RE: NANFA-L-- OT: Exotic Everglades Predators

Drummond Howard (drummondhoward at hotmail.com)
Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:47:27 +0000

Add one more to "The Hazards of Collecting Native Fishes in South Florida"
Anything that can "almost" eat a 6 foot alligator whole is something to be
respected.

Drummond Howard
Gaithersburg, Maryland

>From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover at erdc.usace.army.mil>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l at nanfa.org
>To: <nanfa-l at nanfa.org>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- OT: Exotic Everglades Predators
>Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:24:11 -0500
>
>This does not involve native fishes directly but is an impressive
>demonstration of the problems exotic species pose to native species in
>south
>Florida.
>A 13-ft Burmese python died after swallowing a 6-ft alligator.
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4313978.stm
>This is the fifth KNOWN clash between these two species.
>
>- Jan Hoover
> Vicksburg, MS
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