Alligator Tool

[Theo Pontbriand]

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New research shows that alligators and crocodiles can use small sticks to attract birds looking for nesting materials. If the birds get too close, they become a meal. The behavior has so far been observed among American alligators in Louisiana, as well as mugger crocodiles (also known as marsh crocodiles) in India.

Alligators only engaged in this trickery during the nesting season and in areas where birds nested, said Vladimir Dinets, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. During nesting season, there's often a shortage of sticks in marshy areas where these reptiles and birds overlap, and birds sometimes even fight amongst themselves to procure sticks to build nests. The study, which Dinets co-authored and which was published in late November in the journal Ethology Ecology & Evolution, suggests that there is no other explanation for this behavior than as one of tool use.

The finding, along with other recent work, suggests reptiles are much more intelligent than generally acknowledged, Dinets said. As anybody who studies the beasts can attest, they are quite smart, he added. Crocodiles, for example, have complex communication systems, can hunt in coordination and ambush prey, and both parents may help raise young, he said.

Relatively less is known about crocodiles and alligators than many animals, because, as large predators, they are difficult to raise in the lab and study up close in the wild. Their cold-bloodedness also makes them slow.

Wading birds like snowy egrets have been known to nest in wooded islands near areas with high levels of alligators, for example in Florida. Scientists think the birds nest near such scaly enemies because the alligators keep at bay predators like snakes. Apparently, the occasional loss of adult birds to the hungry alligators, or nestlings that fall into the water, is worth the lowered risk of being eaten by something else, according to the study.

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Provides the technicians with an assortment of back probe pins with standard banana plug connections. Alligator clips allow many ways to connection to multimeter probes. The probes are fully insulated which provides added protection. The alligator provides a better way to connect, reducing the chance of a bad reading.

I did a quick search of this forum to be sure these haven't been posted before. Searching for alligator pulled up some threads that were referring to clips so maybe I am safe. This tool is an incredible help for rigging. I had never seen or heard of them before. I had to take my dad to the ear doctor and the guy had a whole tray of them. As soon as I saw them I perked up and my eyes opened pretty wide. Immediately all sorts of ideas are going thru my head. I'll put up the pix and see if you have the same reaction - assuming you haven't seen them before.

I've put them next to the hemo's I have tried to use for similar tasks in the past just so you can see the difference in how they work. With the alligators I can literally reach into the boat from the starboard side and grab ropes on the port side. I have been using them all evening as I pin running rigging. The beauty of these is when you open them wide they don't spread open at the other end like regular hemo's or forceps will and that leaves you much more ability to work in tight spaces - see the comparison picture.

As I am finishing up rigging on a build I have really been able to put a pair thru its paces and they are a real winner. I am able to grab some ropes, pins, etc that would have been impossible to do without them.

My father trained as doctor and I inherited a box full of them together with other chirurgical instruments. Was has to be cautious with the locking ones - when in the last step before release, they exert a lot of pressure and parts or threads can get crushed.

MicroMark has them in three sizes, called "ear polypus" forceps, which they aren't. They are properly called Hartmann ear alligator forceps. I have a cheap pair like MicroMark sells. You'll pay the same or less from a medical instrument supply house for a much higher quality instrument. The next set I buy will be the largest size I can get. They are very handy for rigging.

You might looking for Potts scissors - they are available in several degrees of angulation. Also, there are now many disposable 'keyhole' instruments designed for minimally invasive surgery that have some interesting articulations It might be difficult to procure them, however

They are available in several different sizes. I have sizes ranging from 3 inches to about 9 inches long. really nice. the scissors have saved me a few times. Like all tools, they range in quality and costs. You get what you pay for. More important with the scissors in my experience. cheap ones weren't too good- cutting edges had some irregularity when the two surfaces met. the expensive ones were razor sharp and perfect alignment.

The locking ones are more likely instruments for keyhole surgery as they have a ratchet handle that allows clamping, they are much longer than what's shown above, the shortest I've seen of this variety are around 30cm long. The ENT ones tend to top out around 15cm long.

I have a variety of 'gators...3", 5", 7", straight, curved, serrated teeth and toothless. The same with Bellucci scissors (the correct name for alligator scissors). After all, I am an ENT. I rarely use any of them and reach instead for curved watchmakers forceps or a Webster needle holder. The scissors are not designed to cut thread larger than 7-0 (0.07mm diameter) and would dull quickly with rigging thread. I do not know about the cheap ones but "real" ones are made from a an alloy that is next to impossible to sharpen except by a professional. The same can be said for Castro-Viejo's but I have used them to cut nylon serving line since the diameter I use is 8-0. The Webster has no serrations on its jaws so it will not shred rigging thread.

Good information Toni - I have found the gators to be most useful reaching thru rigging or whatever to grab a line. For instance running a line thru a port side pin rail hole but I can't grab the end afterwards. I have to turn the model 180 degrees and reach across the deck and thru the rigging to reach the loose end. Beyond that, I see your point - tweezer-like tools can be a better choice.

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some very nice flat nosed alligator clips at radio shack of all places! i had a few of these from long ago i use when soldering small stuff where i want a good heat sink. copper does that well and flat jaws work well for smaller stuff (flat and small). just be careful not to solder onto the jaws!

i was looking at them the other day and realized they would be nice for small part clamping for glueing as they are strong clamps and small and light. the tips are long enough you can also bend them into some interesting special shapes if needed.

Jeff - this reminds me of a story (not another one :confused3: ) I went to my local Radio Shack because I needed alligator clips for soldering....I asked the sales person where they were, he didn't know what alligator clips were or what they were used for. I found them and explained what uses they had. It wouldn't have been so bad but the sales person was the manager of the store.

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