Ravenspirit,

Thankyou for the contribution and I am glad you are getting my point. I am only interested in everglades endemic which is almost none (I was waiting to see if someone was going to try and slip in american crocs thinking they were endemic)

A point I have made befor here and in other forums is the everglades was only created 8000 to 10000 years ago when sealevels rose from the last ice age befor that is was dryland past key west and with a 3' to 5' rise in sea level, which will happen in the next several thousand years if not sooner, it will disapear under water along with all the animals now there except the crocs and diamond back terapins for them it will be boom time. I think I read somewhere that the evergaldes has come and gone something like 17 times in the last several million years that is why there are so few endemics. Now don't get me wrong I love the everglades and want to keep it clean and healthy but I think most people think of it as some super unique environment like the golapagos, or the amazon rain forest that has to be preserved for it biological diversity instesd it needs to be preserved because its a cool place to visit and is an attraction for visitors to florida and all the invasives actualy make it more of an attraction.

Rob

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