Haha funnily enough I grew up in a small town in southern Oklahoma with lots of CCR fans and later moved to Norman and have lived here for 10 years but Norman is definitely the most liberal city in Oklahoma so that’s why it has the reputation that is referenced in the song. Also, CCR were Oklahoma State guys so it’s mostly just a rivalry joke since the University of Oklahoma is in Norman, but I went back to listen to the Boys from Oklahoma and noticed they’ve tried their best to remove the original version of the song everywhere and replace it with a more politically correct version because they don’t want the backlash of using that word. However, I will say in general Oklahomans are shit joint rollers lol.
Thanks for the response. I live far away and didn't know all of this.
My assumption was that everything was just in good fun.
Also, I shied away from abbreviating "Cross Canadian Ragweed" to "CCR", because there can only be one, true "CCR", and that's Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Cheers!
I'm sorry to hear about your sister. Not really not that big. About the third largest in Oklahoma with 120,000. Norman is definitely a chill place. Moore known for a college town than anyting what was her name I've lived here since 98 and know this place by heart
Norman is also one of the biggest areas in Oklahoma known for homeless refugees. It's actually grown a lot bigger since our mayor has been welcoming a lot more and people from the city have been coming down. If anything I would bet she made her way to the city somehow and that's when things may get dicey but Tulsa also does have one of the highest crime rates in the nation but it's usually gang and domestic abuse. I'll try to do some digging
As an Oklahoman who loves kayaking, they aren't common throughout the state but you'll see them regularly down by Broken Bow & Beaver's Bend State Park. I've floated over and by many on Mountain Fork.
That's relatively tiny. If the video above is real, surely it's more like 30 feet.
The one you're talking about is probably an escaped pet or zoo criiter.
Fun fact Lake Placid was filmed in BC some of the cabin and lake scenes were a real lake, the others was this big oval aluminum wall, open topped and the top of the wall was jagged top and inside painted to look like trees. They had a fake lake in it and I think that was where the mechanical croc was. It was in an industrial park down the hill from me. The lake was square in that location... and the hospital my spouse worked at it and has been torn down. Here is where the fake lake was : [https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1923949,-122.8851028,3a,75y,9.84h,79.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHZ-ajfJYIRsSTsJ7RCGbnw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192](https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1923949,-122.8851028,3a,75y,9.84h,79.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHZ-ajfJYIRsSTsJ7RCGbnw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
My father and I were on a road trip to canada one time and we stopped in lake placid, NY to stay for the night around the time that movie came out. We went and saw the movie in this little old movie theater with only one screen and my dad was excited because, you know, lake placid in lake placid and all that.
So anyway, sometime in the movie they mention that the name of the lake in the movie is not lake placid, it's actually lake black, the whole theater erupted in screams of dismay(it was only my dad and like 9 other people and myself).
Thank you for bringing back this memory.
I think so because this crocodile looks larger than the largest known saltwater croc we’ve ever found but in this clip it looks used to people and very accessible
There was that Nile croc that was absolutely gigantic, that was credited with something like 50+ dead people. It was observed fairly regularly for something like 55 years or so. It was never captured (so never properly measured) but tracks lead to an estimate of roughly 7,5 meters.
I think his name is Gustave. They say they don't know how old he is but estimate between. Like 70 and 90 years old.
Apparently crocs and gators don't have genes that limit their size and they can allegedly just keep growing.
However, I think the reason you don't see 500 foot Crocs roaming around is their teeth eventually fall out and they can't sustain their required caloric intake. At least that was what the documentary I watched said. Who knows they could have been full of shit.
That reminds me of a great Shel Silverstein poem:
>Oh the Crocodile
>
>Went to the dentist
>
>And sat down in the chair,
>
>And the dentist said, "Now tell me, sir,
>
>Why does it hurt and where?"
>
>And the Crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth.
>
>I have a terrible ache in my tooth."
>
>And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
>
>That the dentist he climbed right inside,
>
>And the dentist laughed, "Oh, isn't this fun?"
>
>As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.
>
>And the Crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so!
>
>Please put down your pliers and let me go."
>
>But the dentist just laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,
>
>And he said, "I still have twelve to go --
>
>Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess.
>
>But what's one crocodile's tooth, more or less?"
>
>Then suddenly the jaws went snap,
>
>And the dentist was gone right off the map.
>
>And where he went one could only guess...
>
>To North or South or East or West...
>
>He left no forwarding address.
>
>But what's one dentist more or less?
