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12. 'How many people have been killed by alligators in Florida? The number may surprise you'

Reply to rmac3075 (Reply #6)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 05:34 PM

Jul 2025

"Since 1948, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has recorded over 450 alligator bites on people in the state, with 30 of them being fatal...The FWC has attacks listed through 2022, though there were two attacks last year in Florida — one in Largo and another in Fort Pierce...Two of the strangest attacks involved cases from 2007 and 2019. In both cases, the victim was killed by an alligator while trying to evade police in local waterways."

https://www.clickorlando.com/features/2024/01/04/how-many-people-have-been-killed-by-alligators-in-florida-it-may-surprise-you/

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Saw a great Facebook meme about Alligator Alcatraz . . . [View all] markpkessinger Jul 2025 OP

Only their own lives matter. Dave Bowman Jul 2025 #1

Sure all lives matter but not all like lives are at risk MaineBlueBear Jul 2025 #2

All lives matter, until they are born. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2025 #3

make no mistake Skittles Jul 2025 #19

To be fair, they also don't give a damn about women who are not pregnant. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2025 #22

Alligator Auschwitz Blue Full Moon Jul 2025 #4

That's the correct name. MacKasey Jul 2025 #9

You could also call it Donald's Dachau RazorbackExpat Jul 2025 #21

Beat me to it... Moostache Jul 2025 #10

In the making? BidenRocks Jul 2025 #17

Crimes against humanity vapor2 Jul 2025 #18

Or...Everglades Concentration Camp. MiHale Jul 2025 #15

I have thought about names like Auschwitz and Dachau, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2025 #23

I disagree...with no disrespect to the millions of victims of the Nazis ever meant or implied. Moostache Jul 2025 #24

It shouldn't be called a "detention" camp. Detention is generally temporary. This horror is allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #5

Amen. From your keyboard to the almighty's "plan"... Moostache Jul 2025 #11

I refer to it as Everglades Concentration Camp MiHale Jul 2025 #16

alligators rmac3075 Jul 2025 #6

'How many people have been killed by alligators in Florida? The number may surprise you' sop Jul 2025 #12

Let's face it.... oldguy_tls Jul 2025 #7

All lives don't seem to matter damifino10 Jul 2025 #8

Only certain lives matter in America. sop Jul 2025 #13

only fetuses. pansypoo53219 Jul 2025 #14

Yep, until they are born. LisaL Jul 2025 #20

Yep Scott Alan Swaggerty Jul 2025 #25