Beyonce Knowles has revealed that she had an unsettling experience with an alligator during the production of her latest LP. The stunning singer posed with the gator for her album cover but only agreed to do so if the reptile’s mouth was first taped shut. However, as it turned out the poor alligator was more scared of Knowles than she was of it. Beyonce explains to Arena Magazine: “There was a shot where I held an alligator. It had its mouth taped - that was my bright idea. The first alligator they went and got was 13 feet long. They were like, ‘He’s fine. He just ate.’ But then I saw his trainer who had stitches and a bloody head. I said ‘No thank you, we’ll just have to do it in production.’ But I did hold a baby one. He was really cute, but since his mouth was taped he didn’t have any way to defend himself. He was upset so he peed on me. That was an experience!”

- Virgin News