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 you think Murder Hornets and Tegu are something to get up about DO NOT READ ABOUT those 12 inch carnivorous Hammerhead Worms from Malaysia recently found in the state of Georgia.
The tegus will have to compete with the feral hogs, alligators, and coyotes.
(if’n he don’t get all tangled up in the kudzu first)
Two-three of them should be able to bring lefty down.
Cage match!
Equal weight on each side.
That’s why I said 5 lbs and under, as house cats have no trouble killing prey in that range, and cats are very fond of lizard hunting and snake hunting, at least mine are. Bobcats could take on mature tegu easily.
Shoot on sight.
They taste just like chicken.
I remember one “journalist” explaining that the shells from a 16 naval gun as the size of a Volkswagen. No! It weighed about as much as a Volkswagen. It was not the size of a Volkswagen. Idiots!
Kentucky Fried Tegu
They were legal and people who loved theirs are probably dumping them avoid a retroactive charge.
A brilliant move by the state.
/not
use one varmint to exterminate the other varmint.
I don’t believe it worked out for the ‘old lady that swallowed the fly’.
Just one of God’s creatures trying to survive. Eat and if lucky procreate. I have no I’ll will
Not true.
The python was killed after it ate it and while rotting, the gator simply fell out of its thin, fragile, decayed skin.
Cats are interesting critters... cute and cuddly on one side, vicious hunters on the other side.
They have cool eyes...like the David Bowie song says...”see these eyes of green...I can stare for a thousand years.”
Well... nothing’s perfect...:^)
Hammerhead worms also house capabilities as freaky as they look. Not only do they secrete tetrodotoxin—the same neurotoxin produced by pufferfish—but All That’s Interesting notes that these creatures have incredible regenerative capabilities. If one were to cut off only 1/300th of their body, for example, that piece would be able to grow back into a full-sized worm.
So how do you destroy an invasive species that can regenerate into multiple forms? Simple—pour a little salt on them.
Looks edible to me...
Wow, TIL. Thanks for that one!
Good idea - even better if they would include armadillos.
:)
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