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Florida: Large Lizard Spotted In Tree Is One Of Several Terrorizing Neighborhood (4'and 6')
Local 6 (Florida) ^ | October 9, 2007

Posted on 10/09/2007 3:12:23 PM PDT by Stoat

Large Lizard Spotted In Tree Is One Of Several Terrorizing Neighborhood

 

POSTED: 6:47 am EDT October 9, 2007
UPDATED: 1:01 pm EDT October 9, 2007

 

A large lizard capable of eating small pets and injuring children spotted in a Central Florida neighborhood tree remains on the loose, keeping homeowners on edge.

 


PHOTOS: Lizard Hiding In Tree

  The lizard, believed to be longer than 4 feet, was spotted Monday apparently trying to get to a nest in a tree near several Edgewood homes.

 

  Neighbors said it is one of at least three dangerous lizards roaming the area.

"As we walk through the neighborhood, we are now looking up into the trees," homeowner Janie Drummond said. An 89-year-old woman has shut herself inside her home because of the lizard invasion.

"She won't come out," daughter of local homeowner Robin Adams said. "They've told her to stay inside so that's what she is going to do." Other homeowners are keeping their children and pets inside because of the possible danger. The reptile is being blamed for biting a large dog on the head.

"I think it's probably not a good thing to have him running around," homeowner Daymon Powell said. "There are kids in the neighborhood that could corner him and it might attack them." Local 6 showed a large crowd of people standing around the homes where the lizard was spotted.

"It is something to see," Powell said. Experts said the lizards can be aggressive and dangerous. They said they think the loose lizards may have been someone's pet and let loose in the area.



TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: florida; godzilla; lizard; monitorlizard
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Please be advised that the photos at the Local 6 site are of such poor quality and feature such a dearth of detail that I didn't think them worthy of re-posting here.....all you can see is a very distant tail and perhaps a poor outline of a head, but that's about it.

The video at that page is not much better, although it does mention a resident characterizing one of the lizards as being six feet in length, something not included in the text of the story.

More on Monitor Lizards:

Monitor lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice video here, more informative than the one at Local 6

Monitor Lizard - Video - MSN Encarta


1 posted on 10/09/2007 3:12:29 PM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat

(shudder) Guns. Big guns. With poisoned bullets.


2 posted on 10/09/2007 3:14:32 PM PDT by American Quilter (Keep this great conservative web site going--donate to FreeRepublic!)
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To: Stoat

3 posted on 10/09/2007 3:14:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: Stoat

Simple solution - SSS.


4 posted on 10/09/2007 3:14:59 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

ROFL


5 posted on 10/09/2007 3:16:53 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: Stoat

Is it generally legal to kill such things in town?


6 posted on 10/09/2007 3:17:26 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: Stoat
Large Lizard Spotted In Tree

I wondered where I had put my johnson.

'Twas in a tree.

7 posted on 10/09/2007 3:18:40 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Why isn’t this in Breaking News????)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

LOL! Every once in a while I get a gecko in my house and to my girly eyes they are at least that big.


8 posted on 10/09/2007 3:20:52 PM PDT by McLynnan
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To: trussell; Joe Brower

Florida Ping


9 posted on 10/09/2007 3:21:03 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

#3, you need to photo-shop a pantsuit on that pig. (Uh, I mean giant lizard). Those thighs are incredibly large.


10 posted on 10/09/2007 3:23:32 PM PDT by yorkie
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Is it generally legal to kill such things in town?

Not being a Floridian, my guess would be that they are regarded as a protected species and so harming or killing one would probably result in serious jail time and fines, unless it can be clearly shown that a human was in imminent danger.

Even then, it would probably not be without legal consequences.

11 posted on 10/09/2007 3:25:02 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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We got inguanas running all over the place in Cape Haze and Gasparella Is. FL but they aren’t 4-6’ long. Thousands! They are not a native species. I’m afraid to think what else is around, we also have exotic Amazon River fish in the canals. People buy exotic pets and then they release them when they tire of taking care of them.


12 posted on 10/09/2007 3:25:28 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
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To: yorkie

You caught me there. This was, of course, an undoctored photo of Hillary Clinton while enjoying a day at the beach.


13 posted on 10/09/2007 3:26:13 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Oh. Sorry. Didn’t recognize her without the pantsuit.


14 posted on 10/09/2007 3:27:54 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Bringbackthedraft
We got inguanas running all over the place in Cape Haze and Gasparella Is. FL

Are the iguanas big or aggressive enough to cause a danger to the public?

Some of my Australian friends consider it a sign of good luck when lizards take up residence in their gardens, because they eat rodents and some poisonous insects and thereby are a benefit to gardeners.

They are very small lizards though, typically no more than 1 1/2 feet long

15 posted on 10/09/2007 3:34:14 PM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

I wouldl call this one either a personal injury lawyer, or a marketroid.


16 posted on 10/09/2007 3:34:52 PM PDT by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: Stoat

Holy moley.

That looks like a Komodo Dragon.

Yikes.


17 posted on 10/09/2007 3:36:32 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: Stoat

Yikes!!!!!


18 posted on 10/09/2007 3:38:37 PM PDT by FReepapalooza
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To: Stoat

Are the iguanas big or aggressive enough to cause a danger to the public? ................ They come in different sizes and colors. The largest I have seen was about 3’nestled in the dunes. On the average I’ve seen them around the 2’ size. We have a couple here running around that are emerald green. They don’t bother the dogs or cats as far as we know. I would think they would be tasty morsals for the local gators. Those we have in the larger sizes. The biggest compaint we hear on the Island is that there are too damn many of them (Inguanas). Maybe because there is too much Inquana Guamo? They do like bird’s eggs and turtle eggs I hear, so that could be the major problem.


19 posted on 10/09/2007 3:58:56 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
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To: Normal4me

Now you know why your cats have been disappearing! ;^}


20 posted on 10/09/2007 4:38:54 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Liberals work to make people victims in order to enslave them.)
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