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HBO@ Noon: Things That Bite


Scott Threlkeld/Times-Picayune, AP
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's deputies and wildlife agents capture an 11-foot long alligator that bit the arm off an 11-year-old boy on Wednesday in a small lake south of Slidell, La. The boy, Devin Funck, and two girls were playing in a body of water around 3 p.m. at a subdivision about 20 miles northeast of New Orleans, when the alligator swam toward them and pulled the boy under, said Sheriff Jack Strain. The alligator pulled Devin under water and bit off most of an arm, but the boy poked it in the eye and got free, relatives said.

Question: Which animal with killing capability scares you most -- grizzly, alligator, shark, rattlesnake, other?



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