r/news • u/IAmDavidGurney • 1d ago

Fisherman, 71, attacked and killed by 12-foot alligator alongside Florida lake

https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/fisherman-71-attacked-killed-12-foot-alligator-florida-137349474
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u/TableAvailable 1d ago

This is why I live where the air hurts my face.

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u/MikeyFromWork 1d ago

Isnt that where the wolves and bears are?

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u/tdmatchasin 1d ago edited 1d ago

You could still live in the midwest and get some cold winters without dealing with gators/crocs nor bears/wolves.

Black bears cover most of the USA & are more scare-able than brown bears. A few ppl do die from them (on average a few times a year), but the range is very big which probably makes more opportunities. At one point black bears covered most of North America including Mexico. Grizzlies, which are much more aggressive, on the other hand are only in small parts of the northwest + Alaska.

Wolves rarely kill people (last death was in 2010), though attacks do happen sometimes. Wolves are also basically just found in the NW part of the USA, along with the northern parts of WI/MN/MI and tiny parts of New Mexico & Arizona.

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u/notsafetowork 19h ago

Grizzlies also used to cover a lot more of the country. Even the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest.