Alligator drags toddler into lagoon

Florida police are searching for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the
water by an alligator near a Disney resort. Roughly 1.3 million alligators live in Florida, with around 12 attacks against humans recorded each year

UNITED STATES

ALLIGATOR RANGE

OK TX AR LA MS AL GA SC NC

FLORIDA

GULF OF MEXICO

400km 250 miles

Disney World resort, Orlando

Magic Kingdom Park

Seven Seas Lagoon

Bay Lake

400m 1,300ft

PEOPLE KILLED BY CROCODILIANS (2000-2016)

Grand Floridian Resort, 21:20 local time (01:16GMT): Alligator drags child from lagoon shoreline – father tries in vain to rescue him from reptile’s jaws

Nile Crocodile 270 

Mugger Crocodile 96 (India, Sri Lanka,Nepal, Pakistan)

Saltwater Crocodile 78 (Australia, South East Asia, India, Sri Lanka)

17 American Alligator 

17 American Crocodile (Central America) 

16 Black Caiman (Brazil, Guyana)

15 West African Crocodile

6 Morelet's Crocodile (Mexico, Belize,Guatemala)

Sources: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, CrocBITE

Picture: Associated Press