Lane Graves, the 2-year-old boy who was grabbed Tuesday night by an alligator, has been found dead, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said Wednesday. The word “alligator” comes from the Spanish word for lizard, el lagarto, which is the term the early settlers of Florida used when they first encountered them. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel, Florida. The chance of someone being attacked is one in 3.2 million. There have even been stretches during which no fatal attacks by alligators … A young Florida girl has her grandfather to thank for saving her life after she was attacked by a nearly 7-foot alligator while swimming in a lake in Leon County. The worst years for fatalities were 2001 and 2006, with three people dying each of those years from Florida alligator attacks. alligator attacks on humans in the United States have resulted in death, a majority of which occurred in Florida (Florida Museum International Shark Attack File). A 26-year-old Florida woman suffered severe injuries after she was attacked by a massive alligator while swimming at Key Lake Wilderness Park in Cocoa. Alligator attacks on humans are rare but not unknown in the South, particularly in warmer weather. As population and development have increased in Florida, scientists say, so too have alligator attacks. Over the weekend, Ryanne Gwaltney … "If you've got a body of water in Florida, there's a good chance there's an alligator in it." University of North Florida researchers, studying … Florida woman killed by alligator: How to survive an attack A South Florida woman died Friday in the latest U.S. gator attack. Most alligator attacks are characterized by a single bite and immediate release. … And there have only been 23 fatalities between 1948 and 2016. Steele bled to … Florida man nearly loses leg — and life — to alligator while hunting hogs "I screamed, but then I hit the ground and felt this thing pulling me backwards." The two dogs are okay. FORT MEADE, Fla. - Police are investigating a possible alligator attack after a man's body was found in a Florida canal Thursday. Alligator attacks are on the rise in Florida. A woman has been airlifted to a hospital after she was bitten by an alligator in Florida, according to the Brevard County Fire and Rescue service. Since 2011, Parker said, 36 nuisance alligators have been removed from Lake Hernando alone. Twenty-five of those attacks were fatal. The most recent victim was 16-year-old Jarvis Deliford, whose severely d… Florida alligator bite statistics date back to 1948, ranging around three major bites per year. And although alligator attacks are rare, this is … Few attacks can be attributed to territorial alligators or nest defense The alligators in the Key West Aquarium are usually between the ages of 1 and 3 years old and are on loan from the Alligator Farm in Homestead, FL. For the second time in about a week, alligators have been found feeding on a human corpse in Florida, local papers reported. The worst years for fatalities were 2001 and 2006, with three people dying each of those years from Florida alligator attacks. In Florida, over the last 60 years, there have been 24 alligator attacks where people died. He was one of 12 people bitten by an alligator in Florida in 2017, and one of 410 people bitten since the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission began keeping track in 1948. No Collier County attacks are included on FWC’s list of fatal alligator attacks. The chance of someone being attacked is one in 3.2 million. Florida has averaged just under 10 alligator bites a year since 2010, marking a total of 85 bites in that time span up to 2018. There were about a dozen other people in the lake when bystanders heard Nicole Tillman cry for help and rushed over to her aid. According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission , there have been 24 fatal alligator attacks since 1973. Twenty-five of those attacks were fatal, including two in Lee County — both on Sanibel Island — in 2001 and 2004. Alligator attacks don't happen often, but when they do, they can be fatal.