GAGGING

Is it a crocodile? No! If it was a crocodile I would have told you.

Its is neither a crocodile nor alligator. The native fishermen and hunters gag crocodiles and alligators in their mouths becuase they hare dangerous and can kill with one big bite.

In the same vein, prisoners awaiting execution that were stubborn in those days were gagged because they would be dangerous