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MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Alligator mating season typically runs from April through June, with July typically being nesting season. Alligator experts say that timeline may help explain why a woman was bitten by an alligator Wednesday evening while in the South Fork of the St. Lucie River.

Retired alligator trapper Brad Johnson warns that any body of water in Florida — including brackish rivers like the St. Lucie River — can be home to alligators. He said he wasn’t surprised to hear about the attack.

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“They do get up in the brackish water,” Johnson said. “The salt doesn’t phase them for very long. They can’t take it for very long, but for the most part they are in fresh and bra

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