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Dancing Crocodiles: Join the Viral Alligator Dance

Two alligators stand up on a golf course and dance in perfect sync. Add one photo and you take one alligator's place, or add two and you and a friend (or your two pets) take both.

The original Dancing Crocodiles reel by @humantixOriginal reel
  • 1 photo you add
  • 14 s clip with sound
  • 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, Shorts
  • No watermark

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Dancing crocodiles are the AI alligators that stand upright on a golf course and dance in sync, the clip behind the crocodiles dancing meme on TikTok. Add one photo and you, or your pet, take the place of one alligator and do the same dance next to the other. Add two photos and you two take both places.

Also called Golf course alligators dance · The croc dance · It's all crocodile meme

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What the Dancing Crocodiles video looks like

This is the original reel. Your photos replace its characters, so your video follows the same shots with your faces. No two runs come out the same.

Original reel by @humantix, 14 s

The original AI reel by @humantix (11 June 2026, 13.5 million views): two AI-made alligators stand up beside a sand bunker on a golf course and dance in sync. Every version puts your photo into this clip.

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Step by step

How to make the Dancing Crocodiles video on MakeViral

Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no prompt to write, no watermark.

  1. Add your photo

    Press "Create your own" and add you (18+), whole body, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library.

  2. Press Generate

    The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the Dancing Crocodiles trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 14 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt.

  3. Download or share

    The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos.

Which photo works best?

Upload one photo for Human or Pet, two photos for Duo or Two pets. Photo 1 always dances on the left.

  • People: a whole-body photo, standing, face to the camera, sharp and in good light. The dance shows you from head to feet, so the clothes in your photo are the clothes you dance in.
  • No sunglasses, no hat that hides the face and no beauty filter. Adults only.
  • Pets: one animal per photo, the whole body in view, eyes open, in daylight. Its fur colors, ears and markings come from your photo.
  • Any background works: the golf course, the pond and the camera come from the clip.
  • Use your own photo, a friend who said yes, or your own pet. Never a celebrity or a stranger.

Where did the Dancing Crocodiles trend start?

The clip comes from @humantix, a US account that posts AI animals copying viral dances. On 11 June 2026 it posted two dancing alligators beside a sand bunker on a golf course, with the line "The crocs are trying to get in on the viral dance action at the local golf course. Would you join them?" It reached 13.5 million views and 1.8 million likes. The top comment, with 79,500 likes, spotted the AI: "the golf cart in the back is driving itself".

More crocodile dances followed through the summer, each copying a fan's dance, with up to 6.5 million views. In late October 2026 the crocodile dance hit TikTok as a meme: a short upbeat sound called "oh my god its all crocodile" went under dancing crocodile clips with school captions like "how we act when we find out there's a 3 day weekend", and several of those reposts passed 2 million views in two days. By 2 November people were doing the dance themselves, in an elevator, with more than a million views.

  1. @humantix posts two AI alligators dancing upright beside a sand bunker on a golf course. It has 13.5 million views and 1.8 million likes by 4 November. TikTok

  2. @humantix posts crocodiles copying a fan's dance on the golf course; it reaches 6.5 million views, and more croc dances follow through September. TikTok

  3. The TikTok sound "oh my god its all crocodile" is posted. By 4 November it is in 26,800 videos. TikTok

  4. Dancing crocodile clips with school captions and the sound take off: @romansnixx gets 2.0 million views and @migueury_5 2.8 million. TikTok

  5. A group of friends do the crocodile dance in an elevator to the sound; the clip has 1.3 million views two days later.

  6. #dancingalligator holds 2,927 TikTok videos and 49.9 million views, and #crocodiledance 373 videos and 38.2 million views. TikTok

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The Dancing Crocodiles prompts

You do not need these: the one-tap flow runs them for you, together with the trend clip. [Image 1] and [Image 2] are your two photos, and [Video 1] is the trend clip the video copies.

Human

1 photo: you (18+), whole body, face clearSeedance 2.514 s · 720p · 9:16213 credits
Video prompt

