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I didn't want to touch him because he's icky
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Looks like he hopped in some luggage from NY or NJ to get down there....Kinda looks like he is covered in hairgel.
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I know what cuban anoles are. I catch them for my son all the time. They got a rock like head and they do eat brown anoles or geckos.@lueVelvet I saw a video on this FL trapper's IG story of an invasive knight anole (Anolis equestris) he killed that had eaten one of our native skinks (I'd read about them preying on smaller lizard species but researchers said it was rare). The video triggered me so badly that I'm planning on buying a pellet gun and killing ever knight anole I see.
@Bones Nose google "Cuban knight anole" and you can join me.
No it's not an iguana. Yes I'm sure.
They really seem to like the red seeds that fall from christmas tree palms.
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Use you hands like a real man. Creep up, no eye contact. Keep your striking hand at your chest. When your in range shuffle your foot real slow they will look down. They pin them with the palm of your hand and then hold by the shoulder and neck to stop them from biting
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Record yourself catching one and I will
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Bro I'm half redneck. I've caught everything there is to catch in florida with my bare hands. Snakes, gator, armored catfish(plechys), iguanas and snapping turtles.
No deer or anything. But I've caught possums and raccoons with work gloves on many times
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Raccoons will fuck you up. Savage little beasts.
Oh and being from Hialeah doesn't make you half redneck. Just fyi.
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That's a pretty big one, bruh.Went for a cuban but caught a medium iguana instead
Did you really catch that thing by hand or did you pull it out of your buddy's tank?
fucking epic lizardWent for a cuban but caught a medium iguana instead
what do those two dots(gem looking thingies) on it's neck do
I see wrist tattoos......
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I caught it. It stayed calm and cool for the picture. Then a lady walked up to see why a grown man was playing with a lizard and this fucker scratched the shit outta me. Also yes my hands dirty. I'm a fucking man and I work outside.
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Nice. I was going to get my left arm redone and sleeved. Then this shit happened, fucking China death flu.
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I did it over the years on both arms. So when I decided to go full arm I had it all fully redone. It looks too weird having faded next to new shit. The prison tats are the darkest and haven't faded at all because I got my ink from some Ms-13 and they are the best artists in fl prison and have the best ink
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Yea there was about 5 in that area. Along any canal theres dozens of ones bigger than that. I could eat them all day if shit got bad. They also devour entire gardens if your not careful
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@lueVelvet here's the video I was telling you about. This guy is in Martin County (the one directly north of Palm Beach) so it shows how far these knight anoles have spread. Only in urban areas in my experience though. Unlike green iguanas or especially brown basilisks, you don't see them in natural areas like the EvergladesView: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_FLiFSpLG4/?igshid=ms9yerdnma6s
They'll make it as far north as the weather will allow. This is why the python scare way back when was so overblown. Pythons are never making it to Orlando and if any do, they will die during the winter since they cannot tolerate our winter temps here.
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_FLiFSpLG4/?igshid=ms9yerdnma6s
If that guy really wants to make a difference, he should focus on feral cats, hogs and the monitors that are eating up turtle nests and other critters every day. Pythons eat once every few weeks which when you run the numbers, really isn't that much (though I can see how they can affect a small locale based population of whatever species). Don't forget the monkeys up by Crystal River, the quaker parrots all up and down the east coast of the state, the millions of iguanas (which I'm sure you see on the daily) etc etc etc.
So I get it, no invasive is good, but if you're going to go around killing animals, pick the ones that are doing the most damage so at least you're making a modicum of a difference here.
Hogs are disgusting. They've been fucking up the land next to the walking trails in our neighborhood. I'm hoping to catch them slipping soon and put some hot lead in their dome pieces.
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He was working a golf course where he's paid to remove green iguanas and Egyptian geese and just happened to spot the knight anole. He also hunts hogs regularly.
He's also one of the licensed python hunters, and those things have to be removed. A study by the UF showed that they had reduced 98-99% of small mammal numbers in a certain area of the Everglades a few years back.
Pythons wipe out rabbits—and probably much more—in Everglades
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Man, I did enough of that when I was younger lol
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