A hunter was stunned by what he found inside a monster 13ft and 750lbs alligator after slicing open its body.
Shane Smith found an ancient arrowhead and plummet after he dissected the stomach of the 52st animal that had been brought to him for processing by fellow hunter John Hamilton.
At first, Shane thought the monster could have eaten an arrow that was shot at it – but a Mississippi state geologist studied the snaps and found the objects were between 5,000 and 6,000 years old and likely just laying on the ground, reports AL.
Shane’s processing plant, Red Antler Processing, wrote on Facebook: “We have been cutting into a few big gators to see what was in their stomach.
“Everyone so far has had something cool in it.
Historians say the broken arrowhead and plummet are types of fishing weights used by Native Americans during the Archaic Period.
Alongside the ancient findings, the stomach was home to fish bones, feathers, balls of hair and stinky bile liquid.
He said: “We joked about it and said I'm probably the only person on Earth to pull an arrowhead out of an alligator's stomach.”
Shane reckons the animal ate the objects to try and aid digestion, as stones can break up hard bits – like bone – in the alligators belly.
According to Ricky Flynt, the wildlife department's crocodile expert. Fisheries and Crocodile Crocodile Project Coordinator" points out that these rare ancient stones enter the alligator's stomach because alligators are rock-swallowing animals to aid in their digestion.
Earlier this year, a different processing plant found five undigested dog collars inside an alligator, alongside a spark plug and several turtle shells.
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Shane Smith found an ancient arrowhead and plummet after he dissected the stomach of the 52st animal that had been brought to him for processing by fellow hunter John Hamilton.
At first, Shane thought the monster could have eaten an arrow that was shot at it – but a Mississippi state geologist studied the snaps and found the objects were between 5,000 and 6,000 years old and likely just laying on the ground, reports AL.
Shane’s processing plant, Red Antler Processing, wrote on Facebook: “We have been cutting into a few big gators to see what was in their stomach.
“Everyone so far has had something cool in it.
Historians say the broken arrowhead and plummet are types of fishing weights used by Native Americans during the Archaic Period.
Alongside the ancient findings, the stomach was home to fish bones, feathers, balls of hair and stinky bile liquid.
He said: “We joked about it and said I'm probably the only person on Earth to pull an arrowhead out of an alligator's stomach.”
Shane reckons the animal ate the objects to try and aid digestion, as stones can break up hard bits – like bone – in the alligators belly.
According to Ricky Flynt, the wildlife department's crocodile expert. Fisheries and Crocodile Crocodile Project Coordinator" points out that these rare ancient stones enter the alligator's stomach because alligators are rock-swallowing animals to aid in their digestion.
Earlier this year, a different processing plant found five undigested dog collars inside an alligator, alongside a spark plug and several turtle shells.
Music: Muriel - Bobby Richards
Source: Daily Star, Facebook, Yahoo, AL, Clarion Ledger, Pexels
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patryn.worldlatestnews
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