Death on May 6 of a woman from Florida who was attacked by a 11-foot Alligator who tipped her canoe, served as a memory that, while alligator attacks on people are ‘extremely rare’, as a state officer of the state said, they happen, sometimes with fatal results.
“This serves as a bleak memory of the powerful animals in the wild that our natural spaces share,” said Roger Young, the executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Florida On average eight did not -led alligator bites per year According to the committee, during the 10 -year period ending in 2022 ended. Many of them were serious enough to require medical help.
The committee has insisted people To be careful in or near the water during the mating season of the Alligator, which runs from the beginning of April to June. The risk of an attack is higher, it said, because alligators tend to be more aggressive, more active and more visible during this period.
The desk and other nature committees offered these tips to avoid or stay safe around the reptiles, which can be 15 feet long.
Where are they?
Alligators can be found from Central Texas East to North Carolina, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Louisiana and Florida have the largest populations – each more than a million. Georgia has 200,000 to 250,000 alligators and South Carolina is the home of around 100,000.
Morgan Hart, the Alligator project leader for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, believes that alligator attacks in the state have increased due to “the enormous growth of the human population in the coastal plain of South Carolina.”
When new housing developments are being built, artificial lakes are often made with them and then quickly inhabited by alligators.
Be alligator consciously.
If you come across an alligator on the land, “you can just be removed from it,” said Mrs. Hart.
“Alligators will also hiss if they feel that someone is too close and they cannot get away,” she said.
People must be wary of every alligator who is approaching, she said, because it can be a sign that people with food are fed and associated.
People must also keep at least 30 feet of alligators at all times, According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
“They rarely chase people, but they can surpass the fastest person in the first 30 feet the fastest person,” Said the deskNote that alligators can sprint up to 35 miles per hour for short distances on the land.
Note your children and dogs closely.
Alligators prefer prey that they can easily overwhelm.
“Pets often look like the natural prey of alligators,” said Lauren Claerbout, a spokeswoman for the Florida Wildlife Commission.
People must keep their pets on the belt And under control, and don’t let them swim or exercise in canals, ponds or lakes that may have alligators.
“The sound of barking and playing dogs can pull an alligator to the area,” said the Florida Wildlife Commission.
Be careful where you swim.
Natural agencies suggest that people only swim in designated areas during daylight hours, and without a pet.
“Alligators are most active between twilight and dawn,” said Mrs. Claerbout.
If you encounter an alligator in the water, stay calm and do not approach it, According to the Florida Wildlife Commission.
Don’t feed them.
It is illegal and dangerous to feed alligators in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas (except during the hunting season of that state).
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said that people are not allowed to throw fish residues in the water or feed other animals in the wild in areas where alligators come together.
“As long as people don’t feed them,” said Donald Houser, the general manager of Gator Park, just south of Miami and shows with alligators. He added that an alligator loses his fear of people after three days of a person feeding it.
“Stay away, actually,” he said.
How to fight back.
You only have to fight an alligator if it gets you, said civil servants.
“In that case, his eyes, nose or throat, which are the most sensitive areas,” according to Everglades National Park in South FloridaAdding that people “have to hit, kick or puncture with as much strength as you can collect to try to force the Gator to release his hold.”
Still, if you are understood in the jaws of an alligator, there is a slender chance that you could escape, Mr. HOULER.
“It is better to have someone in the neighborhood who knows what they are doing,” he said.
“Alligators don’t eat people,” he said, but they can bite someone and then spit the person. By that time it may have kept the person under water for too long, he said, “And it can be too late.”
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