gators not as some monstrous killers, but as majestic predators with their own place to inhabit in this crazy beautiful world of ours. They are deserving of our respect. Thanks for sharing and please always be safe as you brave these depths!!
Wow, Chris, you are unbelievable! Thank you for all you do, that's such an enormous risk you take, all to educate your audience. Can't believe you don't have millions of subscribers
Long time fan, I watched this and showed mom. She was blown away by the diving and I explained a bit of crocodiles and alligators (most of which I've learned from Chris) as we watched together. Really amazing stuff.
That was so amazing. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing. Once my nephew comes down from Upstate NY he wants to come down & go in with you . Originally he was not having any part of up close with alligators. But through the last 6 years I've been down here he's heard so much & also I've sent him your videos.
It's insane to me that such a massive animal can move about and barely disturb the water. It's no wonder that they've survived, unchanged, over millions of years when they're so perfectly adapted to being completely undetected - and I love that the reason they're like this is 100% to allow them to successfully capture they're prey, they're an apex predator, but it also keeps them safe from us - just think how many crocs have survived hunters over the last few hundred years because, even as one of the largest animals on the planet and by far the largest reptiles, their instinctual stealth allows them to go undetected to the vast majority of people. I bet there are far more people who have swam past a crocodile or alligator and never even known it was there than have been attacked by them.
Chris I have a question, what do you do when the croc tries to attack while in the water? As you have said they are very fast in there so how do you react?
I’m fascinated with crocodilians. Use to visit an docile 8ft gator when I lived in southern Alabama that was relocated by the game warden. I would never enter the water though. Just watching your video gives me enough thrills. Lol!! Great stuff!
My nephew Henry (he’s 4) says “happy face” apparently referring to himself, not the croc. That would be silly. But we enjoy watching your videos. I had to show him that crocs can swim, and that’s how we found you. Great footage!!!
Hey! thanks for sharing this. apparently american crocs range up into south florida ( i did not know this) , but is it common to actually find them at any rate? or is it a very rare experience.
Man I love your videos. I get tired of hearing Floridians say there's nothing to do. Man we live in paradise, and if you can't find something to do here, then you ain't looking
What an amazing and exciting life you live my man! I admire you and Gab so much! I would love nothing more than to spend a day with you two. I hope to do a dive with Chris one day.
Incredible footage! The corc was so relaxed. Is this a normal behaviour in your experience? Do you know if this is a female/male? Beautiful 📸 and hard to come by. Well done! How about adding a link to your gallery in the description?
I grew up around alligators and for the most part they leave you alone if you leave them alone. I would swim in canals with alligators present. Occasionally one would start swimming towards you, but you just chuck a rock at it and it would leave. I know crocodiles are more aggressive than alligators, so there is no way I would get in the water with a crocodile. We had a 13 foot gator that was snatching pigs from our farm. He was massive. I can’t imagine how big that 15 foot croc was.
So amazing to see this. It really has something primeevil about this. I've found this channel a few days ago and subbed, I know you have experiance but please take care of yourself. Best to you and your gf
Isn't it great when man and beast get along respecting each other. Very touching video. It's a shame the crocodile is not the real predator but humans who have no respect for the animal kingdom that hurt or kill for the fun of it.
Awesome you can see in the water. Great footage too! 🤙🏼 I've been diving in 20ft black murky water with tons of gators up in Yemessee, SC. When underwater in the black at the bottom a 1000 lumen light will disappear 2 inches from my face. So much silt that stirred up, once that happened it was pitch black even with the light. Got caught up in fishing string so after I got untangled I surfaced at the dock and got out.
He doesn't seem to care about you being there at all. Do you think that's something specific to American Crocodiles, or is it likely that other species would react similarly?
@@jaquanmoody2568 I would believe it. Where I went to college in Florida, there were gators crossing from one pond to another all over the campus, and we were often within a few feet of them. I'm curious what it is that makes these species so docile compared to others.
