Alligator found with human remains in its mouth in Florida

Deputies stopped short of saying whether investigators believed the alligator had killed the person whose remains were in the animal’s mouth

A 9-foot, 4-inch alligator bares his teeth as he is captured Monday, May 15, 2006, in a lake behind some homes in North Miami Beach, Fla. An unprecedented burst of three fatal attacks in a week has some Floridians terrified of their giant reptilian neighbors. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Authorities euthanized a 13ft alligator with human remains in its mouth after the animal turned up on Friday afternoon in a canal in Largo, Florida.

The Pinellas county sheriff’s office said in a news release that the male alligator measured 13ft 8.5in and was “humanely” killed after being removed from the water. The sheriff’s dive team recovered the human remains from the waterway.