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Jun 12, 2024 10:38:12 GMT -5
Post by gogittum on Jun 12, 2024 10:38:12 GMT -5
Reading through this thread a couple of things come to mind; Catching a python?? How about shooting the damn thing? 12 gauge with 3” magnum #4 buckshot should do the trick. It sounds like south Florida needs a good old fashioned hard freeze? Kinda like the ones in 1893 I think? And the 1920 something freeze's. There've been a couple of series about catching Pythons in the Everglades and I watched all episodes with enjoyment and some misgivings. They clearly had a lot of fun rasslin' the things and it looked pretty hairy on TV, but you can get badly hurt or killed, messing with them. For myself, even tho' I lived some north of their range, I built me a catch stick hoping to come across one in my travels thru the swamps. I've got a 6 ft hiking staff that I drilled a 3/16" hole in down near the tip and carried a 10 ft length of parachute cord in my waist pack. Thread the cord thru the hole and tie a quick slip knot in it and....the theory goes....drop the noose over the critters head from 6 ft away and yank it down tight. I think that would be a lot safer and more effective - esp. for an old fart like me - than jumping on a 12 or more foot long snake. If push came to shove, I'm "always" armed while hiking and if it got out of hand and started to wrap me up, a 9mm slug would give it a dandy headache....and I mis-doubt it'd suffer overmuch, to please that idiot lady in Tally. Your 12 gauge would do at least as well.
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Jun 12, 2024 14:26:53 GMT -5
Post by madm002 on Jun 12, 2024 14:26:53 GMT -5
These are the lizards taking over south florida. The large iguanas have been here forever, not these dudes. Agama lizard. Kills all the other lizards and loves to burrow under the sidewalk going to your house. And poop on your door step
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Python
Jun 12, 2024 14:38:23 GMT -5
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Post by conchydong on Jun 12, 2024 14:38:23 GMT -5
We have a bunch of Curly Tails but they don’t seem to bother me anymore but I did notice that we have less of the brown Anoles around but they also were a invasive species a long time ago. I rarely see the native green Anoles anymore though.
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Jun 12, 2024 14:53:50 GMT -5
Post by tampaspicer on Jun 12, 2024 14:53:50 GMT -5
These are the lizards taking over south florida. The large iguanas have been here forever, not these dudes. Agama lizard. Kills all the other lizards and loves to burrow under the sidewalk going to your house. And poop on your door step Saw some just north of West Palm several years ago at a rest area off of I-95. Those suckers are FAST!!!!!
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