Crocodile attack on kayakers in Florida Keys?
Associated Press
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 7:42 a.m.
KEY LARGO - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating a possible American crocodile attack on a couple kayaking in the Florida Keys.
Mike Gregory and Leigha Poulson say something in the waters off Key Largo overturned their kayaks before dawn on April 28. Both reported suffering scratches and bites but neither saw what bit them. Gregory tells The Key West Citizen that he initially thought a manatee had flipped their kayaks, until he realized he had been bitten.
In a statement Thursday, the commission said it couldn't conclude what animal overturned the kayaks near the Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
The reclusive American crocodile was once an endangered species, with just 300 left in 1975. That number has grown to 1,500 today. State wildlife officials say "conflicts between crocodiles and humans are still very rare."
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