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REPTILE INVASION Huge 4-foot long lizards that ‘eat just about anything they want’ invading Georgia
the US Sun ^ | 14 May 2020 | Erica Davies

Posted on 05/14/2020 3:42:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Biologists believe the Argentine black and white tegus could endanger food resources for Georgians and even native animal

"Tegus will eat the eggs of ground-nesting birds - including quails and turkeys - and other reptiles," according to the department's website.

The invasive species also eats fruit, vegetables, pet food, and small animals including native species like gopher tortoises.

They multiply fast - the lizards have few predators and females can lay about 35 eggs in a year, the department said.

(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: argentina; georgia; gophertortoises; tegus
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And yes, they will vote democrat.
1 posted on 05/14/2020 3:42:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Make a cool pair of boots.


2 posted on 05/14/2020 3:43:55 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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I thought all lizards and snakes vote Democrat?


3 posted on 05/14/2020 3:44:24 PM PDT by Equine1952
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The murder hornets are not amused by these interlopers!


4 posted on 05/14/2020 3:45:34 PM PDT by cdcdawg ("Americanism, not Globalism, will be our credo." DJT 2016)
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Are they edible?


5 posted on 05/14/2020 3:46:01 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Giant Tegus vs Giant Asian Murder Hornets!

Who needs Godzilla and Mothra!


6 posted on 05/14/2020 3:46:28 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Do the filets taste like chicken?

Start telling folks in China that lizzard balls make men more potent.


7 posted on 05/14/2020 3:46:32 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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indexsh

Here doggy, doggy....

8 posted on 05/14/2020 3:47:29 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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The dinosaur age is returning.


9 posted on 05/14/2020 3:47:56 PM PDT by Brilliant
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“Eats just about anything they want”? Sounds like Governor Stacy . . . Just sayin’.


10 posted on 05/14/2020 3:48:32 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: cdcdawg

They will meet at the Mississippi.


11 posted on 05/14/2020 3:48:34 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Georgia?

Do the lizards answer to the name “Stacey Abrams”?


12 posted on 05/14/2020 3:48:46 PM PDT by newfreep
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And the Grand Nagus is selling tickets!

Well its something he would do!


13 posted on 05/14/2020 3:48:54 PM PDT by Reily
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Hogs will eat them. Hogs eat everything. Got snakes? Get a hog, no more snakes.


14 posted on 05/14/2020 3:49:03 PM PDT by Equine1952
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Giant lizard hunting with suppressed ARs and NVDs, I’m in!


15 posted on 05/14/2020 3:51:22 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: newfreep

The tooth gap may have a purpose?


16 posted on 05/14/2020 3:51:54 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Equine1952

That was exactly my thought. Feral hogs.


17 posted on 05/14/2020 3:53:54 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: RckyRaCoCo

It says 4 foot long not 4 foot wide ,LOL


18 posted on 05/14/2020 3:54:44 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Need a new Cajun Cookbook!


19 posted on 05/14/2020 3:55:47 PM PDT by TexasTransplant ( I am going back to work... permission or not)
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To: Vince Ferrer

I would think pigs think so.


20 posted on 05/14/2020 3:55:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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