Alligators

Posted at 12:57 26 Nov 2020
Owner describes saving puppy from jaws of an alligator
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Video caption: The puppy was saved from the alligator by its 74-year-old owner who jumped into the water
The puppy was saved from the alligator by its 74-year-old owner who jumped into the water to do so.
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Posted at 0:01 14 Nov 2020
Is this giant alligator on a golf course real?
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Many people have been questioning this viral reptile video. So we asked a gator expert to weigh in.
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Posted at 22:02 17 Sep 2020
Alligator on gas snaps up Ig Nobel prize
By Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
The 2020 Ig Nobel prizes honour crocodilian vocalisations, narcissistic eyebrows and vibrating worms.
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Posted at 22:02 17 Sep 2020
What does an alligator sound like on helium?
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Scientists gave an alligator an oxygen-helium mix to investigate its vocalisations.
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Posted at 21:09 30 Apr 2020
'Angry' alligator visits US family's home
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The reptile, known locally as Big George ambled onto a property on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
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Posted at 16:07 19 Jul 2019
Tennessee town dispels 'meth-gator' myth
A viral police "warning" of alligators "all hyped up" on methamphetamine was a joke, the mayor tells the BBC.
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Posted at 17:48 3 Jun 2019
When an alligator breaks into your house at night
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A commotion that woke an elderly Florida woman was caused by a monstrous reptile in her kitchen.
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Posted at 0:08 31 Mar 2019
ICYMI: A giant alligator goes golfing
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A 'monster' alligator decided to check out the green, plus other stories you may have missed.
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Posted at 7:35 22 Sep 2018
The man with TWO pet alligators!
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Forget dogs, cats and rabbits how about having 400 reptiles as pets?!
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Posted at 18:28 20 Aug 2018
US woman killed in alligator attack
Witnesses say the 45-year-old was attacked while protecting her dog from an 8ft alligator.
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Posted at 13:36 7 Aug 2018
US student takes alligator graduation snaps
Makenzie Noland, 21, has been working with the animals and wanted to pose with 14ft Big Tex.
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Posted at 13:22 11 Jun 2018
Woman's body found after alligator attack
The missing woman's dogs refuse to leave the Florida lakeside where she vanished, police say.
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Posted at 15:01 8 Jun 2018
Alligator knocks out man in Florida
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He was knocked unconscious while trying to remove the 8ft reptile from a Florida neighbourhood.
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Posted at 18:16 11 May 2018
Alligators use snouts to breathe through ice
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Video caption: How North Carolina's alligators are surviving the cold snap
The reptiles employ a clever trick when the water they live in freezes over
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Posted at 10:01 9 May 2018
Alligator pulled from swimming pool
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Video caption: Alligator pulled from Florida family's swimming pool
The 11ft alligator was discovered swimming around outside a Florida family's home.
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Posted at 10:01 9 May 2018
Alligator 'gender reveal party' criticised
Family reveal baby's gender using their pet alligator and a watermelon, prompting concerns over safety.
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Posted at 9:59 9 May 2018
Hidden dangers of flood water in Texas
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As water levels continue to rise in Texas further dangers are appearing in the floods.
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Posted at 9:59 9 May 2018
Disney honours boy killed by alligator
Lane Thomas, 2, had been building a sandcastle at Disney World when an alligator fatally attacked him.
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Posted at 9:58 9 May 2018
US family finds alligator in pool
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Video caption: Look before you leap
People in Florida are being warned to check their pools after an alligator was found in one.
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