A Florida optometrist was mauled by an 8-foot alligator that clamped onto her arm in a harrowing tug of war that saw her husband pulling on one side and the reptile on the other until she finally broke free.

Amber Perren, 27, praised her spouse’s heroics and now plans to mount the scaly predator’s skull in her office after surviving the vicious Marion County attack that shattered her forearm and left her mangled hand dangling earlier this summer, WPTV reported.

While boating on the St. Lucie River with her husband, Kelby, and their dog, Poncho, Perren stepped into the water to wet her hair when she was suddenly grabbed by the gator and yanked beneath the surface. 4

“I saw the gator’s head, eye to eye,” the eye doctor said of the July 23 horror.

“My mind was to get away, get away.

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