Dead. I talked to one of the boat tour guides that has been here the past few days, and he said that a larger crocodile got in a fight with this one and killed it.
Several were found at two locations. This entry represents location #1.
Two were placed in an aquarium with fake foliage to help keep them still.
Spotted on bank of cattle pond and then scurried into the water. No fencing or containment.
Two smalltooth sawfish videoed by graduate student Allyson Demerlis at the Darwin Beach, Virginia Key, Florida.
I ordinarily don't like to photograph deceased animals, but this one was quite interesting, and I didn't see any other iNat sightings of pythons in Palmetto Bay, FL. The last time I recall a media report of a feral python in Palmetto Bay, was almost 10 years ago.
Seen during a Bioblitz organized by Dennis Olle (President of the Miami Blue Chapter of NABA- North American Butterfly Association).
The focus was a pineland recently purchased by EEL (the Environmentally Endangered Lands program) and we were specifically there to document insects. It was pretty windy, around 12 knots out of the northwest, which may have impacted the amount of insects around. It was pretty sunny and temps were around 80-81.
Here is a link to all observations we posted, filtered for arthropods:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.59579645127865&nelng=-80.3923474672977&on=2022-04-09&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=25.585152429006293&swlng=-80.4433899048511&taxon_id=47120
All observations, including plants and other organisms:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=25.59579645127865&nelng=-80.3923474672977&on=2022-04-09&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&swlat=25.585152429006293&swlng=-80.4433899048511
Check out the Miami Blue Chapter's website here: https://miamiblue.org/
Atrapada en el baño de una finca
Another introduced species of croc.
https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/14433
A little easier to see in the videos I took. It was on the turn to get to Research Road.
Amazon River Dolphins or Botos (Inia geoffrensis) Mother and Calf underwater in Flooded Forest, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil
American crocodile resting on the bank of a pond at the old zoo, now part of Crandon Park
Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.
Note: I did report this to the USDA who immediately and safely removed it.
I'm assuming it was an escaped pet, given how cold our winters get. It was approximately 3ft long to the tip of its tail, if I'm remembering correctly.
Geovanny pointed this action out... lots of loud crunching going on here
Found on telephone pole next to a fallen bat box. Temps were in low 50’s and animal was brought to veterinary hospital for examination and rehabilitation.
Viuva-marrom predando uma lacraia
I think the snack was a rainbow scarab. The Anole looked very happy and calm eating the scarab.
Also, it appeared to be shedding some skin. And part of the tail was missing.
It seemed to be smaller than other knight anoles I've seen.
Road kill. Eight-pointer. Other than being dead, seemed in very good health, no visible ticks or indicators of health issues.
Flew off after I got these pictures... probably skewered this poor little anole onto an oak tree branch.
Miami Northwestern Senior High School
This series of shots shows three interactions of inverted flight as the adult dive bombs the young intruder and attempts to grasp talons on the first attack. The last shot shows the successful parent returning to the nest.
Juvenile observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20779166
Adult in pursuit: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20779169