Alligator that injured child playing in lake wasn’t predatory, N.C. biologist says

A state wildlife investigation is underway after an alligator injured a 12-year-old girl Friday at Lake Waccamaw, but an expert said Tuesday that the incident doesn’t appear to be an attack.

“Although the alligator’s behavior was unusual, it was not predatory in nature,” N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission biologist Alicia Wassmer said in a news release.

Children on Friday were playing in the lake over 30 miles west of Wilmington when one called out that she had been bitten, the Lake Waccamaw Police Department said. The children were rushed out of the water, which was about 4 feet deep, and an alligator came to the surface, police said…

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