Jerk alligator steals a huge fish off a little boy's line

Mother Nature has no manners.
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Brian Koerber
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Today, a little boy named Connor learned the brutal lesson that Mother Nature has no manners.

In a clip posted to the Bass Masters And Fish Experts Facebook Page, a thieving alligator had an easy lunch thanks to some humans fishing off a pier.

In the clip, a young boy hooks a pretty sizable fish, and as one man encourages the boy to reel in the fish all on his own, another spots an alligator lurking near the pier. The man tries to distract the gator by hitting the side of the pier with his arm, but the reptile was determined to get its eats.

"You need to cut your line," one the of the men tells the little boy as the gator swims away with his catch.

Although it's unclear where the incident occurred, many commenters insisted it happened in Florida.

[h/t:UPI]

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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