Tegu found in the wild - Florida

Tegus will be next on the list. :mad:

http://www.justnews.com/news/23499587/detail.html

Here they go again

Florida should really start an "exotic for cash" program like with guns. They didn't even mention that it could have...*gasp* escaped!

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The tegu is known to go inside gopher-tortoise burrows and dig out mice and tortoise eggs. They are omnivorous and have a taste for native plants and small rodents, which are food for Florida snakes and raptors.

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I'll bet they would find a nest of Burmese Python eggs tasty as well, but they won't ever say that...

Well if they do take action, lets hope it's quick and they don't ignore it like they did with the Burmese. Then it won't turn into a huge deal.

Thats not good for the tegu. I plane on getting 1 i guess i gotta heary up and do so.

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Originally Posted by jfreels

Florida should really start an "exotic for cash" program like with guns. They didn't even mention that it could have...*gasp* escaped!

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we already have a amnesty day several times a year.

Good to know.