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FL sure has a lot of

Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
Invasive animals.

Peacock bass, Pythons and now I guess they have Monkeys. The article says there has been a wild population of monkeys in Fl since the 1930's[:0]

The story:
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/mystery-monkey-spotted-again-in-apopka
RLTW

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  • M1A762M1A762 Member Posts: 3,426
    edited November -1
    We have a bunch of pavement apes in Milwaukee and Green Bay here in Wisconsin![:D]

    They have been here for decades, I wish they would go back to their native Chitcago.[:D]
  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by M1A762
    We have a bunch of pavement apes in Milwaukee and Green Bay here in Wisconsin![:D]

    They have been here for decades, I wish they would go back to their native Chitcago.[:D]


    LOL[:D]



    I was just thinking about other invasive species like those jumping carp up north.

    You are right they can be an invasive species.
    RLTW

  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,768 ******
    edited November -1
    I also heard about a COBRA snake escaping a few weeks ago in that wonderful tropical paradise![:0]
  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,731 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There are a lot of wild monkeys around Silver Springs, they filmed Tarzan movies there back in the 30s and 40s and the monkeys have been there since then.

    There was one monkey here in the Tampa Bay area that they tried to catch for three years, I think that he may still be at large.
    Wild monkeys aren't unusual here at all. When I was a kid growing up in Daytona my Dad used to feed one in our back yard that came for about two years.


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2418549/Tarzan-monkeys-Florida-number-1-000-introduced-74-years-ago.html
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  • WearyTravelerWearyTraveler Member Posts: 2,019 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by M1A762
    We have a bunch of pavement apes in Milwaukee and Green Bay here in Wisconsin![:D]

    They have been here for decades, I wish they would go back to their native Chitcago.[:D]


    [:p]
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Brookwood
    I also heard about a COBRA snake escaping a few weeks ago in that wonderful tropical paradise![:0]



    Yea,..that was here where I live. They made a lot more out of it than there needed to be, and it had nothing to do with Florida. It had to do with a knucklehead with a wildlife permit to keep snakes. That happens everywhere.

    As bullshot says, there are rhesus monkeys all around Silver Springs and the Silver River. I've seen them numerous times.
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  • DirtyDawgDirtyDawg Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hope it wasn't a pregnant female cobra.....
  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,906 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There used to be a place called Monkey Jungle across US1 from the Ft Lauderdale airport and the area behind that is still undeveloped to Port Everglades. Many monkeys escaped and multiplied and there are still many there today.
    South Florida is also inundated with many South American birds particularly parrots
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,395 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I cant understand why anyone would have the desire to keep a venomous snake,especially a cobra,in or around the house.
  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    Invasive animals.

    Peacock bass, Pythons and now I guess they have Monkeys. The article says there has been a wild population of monkeys in Fl since the 1930's[:0]

    The story:
    http://www.clickorlando.com/news/mystery-monkey-spotted-again-in-apopka




    Peacock bass = large, aggressive Fighting fish!!
  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Peacock bass = large, aggressive Fighting fish!!

    It seems to me that if this true and the population of the peacock bass is sufficiently large enough, you could create, advertise and support a new type of fishing tournament specifically aimed at Peacock bass only. I guarantee you that with the proper permits, the population of Peacock bass would be under control almost immediately.

    Fishing tournaments are uniquely popular not only with the fishermen but the sponsors as well who are looking to create the next new advertising windfall. Who knows? It might be just the right market to save ESPN from its downfall...

    Best.
  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by interstatepawnllc
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    Invasive animals.

    Peacock bass, Pythons and now I guess they have Monkeys. The article says there has been a wild population of monkeys in Fl since the 1930's[:0]

    The story:
    http://www.clickorlando.com/news/mystery-monkey-spotted-again-in-apopka







    Peacock bass = large, aggressive Fighting fish!!




    I was stationed in Panama for 4 years and the fishing in Lake Gatun is incredible. It ruined me for fishing in the states.

    My Dad came down to visit me and I took him fishing, he could not believe how many Peacock Bass we caught.

    In FL they have them in the water ways. They don't get as large as a large mouth bass but they fight more and strike hard.
    RLTW

  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i was thinking the florida peacock bass was a strain smaller than the bigger ones in the Amazon basin.. i remember Jimmy Houston did a fishing show that had they went after the 3 variations of peacock bass in Venezuela
  • minitruck83minitruck83 Member Posts: 5,369
    edited November -1
    Pale pasty beach bunny's... show up every year about November. [^].
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by M1A762
    We have a bunch of pavement apes in Milwaukee and Green Bay here in Wisconsin![:D]

    They have been here for decades, I wish they would go back to their native Chitcago.[:D]



    [:0][:0][:D][:D][:D]
  • mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by M1A762
    We have a bunch of pavement apes in Milwaukee and Green Bay here in Wisconsin![:D]

    They have been here for decades, I wish they would go back to their native Chitcago.[:D]


    They've done a number on S.St Petersburg too.
    Come to think of it... everywhere they squat is a pile of poop.
    Then they fling it everywhere else too.
  • joshmb1982joshmb1982 Member Posts: 8,228 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've heard there was a breeding population of Nile crocodiles as well?
  • bullshotbullshot Member Posts: 14,731 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by joshmb1982
    I've heard there was a breeding population of Nile crocodiles as well?



    We have salt water crocodiles in south west Florida but they aren't Nile's.

    Florida is the only place on earth where crocodiles and alligators live in the same place.
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mjrfd99
    quote:Originally posted by M1A762
    We have a bunch of pavement apes in Milwaukee and Green Bay here in Wisconsin![:D]

    They have been here for decades, I wish they would go back to their native Chitcago.[:D]


    They've done a number on S.St Petersburg too.
    Come to think of it... everywhere they squat is a pile of poop.
    Then they fling it everywhere else too.



    Ya been to New Port Richey lately?!?
  • mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll be up there next w/e. Uncle Junior jr. said "come heavy"
    Cancer untreated spreads.
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