Posted on 03/12/2018 7:31:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
Researchers are on a critical mission in the heart of Broward County bashing in the brains of iguanas in an attempt to eliminate the reptiles that have overtaken South Florida.
A 15-member team from the University of Florida is using a tool called a captive bolt gun that sends a bolt into the brain, similar to what is used in the livestock industry. Theyre also smashing the creatures heads against solid objects, including a truck and boat theyre using to track them down.
Most of what were doing is blunt force trauma, said Jenny Ketterlin, a wildlife biologist and research coordinator with UF. Hitting their head very hard against a solid object.
Destroying their brains quickly is the most humane way to kill them, she said. Decapitating the animals without anesthesia would kill them but not be considered humane.
Their work is part of a $63,000 research project, contracted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, designed to find the best way to remove iguanas and then offer tips to homeowners on how to purge the pests from their yards.
Iguanas are an invasive species in Florida and can be a nuisance to homeowners or impact native wildlife, said Carli Segelson, a wildlife agency spokeswoman. Iguanas can feed on native plants and wildlife and dig into areas that may cause erosion.
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most of our problems here in the US could be solved with this.
They love BBQ grills, years ago I used a .357 on one but it was a big mess. Got one in the shed with a high powered pellet rifle once and he spun around and around throwing blood everywhere, what a gross mess. I would have liked to see Dexter figure that one out.
The Golf club to the head seems ideal. Blood is always a problem with an animal that has a risk of rabies, especially skunks.
Down in Costa Rica, the Iguana population has been decimated by the Nicaraguan illegal immigrants who know how to cook them up, just right!
Good name for a rock band.
Baby Seals anyone?
Tree Chicken
Works with Walkers.
So knives out
Cut him up
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
-Radiohead “Knives Out”
I keep a pellet gun for iguanas.
Taste like chicken!
We’ve got a possum that was apparently hit by a car who comes to eat our cat food. His wound will never heal enough to cover his forehead so it leaves his skull showing. I’ve named him Skeletor. I don’t have the heart to be mean to him. Sure freaks the cats out, though. :(
A bit stringy, though................
Down in Costa Rica, the Iguana population has been decimated by the Nicaraguan illegal immigrants who know how to cook them up, just right!
So is "Bashed-in Reptiles' Heads" ...
If there was ever an animal in nature that would serve as appropriate proxy in a zombie movie, it would have to be the possum with those red eyes, pointy snarling snout, and ratlike teeth!
Does sound like a great name for a band, though...”The Undead Possums”!
If we could only find an overproducing animal that eats liberals.
Train the iguana's what? to go after the python's what?
Regards,
“No Country For Old Iguanas”
“You are sentenced to be gnawed to death by rabid opossums!”
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