Edit [Video 1]: replace the bigger alligator on the LEFT with the person from [Image 1]. Only replace that alligator; the smaller alligator on the RIGHT, the golf course, the moves, the timing and the camera stay completely unchanged. Keep everything else the same. Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: two dancers side by side on the short green grass of a golf course right beside a sand bunker, a pond with tall pale reeds behind, white clubhouses and parked golf carts far in the back, soft overcast evening light; one continuous handheld phone take that starts wide, zooms in quickly at about 1.5 s, then holds both dancers from head to feet until the end. The ONLY change: the alligator on the LEFT is now the person in [Image 1]. The dancer on the LEFT = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo, in the clothes from [Image 1]. A full-grown adult with adult proportions and full adult height, taller than an upright alligator, the whole body in view. Human skin: no scales, no tail, no snout, no claws. The same real person in every frame: never morph, never drift back to the alligator. The dancer on the RIGHT stays exactly as in the video: a real alligator standing upright on its hind legs, dancing in sync with the person. Both dancers do the same dance in sync, with the same timing as the alligators in [Video 1], second by second: 0-1.5 s: wide view, both stand upright side by side; the dancer on the RIGHT waves one arm. 1.5-5 s: after the zoom, both bounce on the beat, rolling the shoulders and pumping the arms like robots. 5-8 s: both throw both arms high over the head, hands fanned out, tilting the head from side to side. 8-10 s: the arms drop to the sides; the chest and head push forward in a rhythmic bounce. 10-12 s: both lean far back with the face to the sky, then drop into a wide, low squat. 12-13.5 s: still low, both roll a shoulder back with attitude. One head per dancer, on its own body; the dancers never merge. No other people or animals in the foreground. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos. Photorealistic, identity consistent from the first frame to the last.

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Duo

2 photos: person 1 (18+), on the left, whole body + person 2 (18+), on the right, whole bodySeedance 2.514 s · 720p · 9:16213 credits
Video prompt

Edit [Video 1]: replace the two alligators with the two people from the photos. The alligator on the LEFT is replaced by the person from [Image 1], the alligator on the RIGHT by the person from [Image 2]. Only replace the dancers; the golf course, the moves, the timing and the camera stay completely unchanged. Keep everything else the same. Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: two dancers side by side on the short green grass of a golf course right beside a sand bunker, a pond with tall pale reeds behind, white clubhouses and parked golf carts far in the back, soft overcast evening light; one continuous handheld phone take that starts wide, zooms in quickly at about 1.5 s, then holds both dancers from head to feet until the end. Both alligators change: no alligator stays anywhere, also in the wide view at the start. The dancer on the LEFT = the person in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 1]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo, in the clothes from [Image 1]. A full-grown adult with adult proportions and full adult height, taller than an upright alligator, the whole body in view. Human skin: no scales, no tail, no snout, no claws. The same real person in every frame: never morph, never drift back to the alligator. The dancer on the RIGHT = the person in [Image 2], in EVERY frame: copy the exact face from [Image 2]: face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles exactly as in the photo, in the clothes from [Image 2]. A full-grown adult with adult proportions and full adult height, taller than an upright alligator, the whole body in view. Human skin: no scales, no tail, no snout, no claws. The same real person in every frame: never morph, never drift back to the alligator. [Image 1] is only the LEFT dancer and [Image 2] is only the RIGHT dancer: never blend their faces. Both dancers do the same dance in sync, with the same timing as the alligators in [Video 1], second by second: 0-1.5 s: wide view, both stand upright side by side; the dancer on the RIGHT waves one arm. 1.5-5 s: after the zoom, both bounce on the beat, rolling the shoulders and pumping the arms like robots. 5-8 s: both throw both arms high over the head, hands fanned out, tilting the head from side to side. 8-10 s: the arms drop to the sides; the chest and head push forward in a rhythmic bounce. 10-12 s: both lean far back with the face to the sky, then drop into a wide, low squat. 12-13.5 s: still low, both roll a shoulder back with attitude. One head per dancer, on its own body; the dancers never merge. No other people or animals in the foreground. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos. Photorealistic, identity consistent from the first frame to the last.

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Pet

1 photo: your pet, whole bodySeedance 2.514 s · 720p · 9:16213 credits
Video prompt

Edit [Video 1]: replace the bigger alligator on the LEFT with the pet from [Image 1]. Only replace that alligator; the smaller alligator on the RIGHT, the golf course, the moves, the timing and the camera stay completely unchanged. Keep everything else the same. Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: two dancers side by side on the short green grass of a golf course right beside a sand bunker, a pond with tall pale reeds behind, white clubhouses and parked golf carts far in the back, soft overcast evening light; one continuous handheld phone take that starts wide, zooms in quickly at about 1.5 s, then holds both dancers from head to feet until the end. The ONLY change: the alligator on the LEFT is now the pet in [Image 1]. The dancer on the LEFT = the pet in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything, so its owner knows it at once. It stands upright on its hind legs like the alligator it replaces and does the same moves, with furry front legs and round paws, never human hands. It wears nothing: its own fur from head to toe. No scales, no reptile skin and no long reptile tail unless [Image 1] shows them. The dancer on the RIGHT stays exactly as in the video: a real alligator standing upright on its hind legs, dancing in sync with the pet. Both dancers do the same dance in sync, with the same timing as the alligators in [Video 1], second by second: 0-1.5 s: wide view, both stand upright side by side; the dancer on the RIGHT waves one arm. 1.5-5 s: after the zoom, both bounce on the beat, rolling the shoulders and pumping the arms like robots. 5-8 s: both throw both arms high over the head, hands fanned out, tilting the head from side to side. 8-10 s: the arms drop to the sides; the chest and head push forward in a rhythmic bounce. 10-12 s: both lean far back with the face to the sky, then drop into a wide, low squat. 12-13.5 s: still low, both roll a shoulder back with attitude. One head per dancer, on its own body; the dancers never merge. No other people or animals in the foreground. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos. Photorealistic, identity consistent from the first frame to the last.