@NobodyKnows My guess would be the high abundance of food and not much competition from other apex predators. Most gators usually eat fish or really small mammals.
@@jaquanmoody2568 The Amazon does not have a crocodilian any more aggressive than a gator or American crocodile. The American crocodile can actually be found in parts of South America.
Hopefully he NEVER answers that question as some people will kill it just to say they killed it. Just enjoy the videos. Hope he never identified where this one is located.
Hey i was wondering have you or have you thought about working with an Australian saltwater crocodile and i just wanna say I enjoy watching your videos and learning more about the reptiles that you work with
I would like to echo the same Wow! The video where Casper bumps into you in the water appeared in my recommends, that video made my heart rate climb. This one did the same. Sure the toucan is cool also, but the quality of this footage rates as an animal encounter for me. Well done and keep up the good work.
Wish I was there with you. I’ve been doing this for about 20 years now. Never once have I had one charge me while diving. Only on land and on my kayak checking out nests.
At the end there, the crocodile looked fully alert with his eyes wide open. Also, he kinda looked pissed. Its a good thing that you decided to retreat.
What advice would you give Chris for someone who's never dived with Crocadilians, if they encounter one like you do. New sub here, and from what I've watched so far, you are very confident with them in the water. I have no desire to find any, but I do wanna free dive some springs and don't wanna die from panic. Thanks.
@@lolazal1 I wish it was that easy lmaooo. Im a shark person, I go for dives in the great barrier reef and sometimes there r saltwater crocs even all the way out there, its rare but it happens. Also in many beaches in FNQ we get crocs.
Well, with huge boa constrictor snakes, fire ants, alligators, killer bees and Ron DeSantis, I'll have to add Crocodiles to my list of why I won't ever move to Florida!
I get that you're quite familiar with crocodilian behavior but it's undeniable that you have cojones the size of the Florida turnpike for swimming trying those murky stretches of water. This video is out of this world. Bravo!
😅asi mismo" big testicles" 🤪 😮looks like a different "know florida "species" probably is #hybrid" #FL and #Nilo 😮
Unbelievable footage Chris. This has to be one of your greatest moments in wildlife. You're changing the way the world thinks, I know I've learned a lot. In the mean while I'll stick with swimming with sharks.
i'll bet you will change your tune if chris gets eaten by one of these things
Changing the world? Lol
@@perry92964 I would be right beside him if he would let me. Checkout the shark video.
That's an American Crocodile. Pretty harmless towards human.
harmless....@@richcohen5936
I'm an aquatic biologist and work in the southeast. I snorkel and dive in gator habitat all the time just in zero to near zero visibly. Seeing those tracks on the bottom never ceases to get my heart rate up.
That said, you're nuts. I do all i reasonably can to stay away from the large predators.
Grandpa Croc was definitely side eyeing you! WOW! That is some very beautiful footage! I hope you run across him again so you can let him know he has his very own fan club!
Im surprised how calm and nice he speaks about it. Having to know that these ain't prey but predators.
Wow dude just wow… That has to be the most amazing footage I’ve EVER seen of the American Crocodile.. I am so thankful for the effort and the danger you put yourself in to show us these amazing reptiles. I seriously felt like I was back in the Cretaceous Period swimming in the Western interior seaway, especially with that clear water. That’s the biggest Crocodylus acutus I’ve ever seen on film in the U.S. forsure, congrats dude.
Thanks so much!! And it’s definitely the biggest acutus I’ve ever seen on footage underwater, such an amazing experience!
@@FloridasWildest I love how respectful you are with him. Give him the space to do his own thing. Hopefully you’ll meet again!
I didn’t even know crocs were native to North America I thought you only had Alligators and that you only got crocs in Africa and Australia plus parts of Asia.
@@FloridasWildest wtf dude. Why are u in there with wild fukkin dinosaues. Ur so lucky man. Wææ just imaging the feeling getting ripped apart by that thing while suffocating
@@D9Wx Florida's population of American crocodiles are not very aggressive towards humans. They are quite shy and timid compared to even their alligator neighbors..
