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

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Hurricane Karl struck Mexico's east coast on September 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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