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<p>ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) &#8212; A 10-year-old Florida girl says she shoved her fingers up an alligator&#8217;s snout to escape after the almost-9-foot-long reptile bit her.</p><p>Juliana Ossa on Monday told Orlando television station WKMG-TV that she learned the escape trick from visiting an alligator park called Gatorland.</p><p>The girl was sitting about 2 feet of water when the gator bit her on her knee and calf at Moss Park in the Orlando area on Saturday.</p><p>In a 911 call released Monday, a caller describes Juliana as having puncture wounds to her leg.</p><p>She was treated at a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening wounds.</p><style>
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Florida girl, 10, talks about escaping from jaws of alligator during attack