Alligator spotted with dead body in its mouth
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Police in central Florida are trying to figure out how an alligator got ahold of a dead body.
Lakeland police spokesman Gary Gross says officers responded to Lake Hunter on Tuesday afternoon following a report of an alligator with a body in its mouth.
Officers were able to retrieve the body, and Gross says a trapper was called to capture the 8-foot reptile. Gross says the dead body appears to be an adult male, but police weren't sure.
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It wasn't known if the alligator killed the person or simply found the dead body. Gross says a medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death.
Last week, two fishermen discovered alligators eating a dead man in a South Florida canal.