He opened the door of his house to look for his son and found an alligator: the bite removed his thigh

A man was injured as a result of bites inflicted on him by a alligator when you open your door dayton beacha city on the northeast coast of Florida, United States of Americaaccording to local police.

The accident occurred on Saturday night, when an alligator pounced on a man and bit him right at the door of his residence.

Police information states that the man, who has not been identified, she heard a noise and opened the door of her house thinking it might be someone looking for her sonwhen suddenly the alligator was found at his feet.

Alligator attack a Florida man

The alligator pounced on the man and bit him on the upper thigh.removed a segment of his body, so he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Shortly after a search, City officials found the alligator near the front door of the home and called a specialist, who euthanized the reptile.

History of alligator attacks​

This latest incident comes nearly two weeks later an alligator attacked an elderly woman to death in St. Lucie County, Florida.

The deceased was identified as Gloria Serge, of Fort Pierce, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A witness to the attack said he ran and grabbed a hook to try to reach the woman or hit the alligator.

“When I returned, he was no longer visible and didn’t show up again until the police arrived shortly after.”the witness said.

Officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office were sent to the scene for what they called an “alligator bite incident” in the wake of 911 calls.

The woman was dragged into a pond where she eventually died.in an incident that began when the old woman tried to defend her dog from the reptile, causing him to fall to the ground.

The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reported that while attacks on humans are rarealligators can become aggressive when provoked, while guarding their nests or during mating season.

From 1948 to 2021, there were 442 unprovoked bites in Florida, resulting in 26 deaths.

Alligators can be found in virtually all of Florida’s 67 counties, although they are considered an endangered species and therefore protected.

Why are there alligator attacks in Florida?

Alligators are an icon of Florida, a state in the southeastern United States famous for its beaches with turquoise waters.but also from the swamps covered with long grasses from where these reptiles chase everything that moves.

But while humans aren’t their favorite food, a recent string of attacks is making them a neighbor to watch out for.

What’s going on, according to Ron Magill, a Miami Zoo spokesman and animal behavior expert, is that humans and alligators share territory in Florida like never before.

“We will probably have more alligator-human incidents because there are more alligators and there are more humans, and humans are building in alligator habitat,” Magill said from the zoo grounds, flanked by elephants, lions and herds of children in school uniform . .

In the 1970s, these reptiles were an endangered species and numbered just a few thousand, Magill explained to AFP. Today, thanks to conservation efforts, there are 1.3 million of them in Florida.