michaelskis
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sisterceleste said:so what is the problem here???? This is Florida. I live 1/8 of a mile from the lake that they use to put all the dangerous alligators in....guess what...it now has the 2nd highest gator pop in the state. They show up on my cul-de-sac and my husband thinks its fun to try to run over them but so far they have all gotten away.
Zoning Goddess said:By the way, there are lots of gators in other southeastern states, too!
Chet said:Dont forget the Palmetto Bugs.
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*and why cant you people just call them raoches like the rest of us!![]()
plannerkat said:Because unlike mere roaches, palmetto bugs FLY!!!
plannerkat said:Because unlike mere roaches, palmetto bugs FLY!!!
Lake Okeechobee is bigger and supposely has more gatorsTrail Nazi said:I thought Lake Jesup had the most gators in the country...??
One thing about Florida, is that people don't swim in the lakes anymore. Besides gators and snapping turtles and water moccasins, the lakes are pretty polluted. People do swim in the wonderful springs here. They are 78 degrees year round and the noise of lots of people keeps the critters away.Seabishop said:Its like you people live on another planet. :-c Its quite a tradeoff - no cold weather, but dinosaur-like creatures hiding in the water to bite your legs off. (Not to mention bad hurricanes, extreme heat, and the "Town Next Door")
I'm sure it is. I've seen pictures of gators climbing chain link fences to get at a dog.B'lieve said:Is that second gator pic for real?
Zoning Goddess said:You have to be a true idiot to walk your dog anywhere near a pond/lake/river in Florida. Even very large dogs get snatched regularly.
RichmondJake said:OMG, is this what I have to look forward to?
Dan said:How do you keep bugs down in the house, you ask? Simple ... don't kill the lizards that also sneak in.
Zoning Goddess said:The big brown/gray spiders will also take care of roaches, if you can stand to let the spiders run loose in your house. I know of one family that named theirs.
sisterceleste said:Lake Okeechobee is bigger and supposely has more gators
plannerkat said:Cats are also helpful. I haven't seen one live roach in my house since we got the cats. That's quite a feat considering that I live in an 80 year old wood house! I almost feel sorry for the bugs after the sadistic kitties get finished "playing" with them!
sisterceleste said:I'm sure it is. I've seen pictures of gators climbing chain link fences to get at a dog.
Zoning Goddess said:The big brown/gray spiders will also take care of roaches, if you can stand to let the spiders run loose in your house. I know of one family that named theirs.
Rem said:What is this water moccasin of which you speak?
I cannot lie - we do have an over-abundance of poisonous, bitey critters.Dan said:Like big, long Sydney Funnel Web Spiders, Wollongong Shrieking Roaches or Adelaide Slow Painful Death Beetles..
Zoning Goddess said:(Sigh)
It is obvious that the goddesses have the cajones of this forum...
Zoning Goddess said:(Sigh)
It is obvious that the goddesses have the cajones of this forum...
Gators, moccasins, bugs, yawn...
It a very fat black agressive snake found on land and in water. They are actually common in the entire SE part of the USRem said:What is this water moccasin of which you speak?
OK - Googled a link. http://www.wf.net/~snake/moccasin.htm
plannerkat said:Yep, anytime northerners brag about "hardy New England stock" I pull my 5th generation Floridian card. My family lived in this state in the days before a/c and pest control...now that's tough! ...Bottom line, as scary as some of our native critters are, those of us from these parts are taught at a very early age how to avoid getting stung/bit/eaten by them: stay out of murky water, don't walk your dog next to the lake, and only swim in cold springs, oceans and swimming pools.
plannerkat said:Yep, anytime northerners brag about "hardy New England stock" I pull my 5th generation Floridian card.
Hey, my grandmother was born in Dunellon in 1903. How's that...plus my kids are native Floridians. oZoning Goddess said:Me, too, the family is originally from Sarasota, my dad was 4th generation.
H said:Well, to all you natives on here, let me say that on behalf of me and all the other migrants here that I apologize for what we have done to your beautiful state. Although my parents went to UF and lived in FLA for most of the late 60’s and early 70’s and my grandparents moved to Naples in the 60’s and lived there until they passed in the 90’s, and both my brothers, a few cousins, and some aunts and uncles live here now, none of us where born here.
As many know, I am an Atlantian by linage and trust me I can relate to changing places with all that has happened back around my home.
Who was it that said, “The only thing we can count on is change”? That is a good quote.![]()
Zoning Goddess said:Hey, being from Atlanta makes you Southern which is just what we native Floridians are. Anyway, my mom is a Yankee so I may be a native but it only goes back on one side.
Zoning Goddess said:Roaches and alligators are prehistoric creatures that have managed to adapt and survive much longer than they should have
Kinda like most of the Yankees that move down here... ;-)
Didn't ya'll see the story from Florida last week where a woman...