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Nasty Nile monitors showing up in South Florida
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^
| July 2, 2011
| Robert Nolin
Posted on 07/02/2011 6:38:58 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
From pythons in the Everglades, to coyotes in the suburbs, to iguanas and Muscovy ducks in any given backyard, South Florida is a magnet for exotic invading species.
Now comes the latest gate-crasher: the ill-tempered, all-devouring Nile monitor, a large African lizard that has discovered in South Florida a splendid place to seek prey and raise a family.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: lizards; wildlife
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DIEversity from the wilderness.
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:40:38 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: COBOL2Java
The locals will have these guys on the menu in no time.
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:42:53 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: ConservativeStatement
Another reptile dysfunction I guess.
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:43:00 PM PDT
by
CitizenM
(He who is silent is understood to consent)
To: COBOL2Java
Since these are undocumented lizards whose offspring
will be born in the US, is it really fair to separate
them? /S
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:43:22 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Its getting hard to tell these varmints from relocated New York Democrats...
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:45:21 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: ConservativeStatement
I doubt he got to Florida by himself. These kinds of critters are almost always let loose by mouthbreathing morons who start them as pets, get tired of them or they get too big to be convenient, and the gibbering idiots just let them loose in the environment.
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:47:37 PM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:47:37 PM PDT
by
Brandonmark
(2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
To: COBOL2Java
Shoot.... Shovel.... Shut-up...
Unless you want to make some kabobs.....
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:49:20 PM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: ConservativeStatement
At least they’re not hall monitors.
To: Brandonmark
Not quite as rough on the eyes as Helen Thomas,but pretty bad.
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:51:56 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: ConservativeStatement
No problem. It’ll cause millions in damage. Just allocate millions in bounties for us redneck hunters to go in and kill everything that moves. No problem.
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:53:47 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
To: ConservativeStatement
No problem. It’ll cause millions in damage. Just allocate millions in bounties for us redneck hunters to go in and kill everything that moves. No problem.
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:53:55 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
To: Brandonmark
Bingo!
I’d rather have a piece of alligator tail than any of that!! eeeegh!
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:54:46 PM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
(Flush Congress in 2010 & 2012)
To: Farmer Dean
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posted on
07/02/2011 6:57:10 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: ConservativeStatement
"It's fine and dandy to kill them," Hardin said, cautioning that one must do it in a humane manner or face criminal charges. Great! In Cali you'd have to file several Environmental Impact Reports first and get PeTA sanction.
To: ConservativeStatement
There are also quite a few folks with very nasty non-native snakes here. Things like black mambas which have escaped.
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posted on
07/02/2011 7:01:29 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Shoot at them 'til they sink.
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posted on
07/02/2011 7:02:25 PM PDT
by
SnuffaBolshevik
("The trouble with internet quotations is you don't know if they are true"-Abraham Lincoln.)
To: Wings-n-Wind
Shoot.... Shovel.... Shut-up... With all of the "protected" species down here, yes, but not necessary with some non-game and/or invasive species such as this. As long as you're legally using the firearm at hand, you can shoot them all day long with no consequences whatsoever.
Heck in Florida we can hunt hogs without a license, using a 10.5 inch short barrel rifle, at night, with a 30 round magazine.
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posted on
07/02/2011 7:04:36 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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