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Two pets

2 photos: pet 1, on the left, whole body + pet 2, on the right, whole bodySeedance 2.514 s · 720p · 9:16213 credits
Video prompt

Edit [Video 1]: replace the two alligators with the two pets from the photos. The alligator on the LEFT is replaced by the pet from [Image 1], the alligator on the RIGHT by the pet from [Image 2]. Only replace the dancers; the golf course, the moves, the timing and the camera stay completely unchanged. Keep everything else the same. Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: two dancers side by side on the short green grass of a golf course right beside a sand bunker, a pond with tall pale reeds behind, white clubhouses and parked golf carts far in the back, soft overcast evening light; one continuous handheld phone take that starts wide, zooms in quickly at about 1.5 s, then holds both dancers from head to feet until the end. Both alligators change: no alligator stays anywhere, also in the wide view at the start. The dancer on the LEFT = the pet in [Image 1], in EVERY frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything, so its owner knows it at once. It stands upright on its hind legs like the alligator it replaces and does the same moves, with furry front legs and round paws, never human hands. It wears nothing: its own fur from head to toe. No scales, no reptile skin and no long reptile tail unless [Image 1] shows them. The dancer on the RIGHT = the pet in [Image 2], in EVERY frame: the same species and breed, face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in [Image 2], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything, so its owner knows it at once. It stands upright on its hind legs like the alligator it replaces and does the same moves, with furry front legs and round paws, never human hands. It wears nothing: its own fur from head to toe. No scales, no reptile skin and no long reptile tail unless [Image 2] shows them. Do not mix the two pets: [Image 1] is only the LEFT pet, [Image 2] is only the RIGHT pet. Both dancers do the same dance in sync, with the same timing as the alligators in [Video 1], second by second: 0-1.5 s: wide view, both stand upright side by side; the dancer on the RIGHT waves one arm. 1.5-5 s: after the zoom, both bounce on the beat, rolling the shoulders and pumping the arms like robots. 5-8 s: both throw both arms high over the head, hands fanned out, tilting the head from side to side. 8-10 s: the arms drop to the sides; the chest and head push forward in a rhythmic bounce. 10-12 s: both lean far back with the face to the sky, then drop into a wide, low squat. 12-13.5 s: still low, both roll a shoulder back with attitude. One head per dancer, on its own body; the dancers never merge. No other people or animals in the foreground. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions, no logos. Photorealistic, identity consistent from the first frame to the last.

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How many credits does it cost?

You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the video, made in one step from your photos and the trend clip, charged once. One video is 213 credits, so the smallest one-time pack that covers it is $39.99 for 450 credits, with no subscription. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video.

Video modelSettingsCredits
Seedance 2.5 (this template)14 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap213

One-time packs and plans are on the pricing page. A failed video gives its credits back.

What happens in the dancing crocodiles video, second by second?

Every version copies the original clip of two alligators dancing on the golf course, and your photos take one place or both. The golf course, the pond, the camera and the moves come from the clip:

TimeWhat happens
0 to 1.5 sA wide view: the two dancers stand upright by the sand bunker, and the one on the right waves.
1.5 to 5 sThe phone zooms in. Both bounce on the beat, roll their shoulders and pump their arms like robots.
5 to 8 sBoth arms go high over the head, hands fanned out, heads tilting from side to side.
8 to 10 sArms down, chest and head pushing forward in a bounce.
10 to 13.5 sA deep lean back, face to the sky, then a wide low squat and a shoulder roll with attitude.

How it works: the best AI video models available, including Seedance 2.5, edit the clip itself: they swap the alligator for the person or pet in your photo and keep everything else. You get about 14 seconds at 720p, vertical, with the clip's own beat put back after the run. A run takes 5 to 15 minutes, and the exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. Every run is a new take, so results differ.

Human, Duo, Pet or Two pets: which one should you make?

  • Human (1 photo): you take the place of the bigger alligator on the left and dance in sync with the real one on the right. The funniest version: you and a crocodile, same moves.
  • Duo (2 photos): you and a friend take both places, like the friends who now do the dancing crocodiles routine themselves. Photo 1 dances on the left.
  • Pet (1 photo): your dog, cat or other pet stands up on its hind legs and dances next to the alligator.
  • Two pets (2 photos): your two pets take both places, the way the dancing alligators started: animals that dance like people.

