The bodies of two more women have been found in Florida having suffered apparent attacks by alligators.
The finds follow a fatal attack last week, only the 18th confirmed alligator killing in Florida since 1948.
In the latest cases, a 23-year-old woman was pronounced dead after being pulled from the jaws of an alligator in the Lake George area.
The body of another woman who had apparently suffered alligator bites was found in a canal near St Petersburg.
Residents have been warned not to swim in vegetated areas or walk pets near water, particularly at night.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Willie Puz said increasing temperatures meant alligators were more active in searching for food and mates.
But why are alligators attacking humans? Perhaps we have encroached on to their living habitats depriving them of their normal feeding habits and instead we now find the gators attacking anything that comes by including humans.
Here is what experts advice: Keep your distance from alligators, they are dangerous and unpredictable. They do not choose what is on their menu. They just pick whatever comes their way.
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