Most charismatic megafauna?
Which animal would you
rank as most exciting
to see in the wild?
a. squirrel
b. panther
c. deer
d. eagle
e. bear
f. python
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Permalink Reply by Swamp Hunter on
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They set up a feeder to attract the deer. I would drive by and see many deer around the feeder at night. For many years this was not a problem until the arrival of the Texas Cougars. The Panthers that survived did so by avoiding humans.This new breed of cat was not afraid of humans or fences.
I would imagine they removed the feeder but continued to have a problem but Im just guessing. All I know is they had a feeder for many years that attracted the deer in the area, Those are all dead deer now with only the wisest surviving.
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Permalink Reply by Robert Sobczak on
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Interesting. Sounds like a slow motion set up, but also, too, the deer are holding on north of the trail. It's a different type of terrain to the south which may explain it. I wonder if ENP has had a similar decline. It's area matches more closely the landscape south of Pinecrest.
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Yes I am a little surprised the deer north of the Trail seem to be doing well considering that wild hogs were 40 percent of a Panthers diet. I think a Panther has a hard time ambushing a group of does on the open prairie. Too many eyes. And the deer are not stranded on islands during high water periods. The ENP has a serious Python problem. I dont know the condition of the deer herd.
I think the panthers will be able to eat gators and maybe stranded fish if the other food is scarce. There was a Florida Panther living in Shark Valley that fed exclusively on gators until he died of mercury poisoning. I read the very interesting story. This was before the introduction of the Texas cats.
I think eating hogs comes naturally to the Texas cats. My friend had pigs in the BCNP and a Panther came in at nite and ate one piglet at a time until they were all gone. He thinks they follow a sow and eat one piglet at a time and then eat the sow..This seems to back up my theory of the mother teaching her young how to hunt pigs into "extinction"..
But nobody cared about the wild hogs. Nobody seemed to care until we all signed a petition at the check station titled "Where are all the Animals?"
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Was down on Loop Road today. At one of the Tamiami Bridges I saw where froggers discarded biological remains of a good 400 frogs, plus or minus. It was pretty grotesque. I am assuming they got them from 3A and didn't want to leave the remains at the airboat launch.
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I dont know the legal limit in 3A and it looks grotesque but it may be all gone by tommorrow. Gators, turtles, and fish will eat it. I think its best to recycle instead of taking it home where it ends up at the city dump. But maybe they should have scattered it a bit instead of so much all in one place at a possible fishing spot or at least walk out a ways with it..
I dont toss anything in the canal anymore. I think its best to leave it out on an open praire so the buzzards can feast on it. They do a great job of cleaning up and I believe in recycling. I dont think the buzzards will get much out of the water unless its a large carcass. If the buzzards could have reached it, there would be nothing left in short time.
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The most disgusting thing I see over the years is at the culverts and fishing locations along the Trail or Loop Rd. Stop at any of those fishing spots and you will find discarded bait buckets, plastic bags, cans and food containers.
Maybe posting some disgusting pictures would help nudge the fishermen to clean up their act but then again maybe not because most of the fisherman come from Miami and many of them have the mindset to throw food containers out the window anywhere.
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That's a good idea. Stay tuned ...
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My friend Eddie does a good job of cleaning up but his funds are limited. He posts in Facebook under Everglades Cleanup Coalition. http://www.facebook.com/EvergladesCleanupCoalition
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Interesting link!
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I met Eddie working at Bear Island last year. The entire inside and roof of his car was loaded with trash he picked up and he asked if he could use my dumpster. He seemed to be dedicated and determined to cleaning up the Everglades and that cant be a bad thing. He even volunteered to help me clean up my work area. Im just looking over his site now. I havent seen him since and I hope hes allright. It sounds as if he is having problems.
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That's a shame -- he sounds like a good guy. It does sound like a worthwhile project, and one that could motivate others, so hopefully he or others can keep it going.
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