That isn't the whole video. The one I saw on Twitter first thing today the chap that got butted was slapping the Alligator around the face, not violently but winding it up.
This was before they lifted it onto the truck.
Well done you.
But as I have only seen one of the videos today, and one was enough, seeing some plank winding up an Alligator that had already been captured and tied up, I think stupid American is a fair comment for this chap.