DeathGrip
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It's an East coast West coast thing and the Slunk Ape's in the middle.
Nile Monitor Lizards in Florida
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It's an East coast West coast thing and the Slunk Ape's in the middle.
franzas
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If one of those things came at me, it'd get shot. I think you would have a pretty good case for self defense (territorial, invasive animal, which can overpower you).
I don't want to start an argument here, so bear with me:
Not included in self defense laws
Not included in animal protection laws
I'd shoot it and try to make a case because it isn't protected and you life was in danger. Some good lawyering could help
I don't want to start an argument here, so bear with me:
Not included in self defense laws
Not included in animal protection laws
I'd shoot it and try to make a case because it isn't protected and you life was in danger. Some good lawyering could help
LVSteve
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kwselke
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It's Saturday night and I could not help myself.
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there in south florida its the bite that can kill ya all that bad stuff in there mouth. they get big
OP
Texas Star
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I suspect that if populations meet, pythons and monitor lizards will indeed eat each other. I think the pythons already eat alligators of suitable size.
The alligators probably return the favor.
Still haven't heard from anyone in the affected area about laws pertaining to these animals.
The alligators probably return the favor.
Still haven't heard from anyone in the affected area about laws pertaining to these animals.
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Can't read this thread without thinking of Bob and Ray: "The Komodo Dragon is the world's largest living lizard."
Bob and Ray The Komodo Dragon - YouTube
Bob and Ray The Komodo Dragon - YouTube
kwselke
Member
In an advisory on Tegus, another large non-native lizard in FL, its states...
Tegus are not
protected by any of Florida's wildlife laws
but local ordinances will apply depending
on the location
I would assume the same for Nile Monitors, Nonnatives - Nile Monitor But if I were planning a hunt I'd check with Florida Fish and Wildlife to see if a license was needed.
Tegus are not
protected by any of Florida's wildlife laws
but local ordinances will apply depending
on the location
I would assume the same for Nile Monitors, Nonnatives - Nile Monitor But if I were planning a hunt I'd check with Florida Fish and Wildlife to see if a license was needed.
M3Stuart
Member
Florida has bigger problems than reptiles and fish....thousands of these come down from NY every year.
Note that she's looking down while she's pulling in - the old guy in the background is eyeballing all the stuff in the garage that she's about to hit!
Florida has bigger problems than reptiles and fish....thousands of these come down from NY every year.
From Florida they move half way back, and end up in north GA. Of course around here they are known as halfbacks. Not to steal the thread, but can anyone identify that car? NICE!
M3Stuart
Member
Funny you should mention these.
Here are some pics of 'something'. Here's the story: I travel to Asia pretty regularly. I took these pictures from about the 20th floor of a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur in 2012. (The last pic is a gratuitous shot of the KL skyline taken recently in 2014.) I showed these pics of the 'thing' to the people in the office there; they said it was a 'river monitor' - but was the first they'd ever heard of such a thing. So I asked: "then how do you know that's what it is?" It could be a freshwater croc, alligator or some such thing? Nope - they said - we don't have those here. Really? Then what is it?
By the way: the name "Kuala Lumpur" means 'confluence of muddy rivers' in their language - Bahasa Malaya. So, yea, this river always looks like this.
So, yea, they DO exist - whatever 'they' are!
Here are some pics of 'something'. Here's the story: I travel to Asia pretty regularly. I took these pictures from about the 20th floor of a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur in 2012. (The last pic is a gratuitous shot of the KL skyline taken recently in 2014.) I showed these pics of the 'thing' to the people in the office there; they said it was a 'river monitor' - but was the first they'd ever heard of such a thing. So I asked: "then how do you know that's what it is?" It could be a freshwater croc, alligator or some such thing? Nope - they said - we don't have those here. Really? Then what is it?
By the way: the name "Kuala Lumpur" means 'confluence of muddy rivers' in their language - Bahasa Malaya. So, yea, this river always looks like this.
So, yea, they DO exist - whatever 'they' are!
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Old TexMex
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Brilliant. Thanks, I hadn't thought of those guys in years, good stuff.
Old TexMex
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Florida has bigger problems than reptiles and fish....thousands of these come down from NY every year.
The Silver Gran Marquis Onrampis Cloggeramus.
Avoid at all costs.
cmort666
Member
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is always kvetching about the danger of Asian carp, and my response has ALWAYS been, "Fish the hell out of them." As I recall, I thought I saw somebody on TV make some pretty good meals of them, including gumbo, I think. There are SO many things you could do with a species that you WANT to get rid of, it's not even funny. They could be everything from food fish to cat food, to fertilizer.
cmort666
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I've got a 6' blowgun that shoots piano wire darts with cheap necklace beads for a tail. Seems like the perfect monitor lizard medicine.
mstuhr
Member
There are these too!
Howdy,
Mary and I snuck away in the bad weather to the Keys and from Islamorada on south we saw gobs of these on the roadside.
I doubt they would hurt you but some were 4' or better.
Thanks
Mike
Howdy,
Mary and I snuck away in the bad weather to the Keys and from Islamorada on south we saw gobs of these on the roadside.
I doubt they would hurt you but some were 4' or better.
Thanks
Mike
Those Iguanas are good to eat, I've had them several times in Guyana, in curry they even put some Iguana eggs in it. They are also eaten in Central America.
Steve W
Steve W
DeathGrip
US Veteran
There everywhere from Palm Beach south.
We also have a huge Central American population.
No one is eating them except the Vultures.
