Alligators - They Love Things That Are Decomposing

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Wonderhe was wary of us, cause, you know, not used to humans. But he was pretty upset that we were removing the body. He's alwas bs with potential food sores. Yet, they love things that are decomposing. They smell it in the water. They will absolutely respond to that. So for a long time, you couldn't hunt gators in florda. They've been hunted to almost extinction. Do you de people? It's one of my hobbies.

In March of this year, a biologist working in a nature preserve in Florida saw an alligator swimming along a canal with something in its mouth. When she looked closer, she realized it was a human arm.

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