File this under ARE YOU FREAKIN’ KIDDING ME column. You would think that after doing this for 14 years I would lose the ability to be completely shocked with horror at the bizarre and grisly torture muggles invent for beavers but this takes the proverbial wedding cake.

Grisly experiment at south Georgia swamp leads to “monster” discovery

WAYCROSS, Ga. — Biologists in south Georgia set off on a grisly experiment at the Okefenokee Swamp Park that led to some “monster” results. UGA Coastal Ecology Lab found a dead beaver floating in the swamp. So they did the natural thing that scientists do: Set a camera up next to the carcass to see what monster would rise from the deep to make it a meal.

A series of photos taken by the researchers’ spy camera gives a spectacular, up-close look at the giant alligator that eventually snacked on the carcass in its natural habitat. The photos were captured over a period of a couple days in which the alligator snacked on, played with and basked with his prey. (more…)