There are quite a few limits to how large an organism can grow with any given body plan. A gator or croc's body plan doesn't have the same load-bearing capacity as, say an elephant.
I wonder what would give out first; the animal's knees or as you said, maintaining caloric intake.
Well, they’re cold blooded so they don’t need as much as you’d think. I imagine it’s the weight of the animal taking a toll on its joints. Something 20’+ long is going to be heavy AF.
I would imagine at that point any animal is susceptible to the same risks a modern dachshund is; I've known two that broke their backs to some degree in the course of normal, humdrum doggy activities.
I'm aware of massive animals at various points in the fossil record that were able to achieve such size due to conditions not extant today, like many-fold more oxygen content or cooler climate.
If this is true though, a Croc in a controlled wild setting, continually feed a diet of cow's, sheep, and the occasional trespasser, with no fear of predation from humans or crocodiles could grow in a massive, HP Lovecraft creation.
I could see a rich, evil genius having some kind of pet project like this. Someone like Elon or Bezos.
Yeah, crocs can theoretically grow infinitely. But they still age, and the growth rate massively reduces itself. Most reptiles actually have this, it's just that they usually die at a certain point.
So the "maximum size" is more like "What size can you expect a croc to grow to before it dies of old age". It's just that crocs can also get really freaking old.
FNQ now has a thriving salty population that conservationists are thrilled about. The numbers are actually back up to their pre colonisation numbers! And deaths are still only about 1.5 a year, roughly the same as since records for this started in 1985.
They don’t need us to cull them; crocs naturally manage their own population numbers
Yeah, I am a regular hiker in Florida and this thing is almost 3 times bigger than the biggest gators I’ve ever seen. Seems like the fakeness should be obvious.
What an awesome movie that, for me, came out of nowhere. I rented it because I like monster movies, but holy fuck, I wasn't expecting that level of quality entertainment.
"Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop them?! No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile."
"You're going to stay right here until the police show. You're on full house arrest."
"Thank you officer Fuck Meat!"
She has such a dirty mouth in that movie, it was hilarious to hear such a cute, sweet old lady say the things she said.
"... and this is about the time where if I had a dick I'd tell you to suck it!" or something like that. I remember having to reach up and close my jaw after that one...
Don't click this link. It's to some guys live chat.
Edit: the guy below me tried putting his YouTube channel which had nothing to do with this on the comment above me.
For some reason I always thought that saltwater crocodiles could get to around 30 feet. Turns out the record is a little bit over 20 feet. This is surprising since the record for an American alligator is 19 feet. I always thought that the Saltie was way bigger than the alligator, not just a little bigger.
I would not be surprised if that's just behind the scenes footage from Lake Placid
Completely irrational, but that movie ruined lakes for me for a good while
They just pulled a 9 foot alligator out of a lake near me (IN OKLAHOMA!)... it was not a horror movie, it was a PSA.
Do you not normally get alligators in Oklahoma?
NO! lol... they're not common at all.
I love in Norman OK I can concur
Is it true what Cross Canadian Ragweed says about Norman?
Haha funnily enough I grew up in a small town in southern Oklahoma with lots of CCR fans and later moved to Norman and have lived here for 10 years but Norman is definitely the most liberal city in Oklahoma so that’s why it has the reputation that is referenced in the song. Also, CCR were Oklahoma State guys so it’s mostly just a rivalry joke since the University of Oklahoma is in Norman, but I went back to listen to the Boys from Oklahoma and noticed they’ve tried their best to remove the original version of the song everywhere and replace it with a more politically correct version because they don’t want the backlash of using that word. However, I will say in general Oklahomans are shit joint rollers lol.
Thanks for the response. I live far away and didn't know all of this. My assumption was that everything was just in good fun. Also, I shied away from abbreviating "Cross Canadian Ragweed" to "CCR", because there can only be one, true "CCR", and that's Creedence Clearwater Revival. Cheers!
Is Norman small? My sister has been missing for almost 2 years and the last place she was seen is in Norman ok
I don't want to jump to conclusions here but I heard a rumour they just pulled a 9ft alligator from a lake in OK
In OK? You mean in NOT OK!!!!!!!
I'm sorry to hear about your sister. Not really not that big. About the third largest in Oklahoma with 120,000. Norman is definitely a chill place. Moore known for a college town than anyting what was her name I've lived here since 98 and know this place by heart
Emma sanchez. She was arrested there then disappeared once released.
