--- title: Couple Uses Alligator for Baby's Gender Reveal description: A Louisiana couple has taken gender reveal parties to a whole new level by enlisting an alligator to assist with their baby announcement. canonical: https://time.com/5217312/louisiana-couple-alligator-gender-reveal/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-27T18:25:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:39.554Z og:title: Couple Uses Real-Live Alligator for Baby's Gender Reveal og:description: Taking birth announcements to the extreme since 2018 og:url: https://time.com/5217312/louisiana-couple-alligator-gender-reveal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dbc3ef5445969f9/69892c1b656a3f25c5bd3fda/screen-shot-2018-03-27-at-1-56-35-pm.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-03-27 at 1.56.35 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Couple Uses Real-Live Alligator for Baby's Gender Reveal twitter:description: Taking birth announcements to the extreme since 2018 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dbc3ef5445969f9/69892c1b656a3f25c5bd3fda/screen-shot-2018-03-27-at-1-56-35-pm.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Couple Uses a Real-Live Alligator to Take Baby Gender Reveals to the Next Level  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 27, 2018 6:25 PM UTC  Melody Kliebold  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 27, 2018 6:25 PM UTC A [Louisiana](http://www.thedrive.com/news/17532/louisiana-woman-goes-topless-to-distract-uber-driver-during-attempted-robbery) couple has taken [gender reveal parties](http://time.com/3817158/mom-freaks-out-gender-reveal/) to a whole new level by enlisting a real-live [alligator](http://time.com/4369998/how-to-avoid-an-alligator-attack/) to assist with their baby announcement. In a video shared on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/melody.kliebert/videos/10208621734019683/) on Sunday by the baby’s grandmother, Melody Kliebert, a man can be seen holding the alligator’s mouth shut before dropping what appears to be a small watermelon into its waiting jaws. The gator then snaps its mouth shut, causing a gooey blue liquid to explode out of the fruit as everyone gathered for the ceremony cheers for the new baby boy. “Just found out my grand baby is a,,,,,,gotta love it!!” Melody captioned the clip. “And I do!! No matter the results!!” According to [WGNO](http://wgno.com/2018/03/27/ponchatoula-family-uses-an-alligator-for-the-gender-reveal/), the man handling the deadly reptile is not only the baby’s father but also Ponchatoula-based alligator wrangler, trainer and tour guide Mike Kliebert—a.k.a. T-Mike, the Gator King. Here’s a photo of Kliebert and his family bonding with the gator following the reveal. 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