Posted on 11/10/2021 4:18:15 PM PST by FLNittany
The North Palm Beach Country Club has added one more hazard on the course — a crocodile.
The Village of North Palm Beach is warning people about the crocodile that's living in the golf course's ponds.
"It's kind of menacing looking and kind of scary with all the kids that we have here and all the activity out here," resident Jeff Egizio told WPTV.
Egizio is one of the many residents who have taken notice.
"I haven't gotten that close and I don't think I will," he said.
But Egizio has given the American crocodile a name — "Crikey."
The village said the crocodile can't be removed due to federal law, but the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has posted a sign to raise awareness.
The FWC said conflicts between crocodiles and people are rare, but there are precautions people can take.
The precautions include keeping a safe distance, keeping pets on a leash and away from the water and swimming in only designated swimming areas.
"What's kind of scary is, you know, at some point he's leaving these lakes and has to go three, four, 500 yards across," Egizio said.
So if your shot goes too close to the water, you might want to take a mulligan.
NPBCC (Nicklaus re-design, looking south):
Video link here (yousetube):
I loved that movie
IIRC the croc is more aggressive than the gator.
There are removal services. Crocs might be a bit different procedure though.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/20/nile-crocodiles-found-in-south-florida-dna-analysis
Thanks, I did not hear about this. Yikes.
Freegards
Welcome to Florida. Florida is the sub-tropics. And the further South one goes it gets more tropical. Want to really be scared? Walk around the neighborhoods in S. Florida which border on the Everglades.
There is an expanding population of exotic large constrictor reptiles that came from people having them as pets. They come up into the yard and kill the dogs, cats whatever they need to eat. Even with a $50/per kill State payment to hunters it has not dented the speed of replication— and they are also killing the saltie crocs and the alligators.
Here’s a video, one of many. It is still a wild place but these snakes are NOT Native:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bet24QooSLM
Naww, I think I can hit it. Its sitting on the lip of the pond edge ... hold my beer and watch this.
The croc/gator fight I watched left no doubt as to who the aggressor was. And it wasn’t the alligator.
Texas little dicks have to chime in with keywords. GFY. Literally - if you can find a way to do it. Texas must suck if this is all you can do for fun.
I know crocs are deadly but I can’t help but hear this like one of those old legendary tales or scary stories you’d tell around a campfire. :D
Larry - give us a lame seinfeld (most overrated television show in history) reference to show how crocodiles in North Palm Beach have anything to do w/ Jerry Sandusky. Better yet, have Paul Blart, blog cop (your boss) explain it.
You both suck ass, and have dragged this forum to the depths it now resides. Congratulations.
Water hazard.
texas < FLORIDA
Why would you think any Texan messed up a Noobie’s thread?
Some Texans here seem to think they run the forum - from blog cops to outright harassment. Prove me wrong.
They’re apparently really making a comeback near the Turkey Point nuclear plant. Very cool. Unless maybe you’re a manatee. They really liked the warm effluence from the plant, too.
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