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Social Media Post Creates Alligator Scare Among Santa Cruz Residents

By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A misguided social media post about alligators on the loose at Favela do Rola spread terror in the community located in Santa Cruz, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, at the start of this week.

The post, created by a resident, warned neighbors to watch out for alligators who had supposedly escaped during the heavy rain and were now walking the streets of the favela.

The young man who published the warning had spotted and captured what he believed was a baby alligator. The animal turned out to be . . .

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