A 13-year-old alligator wrangler has been handling deadly reptiles since she was just two.
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Samantha Young feeds, helps catch and transport the deadly animals at her family’s alligator park – tilapia fish farm in Mosca, Colorado. The teenager even teaches others how to handle deadly reptiles.
Samantha got her first pet alligator when she was just two and now she is 13 and her favourite reptile is a 6ft, 100-pound alligator named Peewee.
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Samantha’s father, Jay Young said: “I gave Samantha her first alligator, Peewee, when he was a hatchling – they grew up together.point 232 |
She got her first bite at two because she poked him – he didn’t break the skin but she cried.point 86 | ”point 89 | 1
“That’s when she first learned that one end of the alligator is more dangerous than the other – after that she learned how to not get bit.”
Samantha has been bitten twice but never experienced any serious injuries. Now, the 13-year-old teaches others how to handle these deadly reptiles.
The family’s tilapia fish farm in Mosca, Colorado keeps alligators at the farm to eat the leftover dead fish.
Mr. Young said: “When news spread that we needed more alligators to help us deal with the dead fish, pet owners who couldn’t look after their ‘gators anymore brought them to us.”
“We’ve even received alligators from police officers who were rescuing them. People mail us packages with reptiles in them – we never know what’s in the box when we open it.”
Currently, there are 300 alligators at the park.
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Speaking about his daring daughter, Mr.point 144 | Young said Samantha suffered from hemivertebrae that caused her spine to curve inwards but six months after surgery, she was back at the farm.point 263 | 1
The father said: “She had two rods put into her back, but she thinks she’s invincible now. No alligator bite can compare to the pain she went through with that surgery.”
“She jumped back into it, a little earlier than she should have – but she was itching to get out there and wrestle. She was sore the next day, but she didn’t care.”
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