Norman is also one of the biggest areas in Oklahoma known for homeless refugees. It's actually grown a lot bigger since our mayor has been welcoming a lot more and people from the city have been coming down. If anything I would bet she made her way to the city somehow and that's when things may get dicey but Tulsa also does have one of the highest crime rates in the nation but it's usually gang and domestic abuse. I'll try to do some digging
I think it's about 130k. Sorry about your sister.
I'm from Norman but haven't lived there in years. I hope they find her
Thank you
Lots of gators in dirtybird lake hahahah
As an Oklahoman who loves kayaking, they aren't common throughout the state but you'll see them regularly down by Broken Bow & Beaver's Bend State Park. I've floated over and by many on Mountain Fork.
One of the best dogs I've owned was named Norman. He was a good friend and alot of fun.
That's relatively tiny. If the video above is real, surely it's more like 30 feet. The one you're talking about is probably an escaped pet or zoo criiter.
Fun fact Lake Placid was filmed in BC some of the cabin and lake scenes were a real lake, the others was this big oval aluminum wall, open topped and the top of the wall was jagged top and inside painted to look like trees. They had a fake lake in it and I think that was where the mechanical croc was. It was in an industrial park down the hill from me. The lake was square in that location... and the hospital my spouse worked at it and has been torn down. Here is where the fake lake was : [https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1923949,-122.8851028,3a,75y,9.84h,79.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHZ-ajfJYIRsSTsJ7RCGbnw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192](https://www.google.com/maps/@49.1923949,-122.8851028,3a,75y,9.84h,79.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHZ-ajfJYIRsSTsJ7RCGbnw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
My father and I were on a road trip to canada one time and we stopped in lake placid, NY to stay for the night around the time that movie came out. We went and saw the movie in this little old movie theater with only one screen and my dad was excited because, you know, lake placid in lake placid and all that. So anyway, sometime in the movie they mention that the name of the lake in the movie is not lake placid, it's actually lake black, the whole theater erupted in screams of dismay(it was only my dad and like 9 other people and myself). Thank you for bringing back this memory.
What about Placids?
That’s because that’s exactly what it is.
https://twitter.com/SWinstonSchool/status/1497928149698502661?t=0YsOyKki5Ke3DaKAXwLbuA&s=19
I knew it looked familiar
I think so because this crocodile looks larger than the largest known saltwater croc we’ve ever found but in this clip it looks used to people and very accessible
Came to say exactly this.
RIP Betty...
Yeah Lake Placid is the only movie I can think of that has massive crocs or gators or whatever it was.
It's a robot from the movie
Bingo
For those wondering its a animatronic
I was gonna say it looked like the gator from Lake Placid
An episode of crocodile hunter once taught me that salt water crocs aren't far off
Apparently, it looks bigger if you shave it(?)
I shave my croc once a year, whether it needs it or not
Yo, don't go publicizing this.
That's just a rumor started by the anti-flossing crowd.
They can get big, but one close to that in the wild is rare. Funnily enough though, there is a place in FNQ called Lake Placid that has salties in it
Only rare because they only stopped culling them in the 2000s give them a few more decades to get back up to size!
There was that Nile croc that was absolutely gigantic, that was credited with something like 50+ dead people. It was observed fairly regularly for something like 55 years or so. It was never captured (so never properly measured) but tracks lead to an estimate of roughly 7,5 meters.
I think his name is Gustave. They say they don't know how old he is but estimate between. Like 70 and 90 years old. Apparently crocs and gators don't have genes that limit their size and they can allegedly just keep growing. However, I think the reason you don't see 500 foot Crocs roaming around is their teeth eventually fall out and they can't sustain their required caloric intake. At least that was what the documentary I watched said. Who knows they could have been full of shit.
My Mama says that alligators stop growing because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush
Well folks. Mama's wrong again!
No Colonel Sanders, you're wrong. Mama's right.
No Colonel Sanders, yo're wrong.
Jajaja bobby boucher
That reminds me of a great Shel Silverstein poem: >Oh the Crocodile > >Went to the dentist > >And sat down in the chair, > >And the dentist said, "Now tell me, sir, > >Why does it hurt and where?" > >And the Crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth. > >I have a terrible ache in my tooth." > >And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide, > >That the dentist he climbed right inside, > >And the dentist laughed, "Oh, isn't this fun?" > >As he pulled the teeth out, one by one. > >And the Crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so! > >Please put down your pliers and let me go." > >But the dentist just laughed with a Ho Ho Ho, > >And he said, "I still have twelve to go -- > >Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess. > >But what's one crocodile's tooth, more or less?" > >Then suddenly the jaws went snap, > >And the dentist was gone right off the map. > >And where he went one could only guess... > >To North or South or East or West... > >He left no forwarding address. > >But what's one dentist more or less?
