But do you know how to wrestle an alligator, if one by any chance shows up at your doorstep? Believe it or not, this manly skill, unceremoniously eclipsed by the digital age, is still being taught in southern Colorado.
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The three-hour course costs $100 and is available to adults upon signing a release form.
The introductory phase consists of catching a sprightly 2½-foot caiman careening across a pool with the speed of a toy motor boat.It probably lacks the heft to kill a human outright, but certainly has a wide enough mouth — and razor-sharp teeth — to snap off a finger, if given the chance.
"No matter the size, you always start from the tail," patiently explains Mr. Young, wearing a battered "Crocodile Dundee"-style hat. "As you may have noticed, that's where they don't have teeth."
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