What to do if you see an alligator and how to survive an attack, according to a wildlife expert who keeps pet gators

Alligators can be very fast with powerful jaws. If you see one, try to get away from them as fast as possible. If one attacks, fight for your life.

Majority of alligator attacks preventable, education needed, wildlife journal reports

Alligator-human incidents should be considered encounters, or "bites," not attacks, the journal Human-Wildlife Interactions ...
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Husband Tried to Save His Wife After Alligator Attack. Instead Animal ‘Swam Away with the Victim': Report

The alligator that fatally attacked a woman who was canoeing in Florida with her husband last month "performed a death roll," according to a new report The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...
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Clemson study finds caught-and-released alligators more likely to flee from humans

It would be natural for people to flee an approaching alligator, but what would it take to get alligators to flee approaching people? According to new research published by Clemson University, ...

Florida alligator caught and killed, found with a dead man's hands and feet in its stomach

A man's body was just discovered partially eaten by an alligator in Florida. A necropsy found the man's hand and foot inside the creature's stomach.
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Alligator kills woman trying to protect her dog at Hilton Head resort

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina -- A woman who often walked her dog near a golf course lagoon across the street from her vacation home was killed Monday by an alligator that dragged her into the ...