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This is a list of fatal alligator attacks in the United States in reverse chronological order by decade. All occurred in the South, where alligators are endemic to wetlands and tidal marshes. The state of Florida, where most attacks and deaths occur, began keeping records of alligator attacks in 1948. [1
[20] [21] One study posited the number of attacks by Nile crocodiles per year as 275 to 745, of which 63% are fatal, as opposed to an estimated 30 attacks per year by saltwater crocodiles, of which 50% are fatal. In both species, the mean size of crocodiles involved in nonfatal attacks was about 3 m (10 ft) as opposed to a reported range of 2.5 ...
List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States; C. CrocBITE; Crocodile attack; F. 2010 Filair Let L-410 crash; R. Ramree Island Massacre
An 85-year-old woman has been killed in Florida after being attacked by a 10-foot alligator after she fought to wrestle her dog from its jaws.. The attack happened on the banks of a lake at the ...
An 85-year-old woman died Monday after an alligator bit her while she was walking her dog along a retention pond in a Florida neighborhood.
After an alligator attack in a neighboring state, Georgia alligator experts give insight and advice on how to keep safe and appreciate the reptiles.
Only nine fatal attacks occurred in the United States throughout the 1970s–1990s, but American alligators killed 12 people between 2001 and 2007. An additional report of alligator attacks showed a total of 376 injuries and 15 deaths recorded all from 1948 to 2004, leading this to an increase of the alligator population. [151]
Animal attacks in the United States may refer to: List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States; List of fatal shark attacks in the United States; List of fatal snake bites in the United States; List of fatal dog attacks in the United States