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...incident would have been shocking by itself. But it was not the only one. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission records an average of about seven alligator attacks every year, yet they are rarely fatal: since 1948, only 17 humans had been confirmed killed by the huge reptiles. But in the five days leading up to Campbell's death, two other women had been partly eaten by alligators. Three deadly assaults in the space of a week seemed like too much of a coincidence. Floridians, who tend to be casual about their state reptile, were suddenly hypervigilant...
...short, the unusual spate of fatal attacks may have been a ghastly coincidence--but that doesn't mean they were entirely random. According to wildlife experts, several factors may have recently upped the odds of alligator aggression. For one thing, this is the time of year when the reptiles emerge from cold-weather quiescence and enter the mating season. That makes them more territorial and more aggressive than normal. Beyond that, the state has been experiencing an extended drought over the past several years, shrinking the animals' natural habitat and forcing them to forage in areas where humans have created...
...those looking to stay slim should plan on staying up a little later. Though it might be tempting to get out of an exam by making yourself sick by ingesting too much caffeine, that would be pretty much impossible. Somebody (a desperate pre-med, perhaps?) looking to achieve a fatal overdose would need to sit down and chug 100 cups of coffee. “I think there’s a lethal dose of almost anything,” says HMS Professor Don Coen. “High-enough doses of caffeine can certainly cause seizures, but that?...
...Avant-garde art is hard; dying is easy. In 1991, languishing with a fatal bout of AIDS in a Manhattan hospital, the lifelong kvetch was suddenly buoyant. The longtime starving artist told playwright Ron Tavel, "It?s the best food I?ve had in my life." His mind has sustenance too: dreams of his eternal movie goddess, Maria (not Mario) Montez...
Houghton suffered a near-fatal pedestrian accident in 1993, but stayed at the helm of Corning for three more years before making his first retirement...