'Chucky' the Alligator Found on Ala. Coast
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GULF SHORES, Ala. - Chucky, the 1,000-pound alligator that slipped away from a small coastal zoo amid flooding during Hurricane Ivan, was found in a ditch and returned to zoo care...
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coastline knee-deep in water after it ploughed through parts of Florida scarred by Hurricane Frances three weeks ago. About 4 million people were without electricity as Jeanne -- a record fourth
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Within the annual growth rings of old longleaf pines, scientists are discovering a previously unknown record of hurricane activity in the Southeast.
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The 12-foot, 1,000 pound alligator is the focus of an intensive hunting expedition after Hurricane Ivan&#39;s fury sent him swimming from his confines at the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo.
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CAIRNS, Australia A doctor says a pair of Australian campers are &quot;pretty lucky&quot; after tangling with a big crocodile. Authorities say the 14-foot croc grabbed a man as he slept in a tent at a campsite in Queensland.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A DeBary man who was out hunting deer last fall got a big surprise when he took one of his deer into the check station.  Joe Stokes was deer hunting on public land in Sumter County on Nov.
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An alligator which starred in a James Bond film is to be stuffed and put on display in Britain after fans left flowers and tributes following his death.
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PENSACOLA (Florida) - People in this Gulf Coast town emerged from bolt holes and hiding places on Thursday to find their city battered, splintered and tossed about like so much toy furniture in the hands of a furious child.
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A two metre-long alligator that has stalked the waters of an inner city Los Angeles lake was finally captured yesterday.
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By LEE TOLLIVER,  It's wahoo time.  The offshore waters of Virginia and North Carolina have been teeming with wahoo - long, slender, toothy critters that resemble a barracuda on steroids.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS LOS ANGELES - A 6 1/2-foot alligator believed to be the elusive &quot;Reggie&quot; who lurked in a park lake for two years was captured Thursday in a wrestling match with a reptile expert and rangers.
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THIBODAUX, La. -- Lynnette Bourg owns two boats: one fiberglass, which she and her husband use for pleasure cruises along the bayou, and one metal, 17 feet long with a pointed hull, which they use for trapping alligators.
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By Leigh Woosley, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 5--JENKS -- Few visitors watching stingrays glide through the water  Monday at the Oklahoma Aquarium were aware that the same type of animal had  killed Steve Irwin, the popular and effusive host of the "Crocodile Hunter"  television show.
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By Zane Wilson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 25--COLUMBIA -- Kyle Daniel wanted the bucolic land on Great Pee Dee River that he played on as a child to stay the way he remembered it.
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ALAPAHA, Ga. - With the local legend of Hogzilla spreading worldwide, residents of this tiny Georgia town have decided to feature the prodigious porker in their annual festival...
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The Calayan Rail, Gallirallus calayaensis, discovered by scientists in the northern tip of Babuyan islands in the Philippines archipelago. Photo: Des Allen/AP.
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A man retrieving balls from a golf course lake was attacked by a 7-foot alligator Wednesday morning, suffering minor injuries to his foot, authorities said. Vernon Messier, who was wearing a diver's wet suit, was standing in waist-deep water on the No.