# Brave birds mess with alligator. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-birds-mess-with-alligator/627716 "2012-07-09T18:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-birds-mess-with-alligator/627716/1 "2012-07-09T18:36:33Z")
I guess birds aren’t on a gator’s menu? This apex predator was a play toy for a flock of birds. Funny pics. Especially the next to last one where the bird has the gator by the tail. > **[We just fancied a nibble: Hungry birds peck on a passing alligator (but...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170900/Curious-spoonbill-birds-peck-ish--alligator-fortunately-unwanted-attention-didnt-make-deadly-reptile-snap.html)** > > Photographer Phil Lanoue photographed these beautiful Roseate spoonbills as they nipped at an alligator at Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina. > [@](#): > > The images of the Roseate breed spoonbills were taken at the Murrells Inlet in Huntington Beach State Park just metres from the home of American photographer Phil Lanoue. > > According to Mr Lanoue the birds showed no fear as they cornered the alligator and began to tug at its tail. > > The birds appeared to be intrigued by the stranger in the waters and followed the alligator around the marsh pond in South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brave-birds-mess-with-alligator/627716/2 "2012-07-09T20:39:42Z")
That’s a super baby alligator. I’m sure they didn’t have much to worry about given its size.