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Florida’s Dragon Problem
The Atlantic ^ | 20 Apr, 2016 | ED YONG

Posted on 04/20/2016 7:20:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber

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To: MtnClimber

With all those critters lumped together, I’m sure it wil all even out.


21 posted on 04/20/2016 8:00:24 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: MtnClimber

Wait a minute. This sounds like an opportunity to go on miniature dinosaur Safari.


22 posted on 04/20/2016 8:02:34 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: redangus

More like snake.


23 posted on 04/20/2016 8:03:04 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: shibumi

Lol. I remember that scene.


24 posted on 04/20/2016 8:03:06 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: MtnClimber

Also Teagu lizards. Kinda like a a Nile but a little smaller and meaner.

Saw one on my street one day. Dang thing looked like godzilla.


25 posted on 04/20/2016 8:05:12 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: shibumi; Salamander

Everytime I buy a new monitor, I check it for lizards.


26 posted on 04/20/2016 8:11:12 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: shibumi

It’s saying “I am the Lizard King; I can do anything.”


27 posted on 04/20/2016 8:12:25 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: MtnClimber

Don't worry, they haven't eaten anybody yet. Yech!!

28 posted on 04/20/2016 8:52:20 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: OldArmy52

“Should help with the stray cats problem.”

I would like to put female lion scent on you and take you to the zoo.


29 posted on 04/20/2016 9:38:59 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Florida also has problems with feral hogs, constrictor snakes like pythons and boa constrictors, and iguanas.”

Don’t forget Hillary supporters.


30 posted on 04/20/2016 9:40:48 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Libs put feelings first and thought second.)
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To: Larry Lucido; Salamander

"Farm out, Man...
Outta state!

Right Arm!"

31 posted on 04/20/2016 9:48:41 PM PDT by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: shibumi

And people are freaked out over slow moving, reclusive Burms.

These lizards will hunt you down.


32 posted on 04/20/2016 10:02:30 PM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire...)
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To: OldArmy52; shibumi

One non-native, invasive species going after another.

The irony is strong with this.


33 posted on 04/20/2016 10:03:57 PM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire...)
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To: KarlInOhio

I see what you did there.


34 posted on 04/20/2016 10:05:30 PM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire...)
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"And people are freaked out over slow moving, reclusive Burms."

I could probably be persuaded to pick up and perhaps snuggle with a Burm.

One of these things?
No way in hell.

35 posted on 04/20/2016 10:07:25 PM PDT by shibumi (Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL!


36 posted on 04/20/2016 10:08:31 PM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire...)
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To: shibumi

Not a wild one, anyway.

I know of several people who own them and their lizards follow them around, like dogs, seeking affection.

They’re scary smart animals.


37 posted on 04/20/2016 10:10:17 PM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire...)
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To: Salamander

How tame/calm do they get? Like really big snakes or what?

Freegards


38 posted on 04/20/2016 10:13:19 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Ransomed

Pretty mellow, really.

People even walk them in special harnesses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQfAjwgU0g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bno-qsnbUA


39 posted on 04/20/2016 10:21:56 PM PDT by Salamander (My Soul's On Fire...)
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To: Salamander

Can’t their bite be really nasty? I thought I read somewhere that because they eat roadkill and other garbage their mouths carry a cesspool mix of nasty bacteria, making their bites dangerous.


40 posted on 04/20/2016 10:37:54 PM PDT by kalee
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