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South Florida researchers use GPS-fitted possums and raccoons to capture invasive pythons: reports
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| February 12,2023
| Greg Wehner
Posted on 02/12/2023 5:18:43 PM PST by Hojczyk
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:18:43 PM PST
by
Hojczyk
To: Hojczyk
They gave their life to a good and worthy cause.
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:22:28 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
To: Hojczyk
I absolutely hate snakes.
These Pythons are aggressive, nasty critters.
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:23:45 PM PST
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Hojczyk
It’s not often one wants to cheer for a possum,but yay possums!
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:25:20 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:26:59 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: Hojczyk
I give bread to a little possum (when I have it) - there have been about 3 but the other two seem to be gone.
No joke, the little guy came to the back door about 5-6 weeks ago. All I had was Ritz crackers. Probably risky but I handed it down to him and he took it as gently as a puppy (I was out of bread that night; like right now).
Whatever he doesn’t take, the raccoons will. Had 5 on the deck about 6-8 months ago. It was a raccoon party. Err, food event.
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:29:56 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: bigbob
Possums are good
They eat ticks and othe creepy things
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:34:46 PM PST
by
digger48
To: digger48
“Possums are good”
Pythons consider them good tasting!
To: Hojczyk
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posted on
02/12/2023 5:56:00 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Zip! Thud. The end.)
To: Hojczyk
Better to use raccoons and possums with tracking devices and explosive devices.
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posted on
02/12/2023 6:01:04 PM PST
by
airborne
(Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic!)
To: Jonty30
The method of hunting is called Live Baiting.
ASPCA not happy with it.
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posted on
02/12/2023 6:01:34 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith
The should tell the ASPCA to shut it, because they are saving more oppossums and raccoons by using a few for bait.
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posted on
02/12/2023 6:03:46 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
To: bigbob
Love the opossums. They love ticks. I hate ticks.
To: Hojczyk
A little girl walks into a pet shop. She asks the owner for a bunny, and he asks her “what kind of bunny would you like? A cute black one, an adorable brown one or perhaps a sweet little white one?”
The girl looks at the owner and answers: “I don’t think my python really cares...”
To: SaveFerris; bigbob; digger48; TribalPrincess2U
Possums are tick vacuum cleaners, like chickens & guinea hens and the like.
You want them around.
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posted on
02/12/2023 6:31:36 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
To: bigbob
It’s not often one wants to cheer for a possum,but yay possums!
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posted on
02/12/2023 7:13:33 PM PST
by
null and void
(You can’t have a police state without a state police.)
To: Hojczyk
Possums are notorious informers....
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posted on
02/12/2023 7:27:36 PM PST
by
Bobalu
(Unrepentant communists, NAZI’s and totalitarians of all stripe are bowing toward Davos)
To: SaveFerris
One evening I spread some dry cat food on the large upstairs deck of my home in the wilderness. In no time, I counted more than 30 raccoons and one possum feasting on the cat food.
I repeated this a night or two later but decided that it was not a good idea and never did it again.
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posted on
02/12/2023 7:28:50 PM PST
by
Savage Beast
(If America is drawn into another war...it will be because of...human ostriches ~Espionage Agent 1939)
To: Savage Beast
We fed ferals on our screen porch until we made them indoor cats. Some mornings there would be possums and raccoons eating the dry food.
Possums are so ugly they’re cute.
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posted on
02/12/2023 7:36:40 PM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(Stupid is supposed to hurt.)
To: kiryandil
Yeah I read a little about them. Sounds like great creatures.
Their little hands are amazing.
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posted on
02/12/2023 8:00:47 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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