07-07-2016, 09:36 AM
They do, it softens up the meat and makes it easier to tear apart. Gators and crocs can't chew, their jaws are literally designed to do nothing but slam shut, clamp and hold. So they grab the prey and immediately do a death roll to stun and drown it, then either violently shake it apart into gulpable chunks or more commonly, jam it into a watery wedge and let it sit a little.
Thank god I am oblivious to the opinions of others while caught in the blinding splendor of my own cleverness.