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May 12, 2006
More proof that exercise kills
Well, a combination of exercise and exposure to Mother Nature is often a toxic mix.
An alligator that killed a woman jogger in Broward County, Fla., likely stalked her on land before the attack, according to a Local 6 News report Friday.
The Broward County medical examiner said the alligator attacked Yovy Suarez Jimenez, 28, of Davie, on land and then dragged her dismembered body into a nearby lake.
Her body was found by construction workers after she didn't return from a jog the previous night.
"It is my professional opinion that the alligator attacked the woman while she was on land," said Dr. Joshua Perper, Broward County's medical examiner. "She died of traumatic injuries sustained by an alligator attack, a mixture of blood loss and shock, and in my opinion died very fast."
Perper ruled out drowning because little water was found in her stomach and lungs, according to on story on The Miami Herald's Web site.
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Trappers will try to catch and kill the animal, believed to be eight to 10-feet long, and the contents of its stomach will be examined, Pino said.
Perper said the alligator appeared to have crawled on to land and killed Jimenez and then dragged her body into the water.
He said alligators generally pull their prey into the water.
"When they are hungry they can be very very aggressive and attack for food purposes," he said.
I blame Disney for our continuing blindness to the threat posed by non-human members of the Earth First! terror movement.
I'll be on my couch.
Posted by Mike Lief at May 12, 2006 12:05 AM
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Comments
Whew. That's a sad story... Bambi would never pull a stunt like that! But I've always agreed with that basic Disney analogy. Lions and such are not our friends.
Posted by: Vermont Neighbor at May 14, 2006 12:35 PM