Local farmers subdue an alligator that escaped when Hurricane Karl struck Mexico's east coast on September 17, 2010.


Hurricane Karl struck Mexico's east coast on Septembet 17, 2010 uprooting trees and flooding rivers in the state of Veracruz. A crocodile farm near the town of La Antigua, Veracruz was flooded and hundreds of the reptiles escaped. Locals here have recaptured one of the animals in a flooded sugarcane field.


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Location: La Antigua, Veracruz, Mexico
Photo credit: © Keith Dannemiller / Alamy / Afripics
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