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The landform of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon is mainly composed of magma rocks, with less soil, sand and gravel, and the river water is relatively clear.

The scene where Liu Wei jumped into the water to shoot seemed to open up another world in the eyes of the audience.

The picture presented by the diving live broadcast equipment is clearer than the picture captured by the high-definition camera in the documentary.

"How's it going? Brothers, isn't this equipment good?"

Liu Wei was very proud.

Start swimming towards deep water.

The water flow in the deep water area is relatively gentle and the view is wider.

Soon, Liu Wei discovered the American alligator.

The body is tilted in the water, with the head facing up, swinging the tail to swim forward, and twisting the limbs to control the swimming direction.

"Hey, let me catch you!" Liu Wei said with a smile.

He didn't rush to catch up, relying on the flowing water to float forward at a steady speed.

Crocodiles are very sensitive to fluctuations in water patterns. If Liu Wei swam to catch up, he would be discovered soon.

Liu Wei chose to follow the crocodile at a distance, carefully observed its physical characteristics, and found some clues.

He was able to determine that it was an adult American alligator.

It is very simple to distinguish the age of the American alligator. First, look at its body length. The one in front of you is about two and a half meters long, which is within the average body length range of an adult American alligator.

Another striking feature is the color of its scales. As it ages, the skin of the American alligator's body will become darker and darker, eventually forming a color like the black armor of the Cold War Age.

When it is just born, it has light yellow stripes evenly distributed on its body. These stripes will gradually fade as it ages.

Especially for American alligators that grow completely in the wild, the yellow stripes are almost hard to see when they reach adulthood.

But Liu Wei found that the yellow stripes on the body of the crocodile swimming in front of him were relatively obvious, and the scales on the whole body were not deep black, but rather gray.

The strangest thing is the ratio of its tail to body length.

The tail of a wild American alligator is roughly half the length of its entire body, and the one in front of me obviously does not reach this ratio.

But it is inappropriate to question its species identity because the tip of its snout fully meets the standards of an alligator.

The head of the crocodile captured by the camera has the most obvious characteristics of an alligator, with a shorter and wider snout.

At the same time, the lower teeth fit perfectly into the depression of the upper jaw. When the mouth is closed, the lower teeth are naturally hidden in the upper jaw.

Other crocodiles generally show their lower teeth.

So there is no doubt about the identity.

However, thinking that this place does not belong to the distribution range of American alligators,

Liu Wei had a bold guess. Perhaps it was a captive-bred crocodile that escaped from the farm and survived in the wild.

In the United States, tens of thousands of farmed American alligators are slaughtered every year, and their skins are made into a variety of expensive leather products.

The leather raw materials of many big luxury brands in the world also use crocodile skin from American alligators. In addition, crocodile meat is rich in protein and has a large consumer market.

Aside from some unusual physical features, want to determine if it's a wild or farmed American alligator? The most important thing is its character, which is wildness.

"Brothers, I'm going to prove my conjecture!" Liu Wei swam up.

The audience still doesn’t know what his guess is?

As the camera footage got closer and closer to the crocodile, the audience in the live broadcast room realized that Liu Wei was going to commit suicide again.

The fluctuation of water patterns and the vibration of sound waves quickly made the crocodile feel that something was approaching.

The crocodile suddenly stopped swimming, swung its tail violently, turned its body 180 degrees, its head faced Liu Wei, and looked at Liu Wei with a pair of deep eyes.

"Holy shit, shit!"

"Scare me!"

"Are you going to fight?"

"This look is so scary!"

"Barrage body protection!"

"Awei, lure it ashore. Once it's ashore, it won't be your opponent!"

Liu Wei said calmly, "Brothers, the American alligator's attack method is fixed: hide itself, and then launch a surprise attack. If the attack fails, it will actively give up its predatory behavior.

So we often see scenes of crocodiles hunting prey at the edge of the water. We rarely see it rushing onto land to hunt prey.

It knows very well that its hunting skills cannot be fully utilized on land.

My appearance disturbed it, but according to its habits, it may not attack me immediately. At least the distance between me and it is relatively safe, not enough for it to have an instinctive self-defense reaction!

So, let’s not panic, it’s just observing me!”

“Don’t panic when something happens, take a photo first and post it on WeChat Moments!”

"When I saw that mouth, my feet were shaking, why don't you panic!"

"Ah Wei, this guy is really mentally strong!"

"What is professionalism? Don't panic when something happens!"

The crocodile stared at Liu Wei for a moment, but did not rush towards Liu Wei or make a symbolic attack to scare Liu Wei.

It seems like it can adapt to Liu Wei's presence.

It should be said that it adapts to human existence.

Liu Wei calculated the distance and continued swimming forward.

The American alligator's expression changed.

Liu Wei has seen crocodiles look like they are about to attack people many times, but he did not see it on this crocodile.

As the distance gets closer.

The crocodile suddenly swung its body, turned around again, swung its tail and slipped away quickly.

"Ran?"

"This is not the beauty I know!"

"Fake crocodile!"

"Are you guys expecting Ah Wei to be bitten?"

Liu Wei smiled and said: "Brothers, maybe my guess is correct. It is an American alligator that escaped from a breeding farm and slowly adapted to the wild environment and survived.

The river water should be able to provide it with sufficient food, and it has settled here.

By observing its reaction, I found that it was less courageous. Even if I had invaded its territory, it did not take the initiative to defend its territory.

In the wild, this would not happen to an American alligator.

If it were an adult wild shorthair, what you just saw might be a different picture.

I speculate that this alligator has not even developed the ability to catch small mammals, and relies on fish and shrimp in the river for its living!"

"Shall I catch up with it now and stimulate it again to see how it reacts?"

After speaking, Liu Wei quickly swam up.

Started a racing race with American alligators.

There is no doubt about the swimming ability of the American alligator, but Liu Wei's extraordinary body and the assistance provided by his equipment gave him an advantage in this racing competition.

Liu Wei made a bold attempt and reached out directly to grab the crocodile's tail.

The crocodile reacted violently and swung its tail wildly.

"Good guy, he is quite powerful!" Liu Wei sighed.

The crocodile shook twice but failed to break free, and immediately bent its upper body to bite Liu Wei.

Liu Wei let go instantly and floated to the side.

Realizing that this was a formidable opponent, the American alligator dived down and lay on the bottom of the water, opening its huge mouth to face Liu Wei in a state of combat readiness.

Liu Weidao: "Although it does not meet the American short standard in my image, now it seems that this crocodile still has a temper! After all, the genes are still there and it is not small!

Brothers, I tried to lure it to the shallows. I thought O'Neal would like it! "

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