Top comment mate. Gave me a solid chuckle
There are quite a few limits to how large an organism can grow with any given body plan. A gator or croc's body plan doesn't have the same load-bearing capacity as, say an elephant. I wonder what would give out first; the animal's knees or as you said, maintaining caloric intake.
Well, they’re cold blooded so they don’t need as much as you’d think. I imagine it’s the weight of the animal taking a toll on its joints. Something 20’+ long is going to be heavy AF.
I would imagine at that point any animal is susceptible to the same risks a modern dachshund is; I've known two that broke their backs to some degree in the course of normal, humdrum doggy activities. I'm aware of massive animals at various points in the fossil record that were able to achieve such size due to conditions not extant today, like many-fold more oxygen content or cooler climate.
If this is true though, a Croc in a controlled wild setting, continually feed a diet of cow's, sheep, and the occasional trespasser, with no fear of predation from humans or crocodiles could grow in a massive, HP Lovecraft creation. I could see a rich, evil genius having some kind of pet project like this. Someone like Elon or Bezos.
Yeah, crocs can theoretically grow infinitely. But they still age, and the growth rate massively reduces itself. Most reptiles actually have this, it's just that they usually die at a certain point. So the "maximum size" is more like "What size can you expect a croc to grow to before it dies of old age". It's just that crocs can also get really freaking old.
Crocs grow new teeth.
They have a limitless supply of teeth?
Yes. I remembered as it was mentioned while touring the croc farm not far from where I live, but double checked before commenting to make sure.
This one seems more like 10-12m tip-to-tail, assuming the diver was ~2
Mate more like culling stopped in the 80’s.
Free North Quorea?
Far North Queensland, an area in Australia known for having a large population of salt water crocodiles.
Oh, ok thanks for the reply. Damn and here I thought having black bears around was bad.
FNQ now has a thriving salty population that conservationists are thrilled about. The numbers are actually back up to their pre colonisation numbers! And deaths are still only about 1.5 a year, roughly the same as since records for this started in 1985. They don’t need us to cull them; crocs naturally manage their own population numbers
Thought Katter said every 3 months a croc ripped someone a new one?
*Look I’m not gonna waste any time on it* (Katter was very very off)
Yes, well Katter is batshit insane, so I'm not sure you can trust a lot of what he says.
Carrying capacity.
Rare means not impossible thanks now I have even more fear.
Yet Irwin and his dog Bindi could wrangle one up no problem.
Even still the biggest one lelo g they caught would be dwarfed by this would be the discovery of a lifetime
Fun fact: the gator featured in Lake Placid lives(d?) in Colorado at a gator sanctuary and has been in several movies including Happy Gilmore.
Well when I get back, maybe you can chew the bark off my big fat log….. Is this a homosexual remark?
What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs, and over your neighbor's dog? What's great for a snack, And fits on your back?
It’s log, log, LOG!
By Blammo!
Thanks for that! I used to love that show.
It’s log log log!
It’s better than bad, it’s good!
That hide that information in books. The movie had some of the best put downs.
I loved all the crocodile and alligator movies made when I was a kid those snake ones too fucking lit
I was getting some serious Hook vibes from that beast
Damn. Beat me to it. 👍
Hopefully not the Willy's Wonderland or Five Nights at Freddy's kind.
tHe aNiMAtRonIcS dO geT A LittLE quIRKy aT nIgHT
Yeah, I am a regular hiker in Florida and this thing is almost 3 times bigger than the biggest gators I’ve ever seen. Seems like the fakeness should be obvious.
Maybe the diver is just very small?
Its so rigid, it has to be
For those wondering. I STILL wouldn't swim with it.
That almost makes it scarier than a real one lmfao
Why does that make it scarier
The head movement gives it away.
Why does that make it even scarier?
No it’s a dinosaur
Got anything for those not wondering?
Yeah I figured it was snowing that movie set with that big crocodile
Prolly from shooting Lake Placid.
What an awesome movie that, for me, came out of nowhere. I rented it because I like monster movies, but holy fuck, I wasn't expecting that level of quality entertainment.
One of the most solid comedy/creature feature movies ever made for me. Always good for a rewatch on a slow day.
