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When you think of alligators, the first words that come to mind probably aren’t tender, loving and maternal. This video may make you think again.

Here in the Everglades, a mother alligator listens to the calls of her young as they hatch. Predators like skunk just love the likeable helpless hatchling gators. The skunk homes in on the hatchling's crys. Gator mum is having none of this.

She excavates her newborns and transports them to the swamp in her jaws of death.

Now the gator babys are with mom. Unlike crocs, the gator toddlers stay close to mom for the first year and for a good reason because death lurks. Just about everywhere. This hungery great blue heron is on the prowl for meal. This gator baby hides under a lily pad and calls for his mother.

A baby gator is one thing, but a full grown gator is a whole different deal. Mom is right there with her babys and she saves the day untill dawn. This little guy is an easy target for a snaping turtle. Fortunately, the turtle just isn't hungry.

But one of the babys isn't so lucky. He is way too far from mom, and way too oblivious to the danger that's all around it. He trys hard to escape, but this gator will never again know the shelter of his mother ferocious but gentle jaws. Now come on, say the words with me, tender, gentle, loving maternal.