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Alligator bit off Florida teen’s arm

An ALLIGATOR at least 10 feet long bit off a teenager’s lower right arm when the boy swam in a Florida river, state wildlife officials said.

Kaleb Langdale, 17, survived Monday’s attack. Wildlife officers caught and killed the alligator and retrieved the arm, but doctors could not reattach it.


 
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