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Florida Everglades crisis is forcing alligators to get more aggressive
- Latest: Everglades drought could push alligators to become more aggressive as water and prey shrink.
- Drought threatens tourism as airboat tours are scaled back in the Everglades.
- Water shortage warning issued for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties amid the crisis.
- Officials say drought restoration projects are underway but won't fix today’s drought.
- Drier marshes push wildlife away from water toward scarcer food sources.
- Birds and other wildlife suffer as fish populations decline with lower water levels.
- wildfire risk rises as dry soils and vegetation create tinderbox conditions.
- Everglades restoration projects aim to buffer droughts, with completion planned by 2030.
- Experts warn climate change may intensify these droughts in the future.
- Drought has historical context, with 2001 being the last similar event.
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