BYW...the only panther I've seen was at the Dreher Park Zoo in W. Palm....Snakes are around but Ive yet to see a rattler or coral....same with scorpions....had one in our office once and in my first apartment....but the worst of all in my opinion is the baseball sized Palmetto bugs.......thats what floridians call them but they are a ROACH!
I'm taking the dog for a walk one morning and I notice a huge area of dried blood on the street. WTF is this I think...Next day my neighbor tells me that the construction guys ran over a huge rattler that had come out of the marsh and gutted it for the meat. Welcome to Jacksonville Florida!:eek:
I can handle all those. We have all of them. Best of all are the Nutria. These are oversides sewer rats which can get up to 65 lbs, most are around 30-40. Anyway, to keep the rats under control, the state offers a $2 reward per tail you bring in. Naturally, you have a lot of rednecks with guns who go out and hunt these things. I have nothing wrong with population control, but I'm not sure if you are supposed to use semi-auto weapons against rats in a residential neighborhood. They're put a good many bullet holes in my windows. All night long you see cops with their guns and flashlights doing laps down the drainage things. If you can handle that......? Thanx guys. I'm going to Miami after the gras to get a place.
I don't think you'll see a Black Panther until it's too late. I think the only dangerous spot is that highway called Alligator Ally. Drove down there once, they have signs warning of Black Panthers and Gators, suggesting to stay in vehicle if it breaks down.
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You guys are joking, right? Alligator alley is a hell of a lot more dangerous for the snakes, gators, and panthers than the people. You could camp out for your entire life in the everglades and never see a native panther. They are all dead except for a questionable population of something below breeding stock req's. The most dangerous thing in Florida imo is a senile driver who runs a red light. That's where you're gonna get taken out. Or perhaps a deranged sugar farmer who was just realized the US Gov't just let a pound of Australian sugar into the country and is looking to kill someone. Florida is one screwed up state.
Why those places. What would you say about each one. And what about Boca Raton for a place to live, and Aventura also. Also, what are the race sensetive places to stay away from. I like the ethnic/culteral mix - warmer.
I hear the Cuban women are cute. Are the Cuban men jealous about them, keep them for themselves only. I don't want to start a fracas when I get there.