ARKY AGGIE said:
2nd quarter in a row I have had to go take a random drug screen.
Ryan the Temp said:
- Parlor panther #1 has learned how to get her paw under the bedroom door and shake the door until we get up to feed her
- AirBnB guest never showed up. Yay free money!
- Sent the hubs to Austin
- Getting everything together for a busy weekend at the cabin
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The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard that can grow up to 6 feet and is equipped with razor claws -- has been establishing populations in the area since the 1980s, according to ecology experts.
Endemic to the Nile river delta in Sub-Saharan Africa, the continent's largest lizards arrived in Florida via the pet trade, through both intentional and unintentional release, Frank Mazzotti, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Florida, told ABC News.
"They're very wild, they're very active," Mazzotti said. "They don't make good pets at all. They don't calm down."
The temperament of the giant lizards also makes them difficult to catch. Mazzotti described Nile monitors as "very strong" and "very aggressive."
The reptiles will put up a fight and even bite humans who attempt to make contact with them, Mazzotti said.
"They're crazy," he said. "They're very hard to handle, and you have to take great care that they don't escape and that you don't get bit."
maroon barchetta said:ARKY AGGIE said:
2nd quarter in a row I have had to go take a random drug screen.
And?
ARKY AGGIE said:maroon barchetta said:ARKY AGGIE said:
2nd quarter in a row I have had to go take a random drug screen.
And?
Tested negative.
dabo man said:
When I worked at IBM, most of us had to take drug tests (depended on who you were contracted to). There were a remarkable number of stoners in that building. They were all buying fake urine at a head shop off of Paris Road. And the stuff works.
dabo man said:
Another invasive species in FL, and this one is has razor claws
Giant lizard that can grow up to 6 feet is invading South Florida's ecosystem
https://abcnews.com/US/giant-lizard-grow-6-feet-invading-south-floridas/story?id=130969142Quote:
The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard that can grow up to 6 feet and is equipped with razor claws -- has been establishing populations in the area since the 1980s, according to ecology experts.
Endemic to the Nile river delta in Sub-Saharan Africa, the continent's largest lizards arrived in Florida via the pet trade, through both intentional and unintentional release, Frank Mazzotti, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Florida, told ABC News.
"They're very wild, they're very active," Mazzotti said. "They don't make good pets at all. They don't calm down."
The temperament of the giant lizards also makes them difficult to catch. Mazzotti described Nile monitors as "very strong" and "very aggressive."
The reptiles will put up a fight and even bite humans who attempt to make contact with them, Mazzotti said.
"They're crazy," he said. "They're very hard to handle, and you have to take great care that they don't escape and that you don't get bit."
WTF would ever possess Florida man to "adopt" one of these or a pet store to sell them?!? Maybe they can bring the iguana and/or python populations in check?
