MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – A massive alligator in South Carolina is going viral this week for his snack choice: a smaller, 6-foot alligator.
Taylor Soper posted a series of videos of the gator chomping on the smaller reptile on Twitter.
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He said his father took the videos in his backyard along the northern coast of South Carolina near the Murrells Inlet.
This happened in my parents backyard today… The snack is a 6ft gator #lowcountrylivin pic.twitter.com/O7Omsw42uL
— Taylor Soper 🤙🏻 (@Soper_TandC) September 30, 2021
According to Soper, the series of videos were recorded on Sept. 30., which also included a video of the smaller gator fighting for his life before he was eventually eaten.
Here’s the “struggle” before…#lowcountrylivin pic.twitter.com/XgT6mQeEbz
— Taylor Soper 🤙🏻 (@Soper_TandC) October 3, 2021
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D.C. says that American Alligators are carnivorous and eat any animal that comes to the water’s edge.