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Old 03-14-2014, 06:15 AM
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These came from Cuba. Part of mother natures grand plan.
Mother Nature had nothing to do with it .... she puts everything exactly where it should belong and every time MAN manages to import an animal or plant to a non native area it is a disaster.
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Old 03-14-2014, 06:18 AM
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Mother Nature had nothing to do with it .... she puts everything exactly where it should belong and every time MAN manages to import an animal or plant to a non native area it is a disaster.
OK OK. I did not mean to make you upset.
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Old 03-14-2014, 07:29 AM
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We had a abundance of them (anoles) where I lived before here. Since the sliders to the pool cage were open a lot, I did get them inside, but a kitty always chased them down, so I knew where to go get them. Yes, I have heard they can be poisonous to kitties...one of mine only played with them, but we were afraid the other was trying to eat them, so we had to watch him. About a year before we moved, we had a family of Geckos living on the lanai behind some wall hangings. They are lower to the ground when they run, and kinda waddle back and forth. Lighter color, too. Amazingly, you can almost see through the babies. I am excited when I see a little "lizard" here, and I hope we get more as the construction slows down, and the trees and shrubbery grow up.
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Old 03-14-2014, 08:23 AM
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In Vietnam it was considered good luck to have these in the house. Although when I saw them in our hooch, I tried to sleep with my mouth closed.
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I love them also-they taste just like chicken.
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Old 03-14-2014, 12:18 PM
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I am not even enamored with the GEICO anole/gecko
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Old 03-14-2014, 07:49 PM
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I was truly afraid of them at first, but getting used to them. Don't mind them outside, just don't care for them in the house.
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Just wait a couple of years more until the 4 foot long Monitor Lizards start appearing in The Villages. They are vicious critters that eat anything their size or smaller. Lock up Fluffy and Fido!! These critters are now multiplying in the Ocala National Forest and have been sighted in Ocala.
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Old 03-15-2014, 07:41 AM
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They seem to be attracted to those big natural landscape rocks. They love crawling in, out, and around those things.
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Old 03-15-2014, 07:47 AM
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Just wait a couple of years more until the 4 foot long Monitor Lizards start appearing in The Villages. They are vicious critters that eat anything their size or smaller. Lock up Fluffy and Fido!! These critters are now multiplying in the Ocala National Forest and have been sighted in Ocala.
Really?? Had them down in Cape Coral also. Only saw one once running across a main street. Almost as weird as seeing an alligator on the street! They were trapping them...don't know where they were taking them...maybe to the Ocala National Forest.
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