Are Alligators Getting More Aggressive? Man Eating Alligators Spotted.

@akalinus (44366)

United States

June 8, 2016 5:21pm CST

There have been two cases of alligators eating human bodies lately. One in Lakeland happened today. They don't know the identities or the cause of death. They are asking if alligators are getting more aggressive and looking to people as a food source. I hope not. There are alligators everywhere in Florida.

Gator Nabbed in Lake After Human Body Found in Mouth

www.nbcnews.com

Police in Lakeland said the male body did not appear to be newly killed and had already been decomposing in the lake for more than a day.

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@TheHorse (238268)

• Walnut Creek, California

10 Jun 16

Maybe it's just a statistical anomaly.

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

12 Jun 16

@akalinus .. They are GMOs may be...

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

10 Jun 16

Maybe, but who knows. Animals have been acting weird lately. I read a report about a woman who is a prisoner in her own house because every time she goes outside, a deer attacks her.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

9 Jun 16

This is scary, I remember that in Florida everyone told me not to be too scared because alligators do not eat men. It seems that they have changed their mind.

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@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

9 Jun 16

@akalinus This is horrible.

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

Apparently so. They killed the gator and found human body parts inside.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

11 Jun 16

I hope they were not alive when the alligators started eating them.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

11 Jun 16

@akalinus It would definitely be horrible to be eaten by an alligator.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

11 Jun 16

I hope not either. That would be a terrible way to go.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

11 Jun 16

@Marcyaz Just imagining it is horrible. The teeth, flesh ripping. Yuck!

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@1hopefulman (45111)

• Canada

16 Jun 16

There was an attack on a young boy on the news, yesterday (Tuesday, June 14) and they have found the body today. Very sad!

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@1hopefulman (45111)

• Canada

16 Jun 16

@akalinus Do you think there are more alligator attacks this year that in previous years?

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

16 Jun 16

Yes, it is devastating. It has been a horrible week in Orlando, just heartbreaking and tragic.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

16 Jun 16

@1hopefulman Yes, and they seem to be getting bolder like the gator that snatched the boy at Disney yesterday. That was the first alligator attack that ever happened at Disney according to the news.

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

11 Jun 16

I thought you all eat alligator meat..I don't understand..

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

12 Jun 16

@akalinus .. I thought alligators always ate man, or anything they could get...and it is only recently that I learned that man also eats them. Funny, chicken would never eat a man..nor would lamb, or cow or pig..

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

12 Jun 16

@vandana7 Shh! Don't give them ideas. Maybe they are thinking about it, anyway.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

11 Jun 16

There was a guy in our neighborhood selling gator meat from the back of a pickup truck. How fresh could that be? I heard gator tastes like pork but I have never eaten any.

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@puddleglum (1380)

• United States

9 Jun 16

When I lived on the Gulf Coast, someone once told me to run in a zig-zag, if I were to be chased by a gator, because they don't shift direction easily. Fortunately, I never had to test that piece of advice. (I probably would have just made myself dizzy and fell down.)

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

@puddleglum Only because they would be easier to carry than a side of beef.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

Let's hope you never need to try it. Maybe carry meatballs when you visit a swamp so you can keep it busy til you get away. Zig-zag in a swamp would be hard. I would fall going in a straight line.

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@puddleglum (1380)

• United States

9 Jun 16

@akalinus Lol. The meatball idea sounds like a good plan.

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@Lolaze (5092)

• St. Louis, Missouri

12 Jun 16

Yes, I think they are getting more aggressive and bigger too! Before long they're going to be walking right up to people's homes and biting them.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

12 Jun 16

Now, there is a scary thought. They are getting bigger and more aggressive, that is a fact.

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (44560)

• United States

16 Jun 16

I think alligators have always eaten whatever food source is available, whether it's a small animal or a small human. I've read there are many reports of alligators eating people that never make the news. But I hope what I heard recently is wrong that there are now crocodiles in this country. You think gators are mean, they act like teddy bears compared to crocs. .

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

16 Jun 16

Yes, there is now a croc problem in Florida. It is not as bad as the gator problem but give them time to multiply and I am sure we will be hearing about croc attacks also.

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

16 Jun 16

The gator did not eat that poor child yesterday. I wonder if it pulled him into the water just to play with him or just because they wanted to kill him.

@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Jun 16

Goodness, that is pretty awful. Florida will be taking over from Australia in the 'creatures to be feared' stakes. :)

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

Let's hope that they don't think we are their supermarket specials.

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

@JudyEv Wow, that's rough when they just wanted to enjoy the water.

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@JudyEv (381739)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Jun 16

@akalinus If they stay within the flagged area they are much safer but of course some don't want to do that. One of the victims was a diver, the other a surfer.

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@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

9 Jun 16

I am so glad I'm not in gator country!

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

I think they need to learn some manners. Where are you and are there other types of predators there?

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

9 Jun 16

@enlightenedpsych2 I know that. I'm just trying to see the lighter side of this awful scene.

@akalinus (44366)

• United States

11 Jun 16

@enlightenedpsych2 I did not really think so. Sounds like a couple of guys I know.

@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

8 Jun 16

I hate alligators,glad we don't have any here

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@akalinus (44366)

• United States

8 Jun 16

No alligators in Switzerland? They probably could not climb mountains very well. They don't like cold, either. I think you will be safe.

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@miniam (9151)

• Bern, Switzerland

9 Jun 16

@enlightenedpsych2 Or as long as they stay away from me.

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@vandana7 (102698)

• India

11 Jun 16

@akalinus ...shhhhhhhh..If they hear you...they just might take it as a challenge..