You apparently are NOT reading what I said. I said that C. acutus as adults are able to live and do live in marine ecosystems because of the glands near the back of the tongue that act as an osmoregulatory agent. I said babies can NOT SURVIVE for long in salt water. I even explained how the babies survive here and on Hispanola in different ways. While the deep part of the Gulf Stream occurs just south of Key West it still has a huge effect further north as well and yes in the Florida Keys. All one has to do is stop on the 7 mile bridge and watch how fast the current is. The Everglades were completly underwater during the Pleistocene Era some 8,000-12,000 years ago. The only part of Florida out of the water was the Lake Wales Ridge area. The Gulf Stream then gets away from the coastline quickly until you get to the area where North and South Carolina meet and then it's fairly close to the U.S. coastline again. Once again I just took exception to the STUPID STATEMENT THAT POSSIBLY THE PYTHONS MIGHT CRAWL DOWN U.S. 1 AND COLONIZE THE KEYS. Why do you keep beating a dead horse and who are you?
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Tom Crutchfield

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