South Carolina 'Gators
With temperatures rising, some 100,000 of the reptiles
and their offspring are coming up from the bottom of rivers
to sun on marsh banks across the Lowcountry in South Carolina.
Their numbers have doubled since they were listed
as a federal Endangered Species in the 1970s.
At the same time, the human population along the coast
has more than doubled.
Although the density of alligators in South Carolina coastal wetlands rivals the density found in Florida or Louisiana, there have been only eight attacks on humans in this state in 28 years of reporting. Nearly all were provoked by people trying to feed or catch one of the reptiles. In one case, a child stepped on an alligator while crossing a canal.
There never has been a fatal alligator attack
on a human in South Carolina.
Facts By: Bo Petersen
of The Post and Courier Staff
Originally Published on: 4/14/04
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