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tcdrover
at Fri Feb 18 10:28:49 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tcdrover ]
I work right across the street from MIA.
As a kid I used to hunt for monitors and tegus around here.
There were plenty of exotic lizards roaming then, they're not
very easy to catch though...
An aspect of this story that always seems to be missed is that
I think most of the Burms in the Everglades originally come from
small private zoos that have been wiped out by hurricanes,
allowing all their burms to escape and breed. Realistically, MIA
is not close to the Everglades at all, and not many burm owners
are going to drive all the way to the Everglades to loose thier
captives. I don't think that very many people would go to all
that trouble if they don't care enough about their burms
anyways. I think people who free their pythons do it closer to
the city.
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RE: Captive-released burms thriving in the wild in FLORIDA! - tcdrover, Fri Feb 18 10:28:49 2005