If you’re out on a kayak, canoe, or boat, you just have to be aware of your surroundings and not approach these animals.”

A woman kayaking with a group in Polk County, Florida, was rushed to the hospital after an alligator attack left her "bleeding profusely" from an elbow bite.

A woman is recovering in the hospital after she was reportedly bitten by an alligator at a nature preserve in Polk County. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said they got word a woman who was kayaking at Tiger Creek Canal in the Babson Park area was bitten on her elbow by an alligator.

An alligator attacked a woman kayaking at a central Florida nature preserve, sending her to a hospital, authorities said. The attack happened when the woman was paddling at Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County on March 3, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

A 911 recording details the chaotic scene that unfolded after the woman was attacked by an alligator at a Florida nature preserve.

A woman was bitten on the elbow by an alligator while she was boating in Florida, officials said. The woman was paddling at Tiger Creek Preserve in Polk County at the time of the incident on Monday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.

A 911 call details a terrifying ordeal after a woman was attacked by an alligator while kayaking with a group in Florida. The woman's elbow was badly injured in the incident.