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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Oct 12, 2020 18:49:59 GMT -5
Agreed. A python once swallowed a sun bear. ( only once that we know of ). Young bears beware. Yeah, it was an adult female sun bear of the island of Borneo. Those are Around 27 to 50 kg, 120 cm.The female sun bear was taken while she was sleeping. Regarding the American black bear, I think the adults will be generally too large for a python to take on. I doubt any python is as powerful as a green anaconda.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 19, 2021 10:27:39 GMT -5
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Post by tom on Jan 19, 2021 15:30:55 GMT -5
I thought I saw a doc on Escobar, didn't he have other exotics as well? Big Cats -- Tigers?
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 19, 2021 19:05:20 GMT -5
tomNever heard of him having big cats to be honest, i just searched and found nothing.
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Post by tom on Jan 20, 2021 17:06:15 GMT -5
ok now I remember haha. It wasn't a documentary and it wasn't Escobar, it was a movie... The movie was "Scarface" with Al Pacino. If you're not familiar with the movie Pacino played a cuban gangster Tony Montana who rose from the ashes to be one of the most ruthless cocaine gangsters in early 80's Miami. Anyway, on his luxurious estate he had a Tiger chained up in his backyard.
But... I suppose if Escobar wanted a Tiger he could have had one....
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Post by brobear on Feb 11, 2021 5:37:45 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Feb 25, 2021 14:03:59 GMT -5
We need a few hundred tiger fish in Florida waters to counter-act what some people perceive as a python problem.
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Post by tom on Feb 25, 2021 14:22:49 GMT -5
Yikes ! that thing has some mighty big choppers. Where are they from?
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Post by brobear on Feb 26, 2021 2:58:42 GMT -5
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Post by tom on Feb 26, 2021 13:21:22 GMT -5
www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/fish-guide/goliath-tigerfish/Locals say it's the only fish that doesn't fear the crocodile and that it actually eats smaller ones. It's also been known to attack humans in rare instances. It's so lightning quick and forceful that not only will it snap an angler's line, but it will sometimes make off with his or her tackle. No wonder one fishing safari promoter requires clients read a cautionary treatise on the Goliath before agreeing to a fishing trip. Bully of the Congo Basin The Goliath tigerfish has an olive-colored back and a silvery underbelly. But if you see one, what you'll remember is its mouthful of 32 jagged, razorlike teeth. Each tooth can be up to one inch long. The Goliath's teeth are set at the edge of the jaw -- the monster has barely any lips. And when those teeth slam down on prey, it's a clean, almost surgical cut. Those attributes, combined with its muscular physique, make the Goliath a state-of-the-art mayhem machine. It likes turbulent waters, where fish who are less powerful swimmers struggle against the current, rendering them vulnerable to attack. It has excellent eyesight and the ability to sense low-frequency vibrations emitted by prey. It generally circles the unlucky fish before striking with the brutality of a piranha. The Goliath has been known to pounce on a 60-pound catfish and literally slice it in half. Scary, huh? The Goliath's lifespan in the wild is uncertain, but they've lasted 10 to 15 years in captivity.
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Post by tom on Feb 26, 2021 13:22:08 GMT -5
I would say this thing would have a good chance of killing a python.
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Post by brobear on Jul 21, 2021 2:57:30 GMT -5
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210719153519.htm The climate impact of wild pigs greater than a million cars, study finds. By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 million cars, according to new research.
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Post by brobear on Jul 30, 2021 13:13:57 GMT -5
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Post by tom on Jul 30, 2021 13:53:28 GMT -5
My god... Trouser snake aka penis snake??? you can't make this s**t up. Grows up to 32" long. Blind as a bat to. Nice find brobear.. I think
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Post by brobear on Jul 30, 2021 14:25:42 GMT -5
My god... Trouser snake aka penis snake??? you can't make this s**t up. Grows up to 32" long. Blind as a bat to. A 32" Penis, Nice find brobear.. I think www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/caecilians-other-amphibian Scientists have identified at least 185 different species of caecilians. And there may be more. In February 2012, a team led by researchers at the University of Delhi in India announced they had discovered a new type of caecilian, which includes several species. These amphibians from northeastern India live underground, vary in color from light gray to purple and can grow more than a meter (almost 4 feet) long.
