Comment on Crocodile
Steve@startrek.website 11 months ago
Hey this is at the Naples FL zoo
Also, alligator not crocodile, and the pond does in fact contain that big old boy.
Comment on Crocodile
Steve@startrek.website 11 months ago
Hey this is at the Naples FL zoo
Also, alligator not crocodile, and the pond does in fact contain that big old boy.
OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Interesting fact, there are saltwater crocodiles in southern Florida, and the keys. It’s, I believe, the only place in the world that has crocodiles, alligators, and Amazon cayman.
nobleshift@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I live on a sailboat in Key Biscayne and there is a salt water croc that lives about 500 yards from me in some mangroves. It’s not as large (bulk) or as long and has a narrower body than an alligator, and just LOVES to eat iguanas.
Like the iguanas, pythons, anacondas, etc etc the caimans arrived with the exotic pet trade. You could purchase a <1 foot caiman in the early 80s in Florida for under $60. Then once those mean aggressive bastards got 3-5 feet people just dumped them in the woods/swamps.
Between the American alligator, saltwater croc or caiman, Ill face the caiman last. Those fuckers are mean AF, territorial and did I mention mean?
Decoy321@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can confirm this dude’s statement about caimans. I used to hang out in their neck of the woods a looong time ago when I was a teenager. A few minutes away from Key Biscayne is a little tract of federal land where an old squatter named Jimbo built himself a little shanty town in a cove. He’d sell smoked fish and if you left cash on a counter, you could grab canned beer from a nearby cooler. My friend and I would see all kinds of wildlife in the nearby trails and water, usually gators, deer, and manatees. A few times we did see caimans, and they were always the most hostile fuckers. We called them Meth Gators.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Salties in southern Florida? Pretty sure you are mistaken. I think the only croc in the US is the American Crocodile.
nobleshift@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ahhh no.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile
Decoy321@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My friend, you are the one who is mistaken. I have personally seen crocodiles in South Florida. I’m from there, and certainly know the differences between our reptilian neighbors.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 11 months ago