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Old 06-05-2025, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
There are natural water areas in the Southern parts of the Villages . I was visiting with a woman born here in this area a while back and she mentioned that this area was cow pastures and oranges. Think there were watermelon too.
Cattle, and watermelons not much oranges, south of 44 has a large areas of wet/dry prairie, that multitude of predators call home.

Between the 6’s we backed to a pond, our snakes were predominantly racers, along with bears, coyotes, bobcats gators and one panther.

We moved south of 44 two years ago backing to a prairie. A few rattlesnakes have been spotted within the village and two Corals. Someone will always post on neighborhood site, where and when.

After Milton the walking paths that border acres of prairies, between Water Lilly and Magnolia Plaza were flooded. Multiple water moccasins were noted and warnings went out to be aware.