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re: 17 foot python captured in Florida.

Posted on 4/11/19 at 6:43 am to
Posted by Ol boy
Member since Oct 2018
3579 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 6:43 am to
That’s a lil harsh, they give us orange juice and beaches. A wall is a more sensible approach.
Posted by HouseofWaffles
Member since Nov 2014
4659 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 6:55 am to
Panhandle beaches are way better anyways. #buildthewall
Posted by Hog Zealot
On the Flats
Member since Mar 2012
1710 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 7:04 am to
Deer Meat For Dinner finally did a catch, clean, and cook on a big Keys Iguana. I’ve been begging him for over a year to do one. We call them Chicken of the Trees and they do eat rather nicely.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84256 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 7:17 am to
quote:

there's Nile crocodiles down there now, too.

How did that happen?
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
117290 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 7:53 am to
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How did that happen?


No shite. Complete game changer.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84256 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 8:38 am to
Found this:

quote:

It’s not time to panic just yet. Speaking with Newsweek via email, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission points out that because Nile crocodiles are exotic animals, Floridians must have permits for them and report if they escape. Only four have ever been reported to have done so, likely the same four the University of Florida researchers studied. “All of these animals were captured years ago and are believed to have come from the same facility,” the spokeswoman says. That facility bred Nile crocodiles and said it would no longer do so, according to the spokeswoman.

In other words, it’s not likely that Nile crocs are being born in the wild in the U.S. And “there is no evidence to suggest Nile crocodiles exist in the wild in Florida” at all, the spokeswoman adds.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
117290 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 8:59 am to
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
22415 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 9:01 am to
There are crocodiles but I don’t think they are Nile crocodiles. They don’t get that big, like 8-9 ft if I remember right.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
22230 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 9:05 am to
quote:

There are crocodiles but I don’t think they are Nile crocodiles


They are American Crocodiles, and they are native.

quote:

They don’t get that big, like 8-9 ft if I remember right.


They can get up to 16 feet. Unless you're talking about something other than the native American crocs.
Posted by Tegre
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Jan 2008
1214 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 12:04 pm to
had 73 eggs! Looks like a losing battle to me.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
44033 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 1:58 pm to
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The state may have lost the battle to pythons, iguanas, snakeheads, tilapia, parakeets and over 150 other nonindigenous species, but the fight continues. Agencies also have their attention on a different war, which is stopping invaders before they ever get started. There are serious concerns that anacondas, mongooses or flying foxes could be next.


Easy way to fix this. Unleash the most deadly apex predators of trash animals on the face of this earth:

Rednecks, hillbillies, cajuns, and hipster chefs.

The problem will fix itself.
Posted by HouseofWaffles
Member since Nov 2014
4659 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 3:02 pm to
Dumbasses keeping them as pets that "escape."
Posted by HouseofWaffles
Member since Nov 2014
4659 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 3:05 pm to
Trying to find it, but I read an article not long ago saying that there may be an established population. Hopefully not, pretty soon that entire part of the state will just be invasives.

But catching peacock bass, cichlids, tilapia, and clownknifes (didn't get that one) is pretty damn cool
Posted by LuapGibb
Walker, LA
Member since Jul 2009
547 posts
Posted on 4/11/19 at 9:39 pm to
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Can we just cut southern Florida from the US and give it to Central America?


The residents would just sneak across the border into north Florida.
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