Salties in southern Florida? Pretty sure you are mistaken. I think the only croc in the US is the American Crocodile.
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OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 1 year agoInteresting 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.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 year ago
nobleshift@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Decoy321@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
I think the only croc in the US is the American Crocodile.
Decoy321@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True, there’s one species. But there are more than one of those crocs.
nobleshift@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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.