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wstreps
at Sun Nov 15 18:20:57 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by wstreps ]
The "lack of predators" technique did not come about with the burms. Its been part of the invasive (we need to do something now or else!!!)scare formula for a long time.
An example from a few years back, biologist Todd Campbell was brought in with a 50K expenses grant to eradicate the Nile monitors from the cape, I cant say for sure if the quote below can be attributed as word for word or if its a para phrase but I will say, Todd certainly kept the information on the types of native animals that would prey on monitors on the down low in keeping with the "formula".
"In their native Africa, where they live in burrows on the banks of rivers, they have a natural predator, but there aren't any crocodiles in Cape Coral ."
The USGS had this to say 8/28/2007 ..........seem familiar?
Nile monitors that are temperate-adapted will eventually spread throughout Florida and the Gulf States, and further north along the Atlantic Coast at least as far north as Georgia and, perhaps, the Carolinas. Their presence in the United States presents a cause for serious concern.
According to Harry Phillips, a biologist in Cape Coral
As of today Nile monitor sightings have been decreasing. They are down 50%. His "reasoning " is because people are moving out of the cape. Less people less sightings.......very flawed if looked at in the proper context but it helps to keep the scare alive. And so it goes ............................
Ernie Eison
WESTWOOD ACRES REPTILE FARM INC.
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RE: Here we go again - wstreps, Sun Nov 15 18:20:57 2009