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13-Foot Alligator Kills 11-Year-Old Girl

Victim was swimming in shallow water of Brazilian river

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 8, 2010 5:36 PM CST

(Newser) – An 11-year-old girl who was swimming with friends in a river in Brazil was attacked and killed by a 13-foot-long alligator, according to local media reports. The girl was playing in shallow water in the northern part of the country, near the Amazon, when the alligator struck. The reptile was shot and killed about 100 yards from the site of the attack so that the victim's body could be recovered, the AP reports..

A 13-foot alligator attacked and killed a girl swimming in a river in Brazil, according to local media reports.
A 13-foot alligator attacked and killed a girl swimming in a river in Brazil, according to local media reports.   (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="source">&copy;</a><a href="http://flickr.com/search/people/?m=name&q=lostajy" target="source">lostajy</a>)
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JGirl
Feb 10, 2010 5:53 AM CST
well, the wast majority of people don't eat people, and if they did they would have to remove the meat from the bones andchew them up, not swallow them whole. therefore there would be nothing to retrieve
Yourself
Feb 10, 2010 5:53 AM CST
Aelius28 wouldn't you want to recover your childs body? i know i would, and eveidently, so would JGirl.. I'd like to give my child a proper burial instead of letting it be digested inside of a croc/gater/any animal...
JGirl
Feb 10, 2010 5:49 AM CST
if it were my child i would want to retrieve his/her body - it's not like the croc is going to spit it out, so what else are ya gonna do?

 
Brazil • swimming • animal attack • alligator • river • jungle • Amazon rainforest • reptiles

 
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