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The son of heavyweight boxing legend Vitali Klitschko almost lost his hand to a snappy alligator while volunteering as a zoo keeper in the US.

Egor-Daniel Klitschko, 16, has been helping out at the US national park, the Everglades near Miami, Florida, and nearly lost his fingers in an attack from one of the alligators at feeding time.

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