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Even a 2 1/2 foot baby alligator can have a bad day. This poor little guy's day went from bad to worse. I was filming some shots for "Alligator Creek" that day when I saw a baby alligator near the back of a car. He wanted it all to himself and chased away anyone who got near....including me. The guy talking in the video is the owner of the car. After the car was gone the alligator decided to have a snack (don't know what it was). He found out the hard way that a nest full of fire ants isn't willing to share..........you can see the ants crawling on him. The thumbnail above is a digital photo I took of him with the HV20 and does not appear in the video. It was shot later that day after the rain stopped. I'm unable to edit at the moment because my LCD screen is cracked :( so this is raw unedited footage. Enjoy! Filmed with the Canon HV20.

Mark

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  • Ivan 2 years ago
    Even unedited, I like this so much. You know, it has a story, it's as if this baby alligator is some alien creature living in this concrete habitat, its grey color perfectly adapted to its surroundings, feeling king of the mountain, while 'man', only shown in reflections on the water, is visiting in his four wheeled space craft.
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  • Lucasberg (Joey) plus 2 years ago
    I remeber this from hv20.com . I'm glad I got to see it oin HD.
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  • Dan Masquelier 2 years ago
    0:52 was beautiful. great shots all around though
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  • Ian Broyles plus 2 years ago
    HD has added a whole new dimension to Vimeo for me. So cool to see even raw footage.
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  • Camera settings?
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  • Mark O'Byrne plus 2 years ago
    Ivan wrote this on the SD version of "Baby Teeth" which has been deleted but I get a chuckle out of it everytime :)

    This is great for the 'making of' part of your upcoming Blue-ray disk, Aligator Creek part I. (One needs to be ambitious!). Send it in to Discovery Channel and prepare for a carreer change. You are brilliant at this. Oh boy, how I wish I could afford the HV20.
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  • Mark Jensen plus 2 years ago
    WOW! great shots and quality! great job. and thanks for the HD!
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  • Robert MacDonald 11 months ago
    i really like the pics you get with the
    hv20. i have an hv30. i hope it will
    look this good.
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