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  2. List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    June 14, 2016. Lane Graves, 2, male. Florida — An alligator, 4 to 7 feet long, dragged the victim under water in the Seven Seas Lagoon about 9:00 p.m. on June 14, 2016, at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa just outside of Orlando. His parents tried to rescue him; the father was attacked by a second alligator.

  3. Crocodile attack - Wikipedia

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    [19] [20] 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 ...

  4. Battle of Ramree Island - Wikipedia

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    The battle is known for claims that hundreds of Japanese soldiers were killed by crocodiles in the mangrove swamps of Ramree. Some editions of the Guinness Book of World Records have described this as the highest number of fatalities in an animal attack; zoologists and modern military historians have dismissed these claims. [2]

  5. Category:Crocodilian attacks - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Crocodilian attacks. The order Crocodilia includes the 18 species of true crocodiles (family Crocodylidae), the two species of alligators, caimans (family Alligatoridae), gharials and false gharials (family Gavialidae).

  6. Crocodiles cannot outnumber people in Australian territory ...

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    The Northern Territory recorded the deaths of 15 people in crocodile attacks between 2005 and 2014 with two more in 2018. ... Territory is unsafe and on top of law and order and crime issues, what ...

  7. Man-eater - Wikipedia

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    Man-eater. A man-eater is an individual animal or being that preys on humans as a pattern of hunting behavior. This does not include the scavenging of corpses, a single attack born of opportunity or desperate hunger, or the incidental eating of a human that the animal has killed in self-defense. However, all three cases (especially the last two ...

  8. Your Worst Animal Nightmares - Wikipedia

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    June 24, 2009. (2009-06-24) Your Worst Animal Nightmares is a 2009 short-lived television show made by John Stainton broadcast by Animal Planet [1] for The Discovery Channel. It is a docudrama with real events re-enacted by actors, along with actual news footage of the events and some interviews. Most of the episodes are set in Australia, with ...

  9. CrocBITE - Wikipedia

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    The research yielded pertinent observations that provide inside into crocodile attacks. It was observed that most attacks on humans occur from bites of Saltwater crocodile as against the popular understanding of Nile crocodiles taking the top spot. This is not, however, believed to be the actual case, as most attacks by the Nile crocodile are ...