Caption ideas from the meme: "How we act when we find out there's a 3 day weekend", "Me and the boys when the teacher says do your own work", "Me when the lecture gets canceled". Or write your own.

More animal dances: put your pet into the Shan Shen Bu dance or the Nicole Kidman dance, or make the bing bing bing kicking meme.

What goes wrong, and how do you fix it?

ProblemFix
You come out small, like the alligator's size (Human, Duo)The prompt asks for a full-grown adult at full height. Use a whole-body photo where you stand straight, and run it again.
Scales, a snout or a tail show up on youThe clip is all alligators, and a little of them can come through. Run it again for a new take.
Your pet looks a bit like a lizardUse a sharp photo with the face and fur clear, then run it again.
The face is small in the wide viewThe first 1.5 seconds are a wide view of the whole golf course. The zoom then brings both dancers close.
The model refuses a photoSome photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo.

Which sound, caption and hashtags should you post it with?

Your clip comes with the beat of the original dancing crocodiles video, the same 14 seconds, so it is ready to post. The meme sound people use now is "oh my god its all crocodile": on TikTok you can pick it in the sound menu when you post, and turn the clip's own beat down. Sounds belong to their owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to them.

Hashtags: #dancingalligator (2,927 TikTok videos and 49.9 million views on 4 November 2026), #crocodiledance (373 videos and 38.2 million views) and #dancingcrocodiles. Keep the platform's AI label on.

Keep it a joke. Make it with your own face, your own pet or a friend who said yes.

FAQ

Dancing Crocodiles trend questions

What is the dancing crocodiles meme?
It is a viral AI clip of two alligators that stand upright on a golf course and dance in sync, posted by @humantix on 11 June 2026 (13.5 million views). In late October 2026 it became the crocodiles dancing meme: dancing crocodile clips with captions like "how we act on a 3 day weekend" and the sound "oh my god its all crocodile".
Is the alligators dancing meme the same as the dancing alligator meme?
Yes. People call it the dancing crocodile meme, the dancing alligator meme, the alligators dancing meme or the crocodile dance meme, and many say two crocodiles dancing when the animals in the clip are alligators. It is the same AI clip from the golf course and its reposts.
Are the dancing alligators real?
No. The two alligators dancing on the golf course are AI-made. Real alligators cannot stand and dance like that, and viewers spotted a golf cart driving itself in the background. The account that posted it makes AI animals that copy viral dances.
Where does the dancing alligators golf course clip come from?
From the TikTok account @humantix, which posts AI animals copying viral dances. The golf course alligators came out on 11 June 2026, and the account followed with more crocodiles copying fans' dances, some with more than 6 million views.
What is the "oh my god its all crocodile" sound?
It is a short upbeat TikTok sound posted on 20 October 2026. People put it under dancing crocodile clips, and by 4 November it was in 26,800 videos. It is the dancing crocodile meme song most people use now, also searched as the dancing alligator meme song or the dancing alligator sound. Your video comes with the beat of the original clip; on TikTok you can add this sound when you post.
Can I make myself dance with the crocodiles?
Yes, a crocodile dancing with a man or a woman: you. Pick Human and add one whole-body photo. You take the place of one alligator and do the same dance next to the other one. Pick Duo to bring a friend: you two take both places, two alligators dancing turned into you two dancing.
Can my dog or cat do the crocodile dance?
Yes. Pick Pet and your pet stands up on its hind legs and dances next to the alligator. Pick Two pets and your two pets take both places. Use a sharp photo of each animal with the whole body in view.
How do I make the dancing crocodiles AI video?
Press "Create your own", pick Human, Duo, Pet or Two pets and add your photos. Press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get a vertical clip of about 14 seconds with the clip's own beat, and it waits in My videos when it is ready. You write no prompt.
Which prompt does this template use?
The creator of the dancing crocodiles never shared a prompt, and we found none in the comments, on the web or on template sites. So this template uses its own prompt: it copies the clip's moves second by second and keeps your face from the photo, or your pet's fur, ears and markings.
Is there a dancing crocodile video template, a GIF or a green screen?
Many people repost the dancing crocodile video or the dancing alligator video as a meme template, a green screen, a dancing crocodiles GIF or a dancing alligators GIF and add their own caption. MakeViral makes a new dancing crocodile funny video instead, with your own face or pet in it, as an MP4 file.
How long is the video and what format is it?
About 14 seconds, as a vertical 9:16 MP4 at 720p with sound. It plays on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and there is no watermark.
Does the dancing crocodiles video cost credits?
Yes. Each video costs credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a video fails, the credits come back.
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