Posted on 11/25/2020 5:50:56 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Wildlife officials are warning that tegu – a South American lizard that can grow up to the size of a dog – continue to spread across the Southeast.
The Argentine black-and-white tegu is an invasive animal that has spread to Georgia and South Carolina but has also been reported in Alabama. The lizards, which can grow up to 10 pounds and 4-feet long, are “voracious invaders,” according to National Geographic and, once established in an area, it’s hard to control the spread.
Once established tegu will eat just about anything – birds, reptiles, fruits and vegetables. They also like eggs, causing concerns for the future of other species in the areas, including turtles.
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“If they can be trained to eat Democrats, I’ll adopt a dozen of them.”
Hear! Hear!
“(Ricardo Montalban voice) “Rich tegu leather””
Pefect!
Two thumbs up!
Gobble-Gobble!
“one of the guys shot a 15 foot long python that had crawled into the guard shack.”
Had it been my guys, nothing would be left of the critter or the shack. Hate snakes.
Reminds me, somewhere I was at a unit that had a large lizard mascot called The Sergeant Major. They kept it on a chain in the LZ.
NO BBQ!
What if their only natural enemy is the Asian Murder Hornet?
IMO that calls for an escalation of the use of AMH.
That or nuke them from orbit, but Alabama is a very nice place.
Give the AMH a shot first.
“The meat along the backbone is white, tender, juicy and delicious “
More than a few friends attended jungle training and tell of the delights of exotic feasts.
I suspect they had been without for some time and very hungry.
Have you partaken in said feast?
I get a kick out of watching iguana hunters in Florida with their air rifles.......Looks like a lot of fun. I can’t believe how many there are down there......
“Pretty sure I would want more than just a pellet gun.”
Maybe the old Daisy you remember.
There are many new and vastly improved AIR RIFLES.
Fun and even the .177 or .22 would work well.
A larger one, fifty cal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwWsR-nG_hc
Two kinds.
Water one and land one.
Green is for water.
Brown land.
Folks get em when they are 8 or 9 inches long
Then they get three feet long and eat accordingly and people let them go and they breed like fly.s.
Or they make an escape.
Water? You’re telling me they SWIM too?
Good lord...
I went to SERE school in the Navy but they didn’t tell us they ran 120 people thru the same area every week; there really wasn’t much to “feast on.”
I had lizard in Saigon at a place on Cach Mang thang tam, a large mostly Vietnamese place. It was wonderful.
Anything? Will they eat kudzu?
A question.
I spent about about thirty months in RVN.
Only passing through the cities, never visited an actual restaurant, roadside sales of pomelo or melon, yes a treat.
But I have eaten with the Vietnamese (I could comfortably sit on my haunches as was the custom) and I can not recall ever eating or seeing anyone eat a large piece of meat?
Meat, not seafood, was cut in small pieces about the size of a pencil eraser and mixed with rice/vegetables/noodles.
Yes, move a few miles down the road and things change, even the language.
I saw on your page the connection to VietNam and recalled the small bits of meat, thought no way?
Full disclosure. I was trained in the Navy as a Vietnamese linguist (North) and served in the theater for 18 months in the 1960’s. I was based in the Philippines (best country in the world for my money) and spent most of my time at Danang, on flight duty usually 8 hours per day.
In the ‘90’s, I went back to Vietnam and lived in Saigon for a couple of years. I had a girlfriend and we would go out frequently, mostly to downtown Saigon. I never noticed the small pieces of meat you mention, but it probably has to do with chopsticks somehow or perhaps rationing the available meat btwn bites as the amount of meat used to be small compared to the vegetables in the meal. The latter is probably the reason. Now VN people, young adults, are much taller cause they get lots more protein than their parents did.
I still go back to VN although not so often as before; besides I like Thailand better.
My best to you. Glad you made it back safely.
On the Texas side...lol
Swamp Chicken!
Maybe read the article. It says right there in second paragraph
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