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Huge Skinks
Posted on 7/28/24 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 7/28/24 at 12:25 pm
I have these huge skinks around my house and yard. I’ve never seen them anywhere before. Some of them are almost a foot long. Nasty looking things and they are not very frightened by humans until you get right up on them. They just stare at you and hold their ground. Anyone else have these critters around their house?
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Posted on 7/28/24 at 12:53 pm to labguy
These guys?
Posted on 7/28/24 at 1:26 pm to labguy
they are beautiful well adapted apex predators that eat insects, snails, and the like that otherwise would bother you. They won’t bite you or anything else and are a sign of health in your part of the ecosystem. Let them be
Posted on 7/28/24 at 1:51 pm to labguy
Just the blue tails, though I suspect the shitty stray cats in the area are thinning them out. I haven't seen many at all this year.
Posted on 7/28/24 at 1:58 pm to labguy
They're completely harmless and doing you a great service by eating pests. Leave them be.
Posted on 7/28/24 at 2:52 pm to labguy
I have a relative in CenLa that has some this year. I typically don’t kill them, but they look a little too much like a snake for my taste!
Posted on 7/28/24 at 3:53 pm to labguy
Yes those are the ones!
Posted on 7/28/24 at 3:57 pm to Tangineck
I don’t hurt them but they do kinda creep me out. I have a lot of them around my house and on my back patio. My wife would die if one ever got into the house.
Posted on 7/28/24 at 7:57 pm to labguy
Broad headed skink.
They will bite you if you grab them, but it is a harmless bite
They will bite you if you grab them, but it is a harmless bite
Posted on 7/28/24 at 8:28 pm to cgrand
I have tons of those in my yard
Posted on 7/29/24 at 2:04 am to labguy
I've got a bunch in Hammond. Some big suckers too. Never really noticed them til this past year.
Posted on 7/29/24 at 8:08 am to cgrand
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they are beautiful well adapted apex predators
Try telling my chickens that! They tore one about 8" (not counting tail) long to shreds on Saturday
Posted on 7/29/24 at 7:15 pm to jrobic4
Chickens are so vicious. Closest thing to modern day dinosaurs that exist today in my opinion.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 8:50 am to Tangineck
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Chickens are so vicious.
If chickens were left unchecked I'm pretty sure they would take over the world and it would be devoid of vegetation in 1 month
Posted on 7/30/24 at 9:25 am to nes2010
I saw these in St. James Parish as a kid when we ran around in the woods and swampy areas. One was a foot long and we caught it, caged it for about a month and fed it crickets, grasshoppers, and we also gave it raw ground beef. We released it after we satisfied our curiosity.
Posted on 7/30/24 at 10:33 am to Yewkindewit
I’ve had a ton for years. They shite all over my garage.
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