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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/21/2024 1:33:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Kalashnikov762]
I have no trouble seeing them in mid afternoon and occasionally need to avoid one on the pavement. I've had three females build a pitchers mound on my property over the past few years and I have only 2.5 acres. I've seen them flurishing in other counties adjacent to Citrus as well. They seem to have no trouble keeping their numbers up....all the while damaging property. Why is this still going on?
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Posted: 3/21/2024 8:42:21 AM EDT
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You have acreage thats why you see them. Ask anyone inside a developed area or subdivision and the story is different. Paving over their habitats is whats doing them in, same as the scrub jays.
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Posted: 3/21/2024 9:39:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiFlow: You have acreage thats why you see them. Ask anyone inside a developed area or subdivision and the story is different. Paving over their habitats is whats doing them in, same as the scrub jays. FPNI. Add in all the former woodland that is now concrete/asphalt covered retail development. When I moved here in 2013 2/3 of my street was undeveloped woodland. Now it is 2/3 houses/yards and the FNG's bitch about the black bears, alligators and other wildlife. |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 10:02:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MikeJGA: FPNI. Add in all the former woodland that is now concrete/asphalt covered retail development. When I moved here in 2013 2/3 of my street was undeveloped woodland. Now it is 2/3 houses/yards and the FNG's bitch about the black bears, alligators and other wildlife. I grew up here in a pretty rural area for this location 15 miles from my current home. Its still "fairly" similar there but that is changing fast. It was common to see foxes, bobcats, owls, occasionally a panther or bear, owls, BIG snakes, especially racers and rattlers. I see none of that here. Hell, I was stoked to see a little black snake poking his head up in the grass the other day in the back yard. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/21/2024 1:39:04 PM EDT
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I'd like to know just why it is that professional 'developers' are a protected species...........................they are to Florida what the 14th century bubonic plague was to Europe........in spades!!!
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Posted: 3/21/2024 2:22:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogrunner: I'd like to know just why it is that professional 'developers' are a protected species...........................they are to Florida what the 14th century bubonic plague was to Europe........in spades!!! Honestly its us and our systems. We arent happy unless we are are growing housing and industries. |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 5:25:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiFlow: You have acreage thats why you see them. Ask anyone inside a developed area or subdivision and the story is different. Paving over their habitats is whats doing them in, same as the scrub jays. Yep. |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 6:10:20 PM EDT
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If they weren't protected there would be almost none left. There is a segment of the population that would happily eat them if they weren't worried about jail time and fines. To those people tortoise is just a slow moving meal with no ability defend itself.
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AR, USA
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Posted: 3/21/2024 7:50:22 PM EDT
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Used to be the main event here. Raced them as a kid:
https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/events/after-50-years-san-antonios-rattlesnake-festival-is-finished/2312260/ |
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Posted: 3/21/2024 8:36:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wmagrush: Used to be the main event here. Raced them as a kid: https://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/events/after-50-years-san-antonios-rattlesnake-festival-is-finished/2312260/ |
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Posted: 3/23/2024 10:20:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogrunner: I'd like to know just why it is that professional 'developers' are a protected species...........................they are to Florida what the 14th century bubonic plague was to Europe........in spades!!! Agreed! |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/27/2024 10:27:59 AM EDT
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They take years to mature enough to reproduce. They provide an environment for other species, such eastern indigo snake. They aren't very smart either. And as mentioned above, the carpet baggers and transplants come down here to bulldoze their habitats and build communist hoa compounds. So they need a little help from the two legged monsters.
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:34:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By B_Ice223: And as mentioned above, the carpet baggers and transplants come down here to bulldoze their habitats and build communist hoa compounds.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 5:57:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MikeJGA: FPNI. Add in all the former woodland that is now concrete/asphalt covered retail development. When I moved here in 2013 2/3 of my street was undeveloped woodland. Now it is 2/3 houses/yards and the FNG's bitch about the black bears, alligators and other wildlife.  |
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Posted: 3/27/2024 11:51:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jjrockbush: The Guy that moved here in 2012 was bitchin' about when you moved in. Its funny cuz its true. Millions moving here, paving over everything, killing every thing they dont like, then asking why its all effed up. 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:51:58 AM EDT
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And in the words of Pogo, 'we have met the enemy, and he is us".
Too many goddamn people too, too fast! |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 10:26:00 AM EDT
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sometimes they do just disappear, and yes, they do taste good.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 10:48:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiFlow: It's funny cuz it's true. Millions moving here, paving over everything, killing every thing they dont like, then asking why it's all effed up. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HiFlow: Originally Posted By jjrockbush: The Guy that moved here in 2012 was bitchin' about when you moved in. It's funny cuz it's true. Millions moving here, paving over everything, killing every thing they dont like, then asking why it's all effed up. Same shit. I live in a new subdivision that used to be a farm. Whattayagonnado? |
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Posted: 3/30/2024 8:35:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mannlicher: sometimes they do just disappear, and yes, they do taste good. During the great depression they were known as Hoover Chickens. |
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Posted: 4/4/2024 6:43:37 AM EDT
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By me if they’re crossing the street someone will pullover and direct traffic so we don’t have smashed turtles. There seems to be an abundance on the island. I see them all the time, kind of cool. I enjoy seeing all the different, rare wildlife I see in the island.
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Posted: 4/14/2024 10:35:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: MrHold]
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We leave you this Sunday with gopher tortoises in Titusville, Florida. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
Is someone reading FLHT and is a contributor to CBS Nature: Gopher tortoises in Florida  Nature: Gopher tortoises in Florida |
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