[Nana2Teddy]

Originally Posted by Glowing Horizon

Weird lizard fact: when anoles are caught by the tail, the tail can simply snap off & the anole will live the remainder of its life with just a stub. The part of the tail that snapped off continues to wiggle for a while. Gross, IMO! but its a defense mechanism to get away from predators. Some reportedly can grow a new tail but I’ve never seen that happen.

Yes, we had lots of fence lizards in our backyard at our former Calif home, and we had a cat who liked to spend her days in the backyard where she loved to hunt lizards. I occasionally found a lizard with most of its tail missing, which I assumed was because it had escaped her. The lizards (anoles) I see here are newly hatched and no more than an inch long including their nubby tail. It’s crazy how many tiny ones we’ve seen this summer. They’re taking over! LOL!

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Smoked carp is also a Jewish delicacy. We would sometimes get a 1/4 pound of it from the M&T kosher Deli in Westville to share among the four of us when I was growing up. Just a couple bites. I can't get smoked carp OR smoked sable near me now but I do sometimes pick up some smoked sable when I visit my dad. That stuff is like $38/pound so I just get 1/8 of a pound. Insanely expensive.

LOVE smoked fish. Back in the day every spring we'd catch a bunch of redhorse (not sure if they're related to the carp but they certainly do look a lot alike), a rough fish like the carp with no limit or closed season. We'd clean them; mom would butterfly and soak them in brine and a couple of other spices, and smoke them.

Delicious!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

And New Yorkers! Please don't pith them, they don't mean any harm.

The upper state ones aren’t invasive, just the city species.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The upper state ones aren’t invasive, just the city species.

Heh. I really do enjoy the city variety. They're loud, brash and upfront, but they don't play games: you never have to guess at where you stand with them.

Now, if only they could pronounce the letter "R"...

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The upper state ones aren’t invasive, just the city species.

I find the city variety are often tough to take in a lot of places. Texas Illinois Mass NY Cali, as always there are exceptions but it's a trend that you can't ignore.

[Glowing Horizon]

Originally Posted by Windguy

Well, Fish and Wildlife disagrees with you when you say they are no big deal. As for pythons and wild boar, I’ve never seen any of them in my lanai or inside my house. Even as a native Floridian, I’ve never seen either of them anywhere. When I was a kid in Miami, we loved the green anoles and liked the way they changed colors. We called them chameleons. After living out west for a few decades, I moved to TV 10 years ago. I saw my first green anole few weeks ago. I miss them.

A species doesn’t have to be deadly to damage the environment.

There was a video on YouTube of a bunch (or is it a gaggle or a pack?) of wild boars in TV as the boars were holding up traffic while a few police officers surveilled them. Apparently the boars were acting suspiciously. Might have looted the Wawa.

[Charles K]

My mind originally saw the "n" as an "h".
My bad

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Windguy

Hi,

We recently had a discussion about dealing with the invasive brown Cuban anoles. There were some pretty divided opinions about what to do with them and no general concensus. So, I decided to get an official ruling. I went to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission web site to ask them. Here is their response to my question:



Some of you want to control these illegal aliens and others wouldn’t want to kill these cute lizards. I wonder if people would feel the same if they looked like spiders.

You can use this information however you like.

Why would someone want kill something that controls insects. Another question on going kill them without killing others?

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

Yes, we had lots of fence lizards in our backyard at our former Calif home, and we had a cat who liked to spend her days in the backyard where she loved to hunt lizards. I occasionally found a lizard with most of its tail missing, which I assumed was because it had escaped her. The lizards (anoles) I see here are newly hatched and no more than an inch long including their nubby tail. It’s crazy how many tiny ones we’ve seen this summer. They’re taking over! LOL!

Don’t mean they are going to make it to adulthood.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by PugMom

me too! i worked part time @ a Magic Pet, then All About Pets in Wallingford. wasn't it a great job??

I worked at Staples in Wallingford and used to go to All Pets Club next door after work to "decompress." Hang out with the parrots, and of course pick up catfood once a week.

The place I worked with the reptile room was in Orange or Milford, on the Boston Post Road somewhere. But I also helped the owner of Animal Kingdom in Hamden hand-train the baby parrots after school.

[michgary]

There are too many on the lanai to sit out there,,, maybe need that water and vinegar spray bottle

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by michgary

There are too many on the lanai to sit out there,,, maybe need that water and vinegar spray bottle

Some think one too many.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

What’s not to like about the little critters, that don’t bother humans, they eat bugs, the birds eat them, they don’t try to sell you insurance, and they are kinda cute.

Or new roof.