In article ,
says...

On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:40:40 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:29:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Jan 7, 10:38*am, wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:12:31 -0500, Bob Crachet wrote:
It's time for a bounty on dead Pythons. The money would be the best
spent in years.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0104153741.htm

They have the whole tidewater Virginia and Delmarva peninsula on that
range. These things might even get loose in DC. They could survive
around the steam tunnels in the Federal Triangle area all winter.

But, I don't know how much cold they can take. Tropical or not.
Knowing they're a snake, probably a lot.

I think this is all new science at this point and we are learning as
we go. I just know there are plenty of snakes north of the Mason Dixon
line and these guys may join them if they can figure out a way to hide
from the cold in the winter. In the summer time they will be right at
home just about anywhere up there and there is plenty for them to eat.
These guys can survive on birds, rabbits and rats but they can also
take down a deer, a calf or a pony.
My Son In Law works for water management in the glades and they find
all sorts of things inside the pythons they kill.

Let me know when he starts finding the little *******s full of golf balls!

You could squeeze them out and re-use them!

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:40:08 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:40:40 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:29:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Jan 7, 10:38*am, wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:12:31 -0500, Bob Crachet wrote:
It's time for a bounty on dead Pythons. The money would be the best
spent in years.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0104153741.htm

They have the whole tidewater Virginia and Delmarva peninsula on that
range. These things might even get loose in DC. They could survive
around the steam tunnels in the Federal Triangle area all winter.

But, I don't know how much cold they can take. Tropical or not.
Knowing they're a snake, probably a lot.

I think this is all new science at this point and we are learning as
we go. I just know there are plenty of snakes north of the Mason Dixon
line and these guys may join them if they can figure out a way to hide
from the cold in the winter. In the summer time they will be right at
home just about anywhere up there and there is plenty for them to eat.
These guys can survive on birds, rabbits and rats but they can also
take down a deer, a calf or a pony.
My Son In Law works for water management in the glades and they find
all sorts of things inside the pythons they kill.

Let me know when he starts finding the little *******s full of golf balls!

You could squeeze them out and re-use them!

You can just wait, They will come out all on their own ;-)
That is why they have those ball washers at the tee.

BTW it is not the little *******s that bother you, it is the big ones.

If you wait for that to happen, you may have to watch out for the
projectiles!

On Jan 8, 11:58*am, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...











On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:40:08 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:40:40 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 14:29:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Jan 7, 10:38*am, wrote:
On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:12:31 -0500, Bob Crachet wrote:
It's time for a bounty on dead Pythons. The money would be the best
spent in years.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0104153741.htm

They have the whole tidewater Virginia and Delmarva peninsula on that
range. These things might even get loose in DC. They could survive
around the steam tunnels in the Federal Triangle area all winter..

But, I don't know how much cold they can take. Tropical or not.
Knowing *they're a snake, probably a lot.

I think this is all new science at this point and we are learning as
we go. I just know there are plenty of snakes north of the Mason Dixon
line and these guys may join them if they can figure out a way to hide
from the cold in the winter. In the summer time they will be right at
home just about anywhere up there and there is plenty for them to eat.
These guys can survive on birds, rabbits and rats but they can also
take down a deer, *a calf or a pony.
My Son In Law works for water management in the glades and they find
all sorts of things inside the pythons they kill.

Let me know when he starts finding the little *******s full of golf balls!

You could squeeze them out and re-use them!

You can just wait, They will come out all on their own *;-)
That is why they have those ball washers at the tee.

BTW it is not the little *******s that bother you, it is the big ones.

If you wait for that to happen, you may have to watch out for the
projectiles!

And stay away from the water trap!

On Jan 9, 12:05*am, wrote:
On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 10:17:42 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:









On Jan 8, 11:58*am, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...
Let me know when he starts finding the little *******s full of golf balls!

You could squeeze them out and re-use them!

You can just wait, They will come out all on their own *;-)
That is why they have those ball washers at the tee.

BTW it is not the little *******s that bother you, it is the big ones.

If you wait for that to happen, you may have to watch out for the
projectiles!

And stay away from the water trap!

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Water%20hazard.jpg

Greg, I was thinking of the more inland courses. Then again, maybe you
were too!

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 02:18:39 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

And stay away from the water trap!

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Water%20hazard.jpg

Greg, I was thinking of the more inland courses. Then again, maybe you
were too.

===

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

On Jan 9, 9:02*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 02:18:39 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

And stay away from the water trap!

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Water%20hazard.jpg

Greg, I was thinking of the more inland courses. Then again, maybe you
were too.

===

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. *They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

Actually, I was thinking inland like... Orlando

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:24:56 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. *They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

Actually, I was thinking inland like... Orlando

===

The area in and around Orlando has *many* small lakes and ponds and
just about everyone has a resident gator. At certain times of the
year they get lonely and start wandering around. That's when the
trouble starts.

They are natural, instinctive hunters and can lay in wait motionless
for long periods of time with just their eyes out of the water. My
brother-in-law north of Tampa is on a water hazard pond. I sometimes
amuse myself by trying to spot the alligator. If you take your eyes
off him for a minute and then look back, he'll have moved a little
closer while you weren't watching.

On Jan 9, 11:36*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 16:24:56 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. *They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

Actually, I was thinking inland like... Orlando

Like Wayne says, they are everywhere.



Now that seems to be, but stands to reason....

On 1/9/12 11:23 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:02:18 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 02:18:39 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

And stay away from the water trap!

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Water%20hazard.jpg

Greg, I was thinking of the more inland courses. Then again, maybe you
were too.

===

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

There was a 12 footer in Sanibel when I lived there and he hung out at
the beach across the street from my house (between the Hilton, now
Sanibel inn and the Tortuga Beach Club)
The gulf was no problem from him. That was also the gator that ate ice
cream and hot dogs at the Dairy Queen. They would send Bird Westal out
to get him and take him back over to the Ding Dong preserve. Sanibel
was a "no kill, no relocate off the island" alligator place in those
days.

It was all good fun until a few years ago when he ate a real estate
woman. He is a suitcase now.


We all know that rednecks, not gators, are indigenous to south Florida
and that the interlopers should be rounded up and shot. :)

On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:58 -0500, X ` Man wrote:

On 1/9/12 11:23 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:02:18 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jan 2012 02:18:39 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

And stay away from the water trap!

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Water%20hazard.jpg

Greg, I was thinking of the more inland courses. Then again, maybe you
were too.

===

There are plenty of 'gators inland as long as there is some water
around, and there's a lot of that in Florida. They are not salt water
critters although they're OK with brackish.

There was a 12 footer in Sanibel when I lived there and he hung out at
the beach across the street from my house (between the Hilton, now
Sanibel inn and the Tortuga Beach Club)
The gulf was no problem from him. That was also the gator that ate ice
cream and hot dogs at the Dairy Queen. They would send Bird Westal out
to get him and take him back over to the Ding Dong preserve. Sanibel
was a "no kill, no relocate off the island" alligator place in those
days.

It was all good fun until a few years ago when he ate a real estate
woman. He is a suitcase now.


We all know that rednecks, not gators, are indigenous to south Florida
and that the interlopers should be rounded up and shot. :)

'Crackers' are indigenous to Florida. Rednecks are from Georgia, home of all that beautiful, red,
Georgia clay.