Crocodile bites man swimming to shore after his sailboat capsized
Newsy
The last time a Florida crocodile bit a human was 2014, making the incident in Everglades National Park a rarity.
A 68-year-old man fell off a sailboat at a marina in the Florida Everglades and was bitten by a crocodile as he tried to swim to shore, authorities said.
The rare crocodile bite occurred Sunday afternoon at the Flamingo Marina in Everglades National Park and left the man, who was visiting the park, with a laceration to one leg that required medical attention, the National Park Service said.
The Everglades is one of the largest wetlands in the world and according to the National Wildlife Foundation, is the only place in the world where American crocodiles and American alligators coexist. There are about 1.8 million alligators in Florida but only 2,000 crocodiles.
The man capsized his sailboat in the marina basin and was trying to swim to land with his boat when witnesses saw him go under the water, officials said. Park rangers responded and treated the cut on the man's leg before he was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
No further information was released on the man's condition.
