{"id":550848,"date":"2026-03-28T17:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550848\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:49:14","slug":"looksmaxxer-streamer-shoots-at-alligator-in-the-everglades-theres-an-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/550848\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Looksmaxxer\u2019 streamer shoots at alligator in the Everglades. There\u2019s an inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular online, has streamed his latest controversial act: multiple rounds fired at an alligator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 20-year-old influencer was on an airboat with his friends in the Everglades on Thursday when they pulled up next to an alligator floating in the lily pads that they presumed was already dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIs it dead?\u201d Peters asked, adjusting his hair in his phone\u2019s front camera. Without lifting his gaze, he said, \u201cSo can we shoot it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe have to test if it\u2019s dead,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The influencer sitting beside Clav, Andrew Mora known as the \u201cCuban Tarzan,\u201d said \u201che just wants to shoot something \u2026 he\u2019s itching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The airboat driver said \u201cYou can pretty much do whatever,\u201d And without hesitation, the pair fired more than 25 bullets into the gator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Fish and Wildlife Conservancy posted on X Thursday night that the agency was aware of the video. \u201cFWC officers are looking into the incident and will provide additional information when available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The online sensation uses the livestreaming service, Kick, where he\u2019s said he makes more than $100,000 a month. Earlier this year, he was caught partying at a Miami Beach nightclub to Kanye West\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/entertainment\/article314369907.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:anti-Semitic song, \u201cHeil Hitler.\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;anti-Semitic song, \u201cHeil Hitler.\u201d&quot;}\" class=\"link \">anti-Semitic song, \u201cHeil Hitler.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was arrested on Thursday evening in Fort Lauderdale on unrelated misdemeanor assault charges. The charge stemmed from earlier this month after a fight broke out between his girlfriend and another streamer, Jenny Popach. The arrest happened after the gator shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Florida law states it\u2019s illegal to harass or kill an alligator outside the limited permits that the state gives out to hunters during the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some of the more viral clips of the incident are supportive, saying that Clavicular \u201cmogged\u201d the dead gator. Mogging is internet slang for dominating someone less attractive. Peters has documented extreme measures he\u2019s taken to optimize his appearance, known as \u201clooksmaxxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Others called for accountability, including Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFlorida\u2019s wildlife and waterways deserve respect, not content farming. Under my watch, anyone who abuses wildlife in Florida will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Looking forward to seeing charges pressed against those who would brazenly disrespect our laws,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ashley Miznazi is a climate change reporter for the Miami Herald funded by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation and MSC Cruises in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular online, has streamed his latest controversial act: multiple rounds fired at an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[6619,245071,245070,192,6559,2808,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-550848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-alligator","9":"tag-andrew-mora","10":"tag-braden-peters","11":"tag-environment","12":"tag-everglades","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}