Absolutely incredible! That crocodile is just so stunning! Loved watching him drift through the water and the beautiful close ups of his face!
Those are really beautiful pictures and that footage of the croc as it descends and settles back to the bottom. Wow. I am obsessed with these videos. They’ve made me see crocs and gators not as some monstrous killers, but as majestic predators with their own place to inhabit in this crazy beautiful world of ours. They are deserving of our respect. Thanks for sharing and please always be safe as you brave these depths!!
I know right?! It’s insane and amazing how beautiful and majestic a croc can be. What an amazing vid!
Wow, Chris, you are unbelievable! Thank you for all you do, that's such an enormous risk you take, all to educate your audience. Can't believe you don't have millions of subscribers
Long time fan, I watched this and showed mom. She was blown away by the diving and I explained a bit of crocodiles and alligators (most of which I've learned from Chris) as we watched together. Really amazing stuff.
You are so lucky to live the life you live and you are such a cool dude yourself!! Keep the amazing stuff coming!!! Love you and Gabby both so much
Wow!! That was incredibly beautiful with the rays of light and that croc was just awesome. His back feet toes seemed really long!
Balls of the Year award goes to this guy 🏆
They naturally blend in so well it's amazing even in that last clear video what a gorgeous animal! Amazing.
Wow that is so cool,your so brave to be doing the job you do so thankyou for making our days better
That was so amazing. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing. Once my nephew comes down from Upstate NY he wants to come down & go in with you . Originally he was not having any part of up close with alligators. But through the last 6 years I've been down here he's heard so much & also I've sent him your videos.
Really amazing!!! Thank you Chris!🙏🏽🍀🐊🤗
Some of the coolest footage I have ever seen. Love the still shots too. You are one talented (and brave!) dude. 😄🐊
That was an unbelievable video. It was amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing 💜
I don't know if this is courage or crazy but the footage is astonishing! Wow!
Placid is not a word that gives me comfort around crocs.
This video is incredible. Wish I could feel 10% as comfortable doing this as you, it's so fascinating
I would shit my pants if I even saw a shadow of one of this bad boys 😂
Mesmerizing footage and superb photos. Love the expression in the first photo (and I believe the last) and the eye color coming off as blue. Wow.
So amazing. What an experience!! Thank you for sharing and teaching us all!
Wow , just came across this channel .. been binge watching amazing
It's insane to me that such a massive animal can move about and barely disturb the water. It's no wonder that they've survived, unchanged, over millions of years when they're so perfectly adapted to being completely undetected - and I love that the reason they're like this is 100% to allow them to successfully capture they're prey, they're an apex predator, but it also keeps them safe from us - just think how many crocs have survived hunters over the last few hundred years because, even as one of the largest animals on the planet and by far the largest reptiles, their instinctual stealth allows them to go undetected to the vast majority of people. I bet there are far more people who have swam past a crocodile or alligator and never even known it was there than have been attacked by them.
Shaped like a torpedo probably helps
Been while since you posted video..goin to watch this one now.👌
Always a pleasure watching and learning from you and your videos thank you.
That was incredible😁!!!! Was it just me, or did he seem kinda old? Like a Grandpa. Lol. Awesome video:), and strangely relaxing 😊
At that size he is an old guy...Probably between 50 and 70 years old...Just a beautiful animal.
CHRIS...YOU ARE A HERO!
Wow this was such an insane video! 100% the coolest video i have seen! Thank you for sharing it❤️🙏
Just beautiful photographs and footage of him. Those teeth are so incredible
Thank you for sharing this incredible footage!
Beautiful footage! something you don't see every day, what a magnificent animal.
😱 Bro you are an absolute champ!! 🙌🏾
Chris I have a question, what do you do when the croc tries to attack while in the water? As you have said they are very fast in there so how do you react?
He dies
idk but as an expert. i would say ur best bet is to accept death
Not sure why but I can’t see the reply here and I’d like to know the answer.
