“Alligators do not invade our homes”
Sorry but you are wrong. Texas has alligators too and very often a TV news story will show alligators in a suburban Houston neighborhood.
There are people who have a business catching them from people’s yards and taking them away. The one I remember is a beautiful young blond woman who is fearless in her approach. Amazing to watch.
Yeah I have watched more episodes of those guys who catch gators in Florida than I care to admit. Almost in every case, there was either a pond or a waterway in the back yard. And the residents noticed the gator before any harm was caused.
The Burmese pythons on the other hand are deadly silent, and do not need water nearby to invade the back yard. Dogs, Cats and kids are subject to sneak attack by the python.
I grew up in India and all sort of snakes invaded our very large house all the time, because doors were never shut during the day to fight the heat. One time I was working on our water pump in the pump room, and caught a movement from the corner of my eye. I figured it was a cockroach, but got up and saw it was a huge black scorpion with babies and was extremely annoyed of my presence. Our cook almost fainted seeing the varmint because she knew how deadly that sting would have been.