# Pilot eaten by alligator

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**Created:** [July 7, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilot-eaten-by-alligator/790713 "2017-07-07T18:58:26Z")\
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> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> Anything say how the alligator was able to pull it off?

Most commonly they don’t “pull” it off, per se. They bite down and “death roll” roll repeatedly until it detaches. More of a “twist it off”, like a screw on wine cap as opposed to pulling a cork. Gators like cheap wine. Especially Florida Gators at a football game.

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