Non Native Species

[coolhand]

Don't dangle your feet in the water. :D

http://www.clickorlando.com/video/23691390/index.html

[Silverbird]

I'm more worried about those anacondas they've been finding near residential areas and near the Everglades. They are doing a little too well in the nice Florida weather.

[coolhand]

I'm more worried about those anacondas they've been finding near residential areas and near the Everglades. They are doing a little too well in the nice Florida weather.

Oh yeah, that's a big problem. South Florida also has a problem with wild iguanas.

Great website here that encompasses all the states.

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/index.shtml

Here's a bigger picture view of the problem the Everglades faces as far as reptiles go.

http://myfwc.com/NEWSROOM/10/south/News_10_S_ROC_SpecialSeason.htm

From March 8 to April 17, those with a hunting license and a $26 management area permit may take reptiles of concern (Indian python, reticulated python, northern and southern African rock python, amethystine or scrub python, green anaconda and Nile monitor lizard) on Everglades and Francis S. Taylor, Holey Land and Rotenberger wildlife management areas (WMAs).

[nnuut]

Ya know this was found in Florida::eek:
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[coolhand]

So was this.

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Alligator vs. Phython in the Everglades. Looks like a draw to me.

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[Buster]

European Starling
Native To: Europe
Date of U.S. Introduction: 1890

http://www.songbirdgarden.com/store/prodimages/EuropeanStarling-1.jpg



Giant African Snail
Native To: Africa
Date of U.S. Introduction: 1966


http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/images/species/africansnail_lg.jpg



Termite
Native To: China
Date of U.S. Introduction: 1960s

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/images/species/0014113_lg.jpg




English Sparrow

Eight pair were brought to the U.S. in 1850 for the purpose of ridding the shade trees of inch worms and in the spring of 1851 Nicholas Pike and other directors of the Brooklyn Institute released them in Brooklyn, New York.
They did not survive. Nevertheless, destiny was on the side of the Hoard and Pike arranged for the importation of one hundred more which were released in 1852 and 1853.
In 1854 Colonel Rhodes imported and released some of the birds in Portland Maine and some in Quebec. In the next ten years, a few hundred more were imported and released in Quebec and the areas around Portland, Boston and New York. In 1869, about one thousand were released in Philadelphia. They were released in San Francisco, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis and several other cities in the interior. Between 1874 and 1876 a few were released in Jackson and Owosso, Michigan and in 1881 they were introduced in Iowa.
It wasn't long before the destruction of crops, the spread of disease and parasites, competition with song birds, its filthy habits and a population explosion revealed its introduction as a huge mistake.


http://www.50birds.com/images/BI%20house%20sparrow%20fch.jpg