Posted on 02/28/2009 10:30:44 AM PST by JoeProBono
Florida wildlife managers have launched an experiment to see if they can keep crocodiles from returning to residential neighborhoods by temporarily taping magnets to their heads to disrupt their "homing" ability. Crocodiles are notoriously territorial and when biologists move them from urban areas to new homes in the wild, they often go right back to the place where they were captured, traveling up to 10 miles a week to get there.Scientists believe they rely in part on the Earth's magnetic fields to navigate, and that taping magnets to both sides of their heads disorients them.
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My mistake - apparently there are some Crocs in FL.
These idiots should not want to “grow” a crocodile population - they are extremely dangerous while gators are much less of a problem. Bringing back the Buffalo is a good idea except slime Ted Turner sells them for lunch - phony animal killing lib. You do not want a large croc population.
“Once an endangered species, American crocodiles’ numbers have rebounded to nearly 2,000 in coastal south Florida, their only habitat in the continental United States. That puts them in increasing contact with humans, especially in areas where backyards border on canals around Miami and the Florida Keys.”
“Crocodiles are still classified as a threatened species, so game managers are reluctant to move them to new areas where they might be killed battling other resident crocodiles for turf rights, Hord said. Unlike alligators, which are far more numerous, each crocodile is considered important to preserving the species, he said.”
“These crocodiles are unique and valuable creatures and we feel like we have a responsibility to live with these animals as much as we can,” he said.”
LOL
Something like that, yes...
There is only one place in North America where crocodiles are found in the wild - the coastal waters of southeast Florida. Lake Surprise was named not by someone surprised by a crocodile, but by builders of the Florida East Coast Railroad, when they encountered a lake in their path, not charted by the surveyors. US 1, Key Largo, Florida
Sounds like a great opportunity to reduce unemployment amongst tree hugging environmental wackos. Gatter food!
The wildlife managers have to remove their tinfoil hats first.
"Well, that's a start!"
Yea but they get better milage.
American Crocodile Range:
Look closely at the south tip of Florida. They exist here, just not nearly as common as the alligator. They are more tolerant of brackish and saline water, and are found in salt marshes, river mouths and mangrove swamps along the coast.
They have never been known to attack a human in this country. Alligators are much more dangerous.
-ccm
““These crocodiles are unique and valuable creatures and we feel like we have a responsibility to live with these animals as much as we can,” he said.””
KEWL -’cept that Hordie-pooh has the following conflicts of interest:
1. Crocs, and other ‘endangered species”, are the reason for people like Hord having a job.
2. Bureaus scientists have a long history of using falsified data, false premises, and then arriving at a faulty conclusion
We do have Crocs, always have had Crocs in South Florida.
And yes, there are crocs in Florida, and the surrounding areas.
There are no crocodiles in Florida, only alligaotrs, and none of those is a photo of an alligator. The first one looks like a caiman.
My mistake. I guess there are crocs in Florida. Who knew?
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