reasons to come to the sunshine state
~~~shark attacks, giant non-indigenous pythons
who eat your dog
, hurricanes, prehistoric reptiles who eat YOU,
and the worst of all...a highway robber mouse!
....this poor woman was attacked on land and rendered limb from limb! what horror! i know we humans have encroached on their habitats, but i am still horrified at this young woman's death.-----Medical Examiner: Woman Died From Alligator Attack
POSTED: 2:58 pm EDT May 11, 2006
SUNRISE, Fla. -- An alligator apparently killed a woman on land and then dragged her body into a canal, authorities said Thursday.
The dismembered body of Yovy Suarez Jimenez, 28, of Davie, was found Wednesday by construction workers. She didn't return from a jog the previous night.
"It is my professional opinion that the alligator attacked the woman while she was on land," said Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County's medical examiner. "She died of traumatic injuries sustained by an alligator attack, a mixture of blood loss and shock, and in my opinion died very fast."
Perper ruled out drowning because little water was found in her stomach and lungs, according to on story on The Miami Herald's Web site.
Trappers will try to catch and kill the animal, believed to be eight to 10-feet long, and the contents of its stomach will be examined, Pino said.
Perper said the alligator appeared to have crawled on to land and killed Jimenez and then dragged her body into the water.
He said alligators generally pull their prey into the water.
"When they are hungry they can be very very aggressive and attack for food purposes," he said.
OK, you go out for a jog and a 10-foot reptile eats you
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