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Posted: 5/19/2016 6:50:42 PM EDT
http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-87255231/

Researchers have confirmed that three Nile crocodiles were captured near Miami, and they say it's possible more of the man-eating reptiles are still out there, although no one can say for sure.



The first, a hatchling, was found on a front porch and sent to a Louisiana reptile exhibit. The second, a female measuring 4 feet, was captured at a park. Wasilewski kept it, but later gave it to another licensed researcher. The third was captured twice. The first trapper didn't have the proper permit, so he released the female. The croc was recaptured two years later 18 miles away by water in Everglades National Park. It was euthanized.

They probably have a taste for New Yorkers.
C'mon down, take a walk on the wild side.
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WTF permit is needed for an invasive and dangerous species? Do I need to get a license if I find a hyena or a komodo dragon in my yard?
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Yeah, that's not good.
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 6:58:11 PM EDT
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First Africanized bees, and now Africanized crocs?
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1.  I was told that it is to make sure the person is competent enough to know the difference between natives and invasive species.




2.  Probably not.
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No permit needed to kill, BUT how do you distinguish a Nile croc from a Florida croc?
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Taste.
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The teef!


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Taste.


You should have said bigger penis.  Missed opportunity.
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introduce some salties to eat the niles.
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Florida croc?
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All Crocs Matter.
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Florida croc?


South Florida has native crocodiles also.


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We president now.
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 7:13:58 PM EDT
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And here we see the far edge of libertarianism. I want a pair of Nile/Salt Water Crocs. I build a suitable pen for them. Ha. Ha. Suddenly South Florida is crawling with the buggers.

I'd have to say that principles notwithstanding, anyone importing such a creature should be fed to it 72 hours before it is barbecued and served to prisoners.
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 7:14:28 PM EDT
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Is this open secret like the other open secret about all the exotic non-native venomous snakes that escaped after Andrew?  Maybe these Nile crocs got out at the same time?
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 7:14:52 PM EDT
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"Krysko and his co-authors just published a paper showing that DNA testing proved the three animals captured in 2009, 2011 and 2014 are Nile crocs, a species whose males grow to over 16 feet long and weigh upward of 1,600 pounds."

Nope, Nope, Nope.
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I just got my 2016 Alligator Tags.  Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll nail one of these SOBs while I'm out there.
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 7:17:49 PM EDT
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I just took the kids to the Toledo Zoo over Spring Break... they have a 17 foot Saltwater Croc there.  Huuuge.

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Pretty easy to tell the difference, this is a Florida Croc.

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Florida croc?


South Florida has native crocodiles also.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Large_american_crocodile.jpg

Huh, I had no idea.
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Florida croc?


South Florida has native crocodiles also.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Large_american_crocodile.jpg


Turning up near St Pete too.
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Screen name?
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 7:28:34 PM EDT
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Well, I will just have to add Nile crocs to the list of shit that will kill you or fuck you up in Florida, including black widows, brown recluses, tropical snakes, rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, cougars, black bears, alligators, the Skunk-ape, and driving of retirees from NYC.
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We president now.
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We president now.




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Africa wins again.
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Huh, I had no idea.



Its true, I saw them in the Everglades.https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/crocodile.htm




 
 
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You see crocs around some marinas, more often if you let your dog near the water.  The crocs can deal with salt water and their nose is pointier where the gator's nose is almost as wide as the body.  Crocs can grow huge too.



You know a gator or croc will sit motionless for a week or more if it sees a dog go near the water - because it just might come back... and if it does come back it will vanish within about 4 seconds.




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Easy.  There are no Florida crocs.  Just gators.
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Very carefully.
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Easy.  There are no Florida crocs.  Just gators.



Derp.  
Link Posted: 5/19/2016 7:57:53 PM EDT
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Do they make good boots?

Txl
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Easy.  There are no Florida crocs.  Just gators.

Crocodylus acutus
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Easy.  There are no Florida crocs.  Just gators.

Crocodylus acutus


Those are the pink ones.
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Bring these guys over, they'd do just fine, I expect.



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Easy.  There are no Florida crocs.  Just gators.



Wrong!


http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/american-crocodile/
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The teef!


http://www.searchamateur.com/pictures/crocodile-dentist-1.jpg


My daughter loves that game.  She likes to push the teeth with MY fingers.
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Or the secret mountain lions in Kansas and Nebraska that the Government keeps telling us are bobcats?

I think Nebraska finally admitted to reintroducing them after somebody killed one, but there had been sightings for years.

Next county over from me has a big one terrorizing the cats and dogs in a small town. They have it on trail cam plain as day. Dept of wildlife says it's just a bobcat..............a 200 pound, 5 foot long bobcat that looks EXACTLY like a mountain lion.
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Aimless.


























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yeah they mad because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush


 
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Florida croc?

We have em
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Florida croc?

We have em



You can't tell them yankees nothing!
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Yes there are. one as far north and inland as Fisheating Creek nu Palmdale

ETA  already addressed by others
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Florida croc?

We have em



I never knew that until this thread. Always thought you only had Gators.


Reason number 6,437 NOT to go to Florida.
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Thank god someone had the presence of mind to import pythons!
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