Posted on 06/02/2015 1:07:03 PM PDT by Red Badger
Florida has a big lizard problem. Between lion fish and Burmese pythons, Florida has a lot of invasive species problems -- and the newest is massive Nile Monitor Lizards.
Nile Monitor Lizards can grow to be almost 6 feet in length and weigh 33 pounds. They're mostly found in Northern Africa, but some households take them in as pets.
The "pets" are often let loose after getting too big, so they wind up on the streets. But that's not the only problem -- they start eating things, like neighbors' cats.
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Cats are also an invasive species in Florida so it’s sort of karmic that they’re being eaten by yet another invasive species!
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A lot of those cats were undoubtedly family pets. Very sad. And that big reptile looks capable of inflicting damage on dogs and small children too.
When I lived in FL, we had a screened in yard where the pets could play without threat of being eaten by big lizards; in fact they hunted down small lizardy things daily.
Just wait until children start getting nabbed. At 6 ft long they will be burned w vigor.
Bounty Now!
The other white meat?
They must be Chinese Nile Monitor lizards ................
Time to open a loony bin for the Florida pet owners who import pythons and lizards and whatnot and then just let them loose when they can’t handle them any more.
We have had piranhas in our lakes and streams as well..............
Yep. You name it, they’ll let it loose.
What in the wide world of sports is going on there? :)
I was driving up the street to my house and saw a Teagu Lizard in the middle of the street. Thing was about 5 feet long.
People have them as pets but they get very aggressive in the wild.
Iguanas are rampant...................
Im not big on regulations but Florida is being ruined by folks bringing animals that shouldnt ever be here in the first place!
Piranhas will survive Michigan winters in the lakes but they need warmer water to breed thank God.
Maybe any owner is required to have the animal “chipped” like dogs etc. If it is let loose he PAYS A FINE A BIG ONE.
If it is that bad they need to just grow a pair and declare open season on the vermin.
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