for alligator handler jason mcdonald, being mere inches from the jaws of alligators is all in a day's work but for those of us not quite so fearless, we can see what's it's like to wrestle one   without the danger   thanks to the gopro he wore to capture this footage mr mcdonald wore the camera as he caught bertha, a 10ft female gator who weighs 500lb, at the colorado gator farm in mosca, colorado scroll down for video  experienced alligator handler jason mcdonald wore to gopro to show what's it like to wrestle the creatures  thanks to the camera, we can see the handler's point of view as as he caught 500lb female gator bertha  he uses his hands to keep the gator's mouth shut and his whole body to hold the large creature down  in the clip, mr mcdonald approaches bertha, the largest gator at colorado gator farm, and holds her down  he is seem jumping on top of the large creature and using just his weight to hold her down the 34 year old even opens the reptile's mouth with his hands while an awestruck crowd watch mr mcdonald, who treats and cares for the rescued animals, said he became involved with colorado gators 10 years ago, when he signed up for a wrestling class and his work at the farm is in stark contrast to his day job as a crematory manager he said: 'i wanted to get a pet gator and i had heard that the farm offered classes the clip shows mr mcdonald as he uses a rope to handle the gators and then wrestle them with his bare hands  the 34 year old is seen demonstrating his gator handling skills in front of a crowd at the colorado gator farm  mr mcdonald, pictured with bertha, prefers the larger, but slower reptiles to the smaller ones who are faster  'i really enjoyed the rush i felt catching them and the experience of helping treat them for wounds and seeing them recover' colorado gators started out as a fish farm, but in 1987, its owners decided to buy 100 baby gators, as a means of disposing of guts and carcasses 'while we don't breed gators, we have saved over 200 and currently have a population of around 400,' he added surprisingly, he has never sustained a serious injury from handling gators   and insists he prefers catching the larger ones compared to the smaller ones, which are more mobile he said: 'the bigger gators the less flexible and much slower as they have more mass to move 'bertha is one of the original gators we got from florida and she is extremely large   with the average size for a female being around eight foot 'we have geothermal wells that keep the water hot   that's the reason we can have gators in one of the coldest places in the us   and it's also why we have such big and healthy gators' the fearless handler, who treats and cares for the rescued gators on the farm, poses with a large gator  he said: 'i really enjoyed the rush i felt catching them and the experience of helping treat them for wounds' in a stark contrast to his day job as a crematory manager, mr mcdonald is sen here inspecting the gator's face  the colorado gator farm, pictured, started as a fish farm and in 1987, decided to buy 100 baby gators as a means of disposing of guts and carcasses 
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