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Post by malikc6 on Nov 17, 2021 5:02:53 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Nov 17, 2021 6:23:43 GMT -5
Even California Has a Mosquito Problem. It looks as if an invasive species will be a regular summer scourge. There are few animals that I truly dislike. The Mosquito is one of them.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Dec 11, 2021 1:06:11 GMT -5
Mosquito bites are extremely irritating.
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Post by brobear on Nov 28, 2022 2:31:34 GMT -5
Finally Caught A 10-foot-long Real-life River Monster In The Florida River icestech.info/river-monster-in-nhim/ The Burmese python, green iguana, and lionfish are, by now, well-known invasive species that have established a dangerous foothold in Florida. But a fearsome new invasive predator has emerged in the state: the arapaima, a monster fish that can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh hundreds of pounds. A dead one recently washed ashore in Cape Coral’s Jaycee Park along the Caloosahatchee River, which runs from Lake Okeechobee west to the Gulf of Mexico. The arapaima is native to the Amazon River in South America and is one of the world’s largest predatory fish. Its scales are said to be as impenetrable as armor. And it’s ugly, at least to most people. “I think it’s kind of cool,” said Captain Josh Constantine, who has been fishing the waters near the Caloosahatchee River for more than 20 years, and has been a guide for his business, Caloosahatchee Cowboys Charters, for more than a decade. Constantine said the arapaima might be the closest thing to a tarpon, which is a big, athletic fish native to Florida’s waters and a popular species for game fishermen. Like tarpon, Arapaima is capable of jumping out of the water for food and their prey include small mammals, lizards, birds, and other fish. But Constantine is also aware of the reality of the arapaima’s appearance in Florida, which was confirmed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “I can’t imagine it’s good for our ecosystem,” he said. And he’s right. The arapaima, because of its varied and voracious appetite, is a threat to native Florida wildlife. It is also capable of producing hundreds of thousands of eggs during its lifetime. But that apparently hasn’t happened here. “There is no evidence that arapaima has reproduced in the wild in Florida,” the FWC said in an email. John Cassani, head of Calusa Waterkeeper, a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting waterways in the region, agreed, writing in an email that it “would seem unlikely as sightings are rare and this one may be unique to the Caloosahatchee River.” The FWC said the arapaima habitats are limited by their sensitivity to cool water — they can even die in water that’s 60 degrees or colder. However, they could survive in the waters of extreme southeast Florida. Dr. Katherine Galloway, a biologist at Nicholls State University and an expert on lionfish, said arapaima lay eggs in February, March, and April, so it potentially could take them longer to establish a presence. Lionfish were quick to establish an invasive presence in Florida, she said because females can produce egg masses every four days and can release up to two million eggs a year. But Galloway had an ominous warning about the Arapaima. If a large, reproductively active one was found, “there is likely more in Florida,” she said. That said that like lionfish, arapaima feeds on commercially important fish, increasing their threat to the economy. State wildlife officials ask anyone who catches or sees an arapaima or other nonnative freshwater fish species in the wild to call the Exotic Species Hotline at 1-888-IVE-GOT1 (1-888-483-4681), report it through the FWC’s I’ve Got 1 App or report it online at I’veGot1.org. The FWC said to make sure to take a photo, if possible, and provide the location, date, and time of the sighting. Non-native fish should be humanely killed and never released alive back into the water. How the dead arapaima got to the Caloosahatchee River remains a mystery. There’s a chance someone had it as a pet and released it into the wild. Or, Constantine suggests, “someone could have brought it here already dead and let it go just to start some (expletive). There’s no telling. We don’t know.”
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Post by brobear on Nov 28, 2022 2:32:43 GMT -5
Just leav'em be. Next time Hollywood decides to film a Tarzan movie in Florida, it might be even more exciting.
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