An alligator at least three metres long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the teen's right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials say.
Kaleb Langdale, 17, survived the encounter on Monday in the Caloosahatchee River. Wildlife officers who caught and killed the alligator retrieved the arm, but doctors were unable to reattach it.
"We found the alligator that was responsible," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino said. "We were able to kill the alligator and dissect the alligator, remove the arm and transport the arm to the hospital to see if the doctors could reattach the limb."...
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