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Badass 10-Year-Old Pries Open Gator’s Jaws To Free Her Leg
by Guest Tue May 09, 2017 8:32 pm
“To get an animal with the strongest bite on the planet to let go of you is a miracle,” a alligator expert said.
A 10-year-old girl managed to free herself from the jaws of a nearly 9-foot-long alligator over the weekend by prying open its mouth with her bare hands, Florida wildlife officials said. The child was sitting in a designated swim area in Orlando’s Lake Mary Jane on Saturday when the alligator latched onto her leg, according to an incident report released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The water where she sat was about 2 feet deep.
One witness heard the girl’s screams from the shore.
“I realized that she was screaming that she got bit by an alligator,” witness Emilio Aquino told Fox News. “At this point, I couldn’t see anything, but a couple of seconds later, I saw the alligator so I ran towards the water.”
The brave girl fought back, first by poking the alligator in its nose and then by pulling down on its lower jaw, which freed her leg, ABC News reported. The child was treated at the scene by lifeguards before family members took her to a hospital. She sustained puncture wounds to the back of her knee and lower thigh, according to the Fish and Wildlife report.
“She had puncture wounds but I don’t think they’re life-threatening,” Chad Weber, a Fish and Wildlife spokesman, told the Orlando Sentinel.
The gator, described as 8 feet, 9 inches long, was captured shortly after and removed from the lake in Moss Park. It was euthanized, authorities said.
As for how she knew what to do in such a terrifying situation, the girl said she learned the escape tactics during a visit to Gatorland, a local wildlife attraction, ABC News reported.
There, professional alligator wrangler Donald Aldarelli applauded the girl’s actions. “If you were ever in a position where an alligator were to grab ahold of you, then the nose, not the eyes, the nose is the spot you want to go for,” he told ABC News.
Aldarelli marveled at the girl’s ability to pry open the gator’s mouth.
“To get an animal with the strongest bite on the planet to let go of you is a miracle,” he said.
In a video released by Gatorland on Monday, two gator experts again praised the girl’s response and offered some other tips to those living around gators.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alligator-attack-10-year-old-girl-jaws_us_59106340e4b0d5d9049de24d?section=us_good-news
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Re: Badass 10-Year-Old Pries Open Gator’s Jaws To Free Her Leg
by 'Wolfie Wed May 10, 2017 9:29 am
"Strongest bite on the planet" ???
Fucking bullshit, is it the "strongest bite"..
What a load of outright crap...
Put her up against a 5 or 6 metre Saltie', or a White Pointer, or maybe an American Pit Bull, and then see how she handles them..
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Re: Badass 10-Year-Old Pries Open Gator’s Jaws To Free Her Leg
by Guest Wed May 10, 2017 11:20 am
WhoseYourWolfie wrote:
"Strongest bite on the planet" ???
Fucking bullshit, is it the "strongest bite"..
What a load of outright crap...
Put her up against a 5 or 6 metre Saltie', or a White Pointer, or maybe an American Pit Bull, and then see how she handles them..
Well they put them at number 3 and you ignore the fact this girl was able to get the jaw open
http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/top-10-which-animals-have-strongest-bite
So it may not be the strongest, but its still one of the strongest
How you compare this ignoring that she was able to prise the jaws open when shows you are being absurd here
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Re: Badass 10-Year-Old Pries Open Gator’s Jaws To Free Her Leg
by eddie Wed May 10, 2017 11:43 am
Blimey!!! That took some strength and guts and real bravery. What a story to tell her children!
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Re: Badass 10-Year-Old Pries Open Gator’s Jaws To Free Her Leg
by Guest Wed May 10, 2017 11:57 am
eddie wrote:Blimey!!! That took some strength and guts and real bravery. What a story to tell her children!
Indeed and have no idea why Wolf is dishing her bravery.
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Re: Badass 10-Year-Old Pries Open Gator’s Jaws To Free Her Leg
by 'Wolfie Wed May 10, 2017 6:01 pm
Thorin wrote:eddie wrote:Blimey!!! That took some strength and guts and real bravery. What a story to tell her children!
Indeed and have no idea why Wolf is dishing her bravery.
My comment wasn't dis'ing the girl herself there, Thorin...
But rather the throwaway comments from the know-nothing self-declared alligator "expert" quoted by that news story..
It's not the first time I've seen such false claims made by alligator "experts" -- put their 'gators up against Salt Water Croc's (which can grow up to four times the size of the largest alligators..), or some kinds of sharks, and then see how they match up then.
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