@@ronpeoples83 I also can’t see it, maybe it’s held for review or something
I’m curious how difficult is it to swim with balls as big as yours😂
Just stumbled on to this content and glad I did! Really fantastic stuff and I hit the like button and subscribed immediately without hesitation!!
Wow.... amazing footage! Great work!
The last thing I'd want if I was underwater with croc is him doing his "normal things"
These videos are amazing keep them coming mate
I’m fascinated with crocodilians. Use to visit an docile 8ft gator when I lived in southern Alabama that was relocated by the game warden. I would never enter the water though. Just watching your video gives me enough thrills. Lol!! Great stuff!
That guy is ancient, I wonder how old it is. So happy to see giant American crocs are still around.
My nephew Henry (he’s 4) says “happy face” apparently referring to himself, not the croc. That would be silly. But we enjoy watching your videos. I had to show him that crocs can swim, and that’s how we found you. Great footage!!!
Hey! thanks for sharing this. apparently american crocs range up into south florida ( i did not know this) , but is it common to actually find them at any rate? or is it a very rare experience.
You can find them if you go to the right spot
The coastal Everglades is a good place to see them.
Well he's a beaut. Diving with them is not my ambition, but I enjoyed seeing your footage of you doing so. Beautiful shots and footage.
Man I love your videos. I get tired of hearing Floridians say there's nothing to do. Man we live in paradise, and if you can't find something to do here, then you ain't looking
What an amazing and exciting life you live my man! I admire you and Gab so much! I would love nothing more than to spend a day with you two. I hope to do a dive with Chris one day.
So did the bear guy.
Incredible footage! The corc was so relaxed. Is this a normal behaviour in your experience? Do you know if this is a female/male? Beautiful 📸 and hard to come by. Well done!
How about adding a link to your gallery in the description?
American crocodiles are not as aggressive as Australian salt water Crocodiles.
You don’t go swimming with Crocodiles in Australia.
*SPLENDID!* I never get notifications for your channel. I am so glad I went looking tonight. This is amazing. Is it an American Crocodile?
Have you subbed AND clicked the bell notification?
I’m constantly concerned that you’ll get ‘complacent’ when in their immediate vicinity.
Those last photos are so beautiful. Especially when you see the contrast of the whiteness of the teeth against the color of his jaws.
Man those pictures are amazing
I grew up around alligators and for the most part they leave you alone if you leave them alone. I would swim in canals with alligators present. Occasionally one would start swimming towards you, but you just chuck a rock at it and it would leave. I know crocodiles are more aggressive than alligators, so there is no way I would get in the water with a crocodile. We had a 13 foot gator that was snatching pigs from our farm. He was massive. I can’t imagine how big that 15 foot croc was.
American crocs are less aggressive than gators
Thank you for the educational footage. I knew we had gators in America, but had no idea about the crocs. So interesting...
Wow, amazing video and such a gorgeous croc!💚
Amazing pics!
That is amazing footage! The crocodile is huge and amazing! Thank you for sharing!
My friend you have balls of steel.
I love your accent so much Chris love from Afghanistan i always fallow you on facebook too ❤️
Wow! Beautiful images!! Thank you for sharing
So amazing to see this. It really has something primeevil about this. I've found this channel a few days ago and subbed, I know you have experiance but please take care of yourself. Best to you and your gf
Wow! Stunning footage. Your photography is amazing. What camera do you use?
Isn't it great when man and beast get along respecting each other. Very touching video. It's a shame the crocodile is not the real predator but humans who have no respect for the animal kingdom that hurt or kill for the fun of it.
At the 0:25 second mark "EXCITED" is not the word I would use if I found myself in the water between a Crocodile and an Alligator!
Awesome you can see in the water. Great footage too! 🤙🏼
I've been diving in 20ft black murky water with tons of gators up in Yemessee, SC.
When underwater in the black at the bottom a 1000 lumen light will disappear 2 inches from my face. So much silt that stirred up, once that happened it was pitch black even with the light. Got caught up in fishing string so after I got untangled I surfaced at the dock and got out.
