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Alligators prefer men who live in Florida over tourists

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
August 8, 2019
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 10:00
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Alligators prefer men who live in Florida over tourists.

There are numerous confounders in this. It may be that Florida men get bit more often because the stereotype of Florida people is based on a kernel of reality.

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