Published 15:30 IST, March 8th 2020

US woman puts head in alligator's mouth during wrestling match, watch video

Video of women sticking her head inside an alligator’s mouth in the US is doing rounds of the internet. Ashley Lawrence performed the heart-wrenching stunt.

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Video of women sticking her head inside an alligator’s mouth in US is doing rounds of internet. Ashley Lawrence performed heart-wrenching stunt during an alligator wrestling match in Florida.  viral video shows Lawrence initially getting control of reptile and n sticking her head inside its mouth before reptile snaps it back. According to international media, alligator was 8.5 feet in height while Lawrence was only 4 feet 11 inches. w report added that reptile weighed nearly 90 kgs while Lawrence weight was about 50 kg. 

While talking about her feat to international media, Lawrence said that greatest challenge during event was her own mind. She added that she had pressure of being first person to enter arena. She concluded by saying that competition let her experience “strength and love’ from t only spectators but also her competitors. She also talked about her tactics and said that she used techniques of Semile Tribe to safely capture alligator without use of weapons.

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Posing with Aligator 

A similar stunt was performed by a Makenzie land, a student from Beaumont, Texas who celebrated her college graduation by posting a picture with a 14-foot-long alligator by name of Big Tex, which lives in a wildlife sanctuary also in Beaumont, Texas. A student of Texas A&M University, land had been staying in Gator county for past 3 months as she was doing an internship with sanctuary. pictures were shared by her on her Facebook account and garnered over 5,000 shares at time of this publication.

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During months she spent at sanctuary, she took care of nearly 370 alligators but developed a bond with Big Tex. She trained with 14-foot-long alligator but under careful supervision of trained professionals and her supervisors. While speaking to an international media outlet, Makenzie added that it was Tex that allowed her to be in pond beside him as he always picked his favourites. She also added that it was a privilege for her to have option of being in pond and play with him.

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15:30 IST, March 8th 2020