Dang, got goosebumps watching this due to thalassophobia, great work there mate.
Pray for your safety in future too.
You are a brave man unbelievable footage
He doesn't seem to care about you being there at all. Do you think that's something specific to American Crocodiles, or is it likely that other species would react similarly?
I read once that American crocs and gators are much less aggressive and more docile than other species in Africa or the Amazon.
@@jaquanmoody2568 I would believe it. Where I went to college in Florida, there were gators crossing from one pond to another all over the campus, and we were often within a few feet of them. I'm curious what it is that makes these species so docile compared to others.
@NobodyKnows My guess would be the high abundance of food and not much competition from other apex predators. Most gators usually eat fish or really small mammals.
@@jaquanmoody2568 The Amazon does not have a crocodilian any more aggressive than a gator or American crocodile. The American crocodile can actually be found in parts of South America.
@321gates I was referring to the black camain. Sorry if i didn't specify.
Thank you 🙏🏽
Soooo cool !! Thank you so much for sharing with us !:) keep up the good work … your work is amazing :)
Holy cow! That alligator is enormous!!!!
I’ve learned so much. Please continue doing these educational videos so kids/people can learn Thank you.
Wow, awesome footage, you are also great narrating
I live in Naples. See lots of gators out in the swamps but I’ve never seen a croc though. Where were you swimming?
Hopefully he NEVER answers that question as some people will kill it just to say they killed it. Just enjoy the videos. Hope he never identified where this one is located.
What a beautiful creature 💕🐊
Hey i was wondering have you or have you thought about working with an Australian saltwater crocodile and i just wanna say I enjoy watching your videos and learning more about the reptiles that you work with
They are so so hard to come by in the US!
We need guys like you to get amazing footage like this 😨🐊
Amazing video :o bless your crocodile-loving heart
Which camera did you use
I would like to echo the same Wow! The video where Casper bumps into you in the water appeared in my recommends, that video made my heart rate climb. This one did the same. Sure the toucan is cool also, but the quality of this footage rates as an animal encounter for me. Well done and keep up the good work.
Beautiful photos
Wow! Incredible!
Wish I was there with you. I’ve been doing this for about 20 years now. Never once have I had one charge me while diving. Only on land and on my kayak checking out nests.
What a remarkable creature. 🐊
Amazing, yea filming from below the creature takes some serious balls & experience, great shots
At the end there, the crocodile looked fully alert with his eyes wide open. Also, he kinda looked pissed. Its a good thing that you decided to retreat.
This is insane
Which area of florida? You should try this in Australia or Borneo with saltwater crocs…
U think this guy wouldn’t do it? Quit being passive aggressive for no reason. This man has balls the size of 2 planets
What advice would you give Chris for someone who's never dived with Crocadilians, if they encounter one like you do.
New sub here, and from what I've watched so far, you are very confident with them in the water.
I have no desire to find any, but I do wanna free dive some springs and don't wanna die from panic.
Thanks.
Don't swim in waters with crocodilians period
@@lolazal1 I wish it was that easy lmaooo. Im a shark person, I go for dives in the great barrier reef and sometimes there r saltwater crocs even all the way out there, its rare but it happens. Also in many beaches in FNQ we get crocs.
Yeah man! You're nuts!! Beautiful photos though!
Well, with huge boa constrictor snakes, fire ants, alligators, killer bees and Ron DeSantis, I'll have to add Crocodiles to my list of why I won't ever move to Florida!
I heard San Francisco is a nice place I’m sure you’ll fit right in!
I loved the footage, crocs and gators are such awesome creatures.
Wow what an amazing encounter!
How long will a wild crocodile live in its natural habitat versus a sanctuary?
Hahaha,I can't believe you got in that close,awesome.
By yourself or with 10 people. If that gator or croc wants to eat you, it’s game over.
Reminds me of the video of where Jeremy Wade dove with big crocs in the Okavango delta in southern Africa.
Balls of steel my friend