Alligator bites off teenager’s arm

“It came at him and he put his arm in the way instead of letting it get to his body. It took his arm and him under,” Baker said.

Another friend said Langdale popped out of the water shortly after being bitten.

“He was waving saying, ‘Call the paramedics! My arm is gone!'” Gary Beck said.

Alligators are more active this time of year because it’s their mating season, which makes them more aggressive and inquisitive as they’re looking for food and for mates. Wildlife officers warn that alligators can call just about any body of water in Florida home.

It is rare for wild alligators to bite humans, though, Pino said.

Since 1948, 224 people have suffered major alligator bites, including 22 fatal bites, according to June 2011 conservation commission data.

Wildlife officials were investigating what caused the alligator to bit Langdale.

Last month, an airboat captain was giving a tour in southwest Florida when a 9-foot (3 meter) alligator bit off his left hand. The Indiana family on the boat said the captain had hung a fish over the side of the boat and had his hand at the water’s surface when the alligator bit him.

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