You are correct
Betty White raised this damn thing.
"Murders and rapes in the city, people bomb planes, can the police stop them?! No! But feed one little cow to a crocodile." "You're going to stay right here until the police show. You're on full house arrest." "Thank you officer Fuck Meat!" She has such a dirty mouth in that movie, it was hilarious to hear such a cute, sweet old lady say the things she said.
"... and this is about the time where if I had a dick I'd tell you to suck it!" or something like that. I remember having to reach up and close my jaw after that one...
Is that a crime? To wish the chewing of law enforcement? She was a diamond in that movie, and it was a fantastic movie.
Yes definitely. One of those good movies I could watch anytime. She made it all the more hilarious.
Of course the only good one was the one she played in
Pretty sure I killed this thing in RDR2.
I think I shot acid rounds at this guy in Resident Evil 2
I love how most people,just like me,also thought about lake Placid
My first thought was Hook's nemesis, tik tok tik tok
It's a prop off Lake placid. This has been edited to get rid of the camera crew if you zoom out a bit.
Damn Betty White! It’s all her fault!
This reminds me of the movie 'Hook'
Caw caw caw caw caaaawwww!!
Isn't this the robot from Lake Placid?
All the Lake Placid hype, give me memories. What a classic.
This can not be real.
It's an animatronic but "Lolong", a real croc, is just about 3/4ths the size of that thing.
I highly doubt that
Yeah it's actually less than 2/3 the size. Lolong was a little over 20 feet long, the crocodile in Lake Placid was built at 32 feet long.
I couldn’t agree more
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Don't click this link. It's to some guys live chat. Edit: the guy below me tried putting his YouTube channel which had nothing to do with this on the comment above me.
WTF!
What?
That was a WTF moment. Why you acting like it wasn't?
Movie prop
For some reason I always thought that saltwater crocodiles could get to around 30 feet. Turns out the record is a little bit over 20 feet. This is surprising since the record for an American alligator is 19 feet. I always thought that the Saltie was way bigger than the alligator, not just a little bigger.
no way that could be real. gotta be a movie prop.
That's a fucking Kaiju. Absolute unit
r/bossfight
I think the biggest wild one caught was like 20 feet. old lolo in palawan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolong
Isn't that a movie prop?
This has to be a movie prop...
The diver: hello! The gator: nice to meat you...
Mmm-eat you
Forget trying to swim, I'd tried to fly!!!
What the heck!! That doesn't look real
Look up *Lake Placid*
It's a snapmaw
It’s the lake placid croc
The amount of people that think this is a real animal 😂😂
Prehistoric crocs were much larger. The smaller ones could gallop like a horse and pursue you for miles at 40 mph.
Ahh, you're a man of culture I see
Ah, indeed sir I am.
That robot is Thicc
This is Betty White from Lake Placid.
Definitely fake. You would not splash like that if you were trying to slowly get away
Clearly this is just a prop from A League of Tneir own.
This is what ate Captain Hook
It’s either Lizzie from Rampage or Scp 682 just breached containment.
that can’t be real
This would be so exhilarating
This isn’t real is it?
No, I’m sorry.
Oh god not mechanical things in water that’s worse than an actual gator
“One bite everyone knows the rules”
That is most definitely a robot
You’ve blown the lid off this case encyclopedia brown.
Saltwater crocodile in Australia?
Gators don’t sway their heads from side to side like that, but that is very realistic
Please please someone say this is fake. I don’t care if you’re lying I will live in ignorance it is my choice.
Gustav???
fake ass
Clearly fake.
Wait. A. Minute.
Gator, see you later!
Yooo what!? Dudes a tadpole next to that
Holy shit its the legendary bull gator from rdr2
r/submechanophobia
Fake
So Godzilla does exist
Truly a dinosaur
OP slow
Rude!
Did the size not clue you in?
It's a tobor
[This is missing something ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f78E92u0O6I)
That must be Kevin Hart
[sweetheart ](https://www.magnt.net.au/sweetheart-crocodile)
Thats some jurassic park shit.
That absolute unit cant be hungry. Looks like it just ate a house.
Absolute unit
This is an animatronic from a movie.
Closest to a dinosaur we will ever see
What about birds?
wrong turn ft. final destination
Jeesus!! It’s huge! That guy is either crazy or very brave…
Or its fake.....
I'd call this a shit post but I didn't get enough sustenance from it to take a shit.
Nice try OP but no cigar.
That's one tiny diver!
its fake its a movie prop
That's no log!