US man saved from alligator jaws
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A naked US man is rescued from the jaws of an alligator in the middle of the night by Florida deputies.
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A US man is charged with using his prosthetic leg to smuggle three endangered iguanas from Fiji.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The news from Indian River Lagoon was too familiar: another dolphin gravely injured because of human action.But marine scientist Steve McCulloch immediately saw this rescue was unique.
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A man hailed as a hero after trying to stop an armed robbery undergoes surgery for shotgun wounds.
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(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published June 25, 2000.)  A fundamental belief held by Americans is that if you are on land, you cannot be killed by a fish.
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Democrats acted to rescue President Bushâs global fight against diseases that kill millions of Africans each year.
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The small frogs that croaked in Diane Butler's backyard pond had been silenced and her goldfish were disappearing. She had the culprit, dead in a plastic bag inside her freezer. Butler's capture &#151; a 4 1/2-inch Cuban tree frog &#151; in coastal Savannah has caused a nervous stir among wildlife biologists in Georgia and Florida.
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By Glenn Garvin, The Miami Herald  Sep.
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JACKSON, Miss. - It might not have the hard bite of some other legislation, but a bill to designate the American alligator as Mississippi's state reptile is on its way to the governor.  The bill cleared the House 106-10 on Monday. It passed the Senate by a wide margin on Feb. 2.
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By Jose Borjon, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Jun. 23--Mexican nationals caught illegally fishing in U.S. waters were rescued from the Gulf of Mexico Friday morning. The four men leapt or were thrown from their boat after crashing into a U.S. Coast Guard vessel.
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BUCKLEY, Wash. - Pierce County sheriff's deputies were startled when they entered a house near here during a drug bust and found- an alligator.
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CAIRNS, Australia - A 60-year-old woman jumped onto the back of a 14-foot crocodile, tackling it to free a man trapped in its jaws, rescue authorities said Monday.    The huge crocodile grabbed the 34-year-old man as he slept in a tent with his wife at a remote Camp Melville beach campsite in northern Queensland state, said Ben Mitchell from the Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR) Coordination Center...
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TULSA, Okla. - A bungee cord on a thrill ride broke, leaving a man dangling 25 feet off the ground for a half-hour until he was rescued by firefighters. Steve Alan Stone, 48, was not seriously hurt in the incident Monday at the Tulsa State Fair.
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DOLPHINS saved a former St Ives man and his daughter from a shark attack as they swam off the northern New Zealand coast. The bottlenose dolphins surrounded Rob Howes, 47, his daughter Niccy, 15, Helen Slade
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Four Florida sheriff's deputies jumped into a dark lake and pulled a man from the jaws of an alligator early on Wednesday, authorities said.
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A 63-year-old man has a lucky escape after being rescued from the base of cliffs at Ballycastle.
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A 6 1/2-foot alligator believed to be the elusive "Reggie" who lurked in a park lake for two years was captured Thursday in a wrestling match with a reptile expert and rangers.