A man had to be airlifted to a hospital after being bitten by an alligator in South Florida on Sunday.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the Everglades National Park entry just after 4:45 p.m., WSVN-TV reported.
“An adult male reported being bitten by an alligator,” first responders said over the radio, according to the television station.
The injured victim was found by first responders and airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson South Medical Center in southwest Miami-Dade.
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An alligator just below the surface during an airboat tour in the Florida Everglades on February 6, 2022. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The patient remained hospitalized in unknown condition Monday morning, WSVN reported.
“Over the past 10 years, Florida has experienced an average of eight unprovoked bites per year severe enough to require professional treatment,” the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a fact sheet detailing the incidents. It’s happening,” he said. “The odds of a Floridian being seriously injured in an unprovoked alligator incident in Florida are approximately 1 in 3.1 million.”
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The American flag flies in Everglades National Park in Florida on December 7, 2023. (Marco Bello/AFP via Getty Images)
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The FWC’s latest statistics on crocodile bites are from 2022, with a total of 13 cases: 2 fatalities, 9 serious injuries, and 2 minor injuries.
The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum website states: everglades national park It states that this is “the only place in the world where alligators and alligators coexist” and the only place in the United States where people can see alligators because the fresh water from Lake Okeechobee mixes with the salt water from the ocean. .
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According to the National Park Service, the park averages 1 million visitors. It is home to 13 endangered and 10 endangered species.
