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Officers catch huge lizard that terrified Florida neighbors
AP ^ | 11/8/2018

Posted on 11/09/2018 8:51:50 AM PST by McGruff

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities have caught a huge lizard that has terrified residents of a suburban Miami neighborhood for months.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Thursday the Asian water monitor lizard measures more than 8 feet (2.5 meters) long.

The lizard is an escaped pet. It was first reported loose in August in a Davie neighborhood. Residents said it lurked in their backyards and scratched at their patio doors.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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To: McGruff

And it had its vote counted as a D.


21 posted on 11/09/2018 9:19:54 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: McGruff

22 posted on 11/09/2018 9:23:31 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: McGruff

Did it have more ballots for Broward County to count?


23 posted on 11/09/2018 9:24:29 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: lonevoice

Oh, my goodness!


24 posted on 11/09/2018 9:28:22 AM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: McGruff

When I was a kid living in the PI, my friend and I built a home-made trap and caught one of these that was about 4 feet long. He kept it in a trash can at his house.

His father helped teach at the SERE course in Cubi Point, and showed us how to make the trap!


25 posted on 11/09/2018 9:35:53 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: \/\/ayne

Looks like a shot from Johnny Quest!


26 posted on 11/09/2018 9:39:27 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rlmorel
Giant lizard at 2 O'clock, Dr. Quest!


27 posted on 11/09/2018 10:00:48 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: McGruff

It’s ‘racist’ against brown people to point out this lizard is any different than Florida native lizards that are usually 4 inches long...


28 posted on 11/09/2018 10:01:11 AM PST by GOPJ (Watch this for our survival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: McGruff

Another one of them exotic pets.

(Initially, I thought the people involved were too stupid to know an alligator when they saw one. These days, that’s alwasy possible.)


29 posted on 11/09/2018 10:06:27 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Wow. You sure he’s not part extraterrestrial with that face? Such genetics would help express his previous career choice (astronaut).


30 posted on 11/09/2018 10:07:34 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: McGruff

Come to daddy, Barky.


31 posted on 11/09/2018 10:11:05 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: McGruff
Florida authorities have caught a huge lizard that has terrified residents of a suburban Miami neighborhood for months

...and when they cut its stomach open expecting to find missing cats and chuhuahuas, instead they found a Broward County ballot box!

32 posted on 11/09/2018 10:19:19 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Nelson looks more evil every day. And he’s ANOTHER example of my never-trust-a-person-without-eyebrows rule.


33 posted on 11/09/2018 10:22:36 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: lee martell
"Strangers In The Night!"


34 posted on 11/09/2018 10:23:19 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Was that song from that movie?
How about that! I just thought of an old Sinatra song I liked. Funny that it already had that Iguana connection.

Richard, Ava and Deborah were all big stars back then.
Sue Lyon was usually cast as the saucy little troublemaker, who worked her magic on men.
She had a similar role in the infamous “Lolita”, 1962.


35 posted on 11/09/2018 10:40:37 AM PST by lee martell (AT)
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To: lee martell

The song was based on the movie, but not part of it.


36 posted on 11/09/2018 10:41:34 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: 2nd Amendment

It was discovered trying to camouflage itself by wearing a Japanese robe. It’s the state’s first Kimono Dragon.


37 posted on 11/09/2018 11:02:08 AM PST by DPMD
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To: Pride in the USA

Eight feet long?!? Holy crap!


38 posted on 11/09/2018 11:10:58 AM PST by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Is that actual footage?


39 posted on 11/09/2018 11:14:20 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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To: McGruff
Florida authorities have caught a huge lizard that has terrified residents of a suburban Miami neighborhood for months.

So nobody had a .22 rifle?

40 posted on 11/09/2018 11:24:35 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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