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Five people survive 36 hours in swamp 'surrounded by alligators' after plane crash (www.bbc.com)
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Five people have been rescued after spending 36 hours atop a plane in an alligator-infested swamp in the Amazon after it was forced to make an emergency landing, local authorities said.

The small plane was found by local fishermen in Bolivia's Amazonas region on Friday having been missing for 48 hours.

The survivors - three women, a child and the 29-year-old pilot - were rescued in "excellent condition", Wilson Avila, director of the Beni Department's emergency operations centre, said.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Based on the location, those were probably caimans which I'm pretty sure are much scarier than gators.

[–] piccolo 3 points 4 days ago

Arent caimans primarely pescatarians? They're much smaller than gators.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I was just pondering Bolivian alligators. I'm not well-versed on plenty of things, but that terminology just felt wrong.