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Meet the Gator Boys in Discovery's new series premiering today

They are two extraordinary alligator trappers wrangling giant alligators, risking injury and death to hand-capture nuisance alligators that have invaded backyards and bedrooms of Florida Everglades residents

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Meet the Gator Boys in Discovery's new series premiering today

Meet the Gator Boys in Discovery's new series premiering today

They are two extraordinary alligator trappers wrangling giant alligators, risking injury and death to hand-capture nuisance alligators that have invaded backyards and bedrooms of Florida Everglades residents

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | November 19, 2012

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Discovery Channel is premiering the series 'Gator Boys' which follows the death-defying exploits of Paul Bedard and Jimmy Riffle, two extraordinary alligator trappers who risk injury and death to hand-capture nuisance alligators that have invaded backyards, swimming pools, garages and bedrooms of Florida Everglades residents. The all-new series starts today, November 19, and will air every night at 10 PM.

Bedard and Riffle are fearless enthusiasts and they've become Florida's most dependable guys when local residents find themselves crossing paths with deadly 1,000-pound reptiles in shocking locations. The goal of Gator Boys' Alligator Rescue Team is to capture nuisance gators with their bare hands and move them to safety before rival trappers, who kill and sell the animals for their skin and meat, get to them.

Alligators are Florida's ultimate predator. Alligators used to be present in abundance in South Florida, with the Everglades stretching as far as the eye could see, but times have changed; today there's an on-going struggle between man and beast. These reptiles can easily flatter your skull, crush your head, break your neck or drown you. The Gator Boys get to action, defending blameless gators and other wildlife displaced by urban sprawl and keeping people safe from these unpredictable animals. With 30 years of wild animal experience between them, the two run an animal facility in the Everglades, where they educate and entertain the public using a menagerie of ferocious creatures they've captured in populated areas. The funds the gator shows generate go towards rescuing troublesome wildlife, with the goal of returning every animal to its natural habitat unscathed.

It takes serious skill to do this guy's job, and Bedard is known for his commanding personality and unmatched expertise, capturing any-sized gator underwater with his bare hands. He's a record-breaking triathlete who spends his off season heading up 'Gator Boys Alligator Rescue' side by side with Riffle. Despite brother-like bickering between the two, Riffle looks to Bedard as a mentor. He is quick to tell anyone that today “Jimmy is the best gator wrestler in the world.” In the premiere season of Gator Boys, viewers see Bedard and Riffle hard at work, rescuing and wrangling gators from unlikely places and saving people from many precarious situations.

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