Florida Frost taking care of invasive exotics problem?

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krichardson;3784717; said:
Why not save them?
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They eat native toads,frogs ,ringneck snakes and other native small snakes.

They are clever toads . I imagine most eat cat food people leave out in yard . At least around here they do.

IMO cane and Cuban tree's are the only non native that can take a toll on natives .
BOTH are here to stay and funny enough survived the brutal cold while in my yard natives did not.
 
Yeah, re: the cichlids I'm guessing the pbass were the issue (being "game" fish). It's possible there's issues with the others though; I seem to recall reading that it's illegal to own living tilapia because they're considered a pest species, it may be the same with other invasives.
 
CTU2fan;3785683; said:
Yeah, re: the cichlids I'm guessing the pbass were the issue (being "game" fish). It's possible there's issues with the others though; I seem to recall reading that it's illegal to own living tilapia because they're considered a pest species, it may be the same with other invasives.
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From the massive die off others in Miami have seen I wonder how many cichlids are left.

I havent seen anything (only PB) but very deep canals by work however 100% barren other than mosquito fish.

Have you seen dead herps or fish by you?

Thankfully its over.
 
Kogo;3780674; said:
it is very cold (relative to the area) down here and we are seeing fish kills on a larger scale than anything in the last 20 years. Exotics for sure are dying off in mass numbers and the fish farms are in big trouble. But it has been cold for so long that even some native species are in trouble.
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That was my concern. Cutting down the population of non-native exotics is definitely a good thing, but I wouldn't think the native species (for the most part) would be immune to it being so cold for so long.

You say the fish kills are the worst in 20 years, I don't think South Florida has seen anything like this for longer then that. My main concern is for the marine mammals for this could spell disaster for even warm blooded animals.
 
Louie;3785653; said:
lol $1.50 ?

More like $25 each

http://www.gherp.com/amphibians.htm
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Yeah right......If you like holding onto them for years before someone ignorant enough drops the money on them.........Now anything bigger than a softball is actually worth something.........But I can count on my hand how many Cane Toads that big, or bigger I've caught, and we average around 200 a night when we go collecting...........I prefer to buy the ones from Surinam, seeing that the average is three times bigger than any South Florida Cane Toad........
 
probably killed a large amount but they won't say there money horse is the bill S373 so you'll hear how they maintained homeostasis and survived miraculously. It's a shame when no one can be honest anymore for fear of losing money for themselves and keeping up lies to hurt others for personal financial benefits. America use to be a good country

mr.reef24
 
EricIvins;3785351; said:
Because they're vile, invasive creatures that only cause problems.......Though there was a $1.50 to be made on those Cane Toads.......
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wat do u mean??

i can make money off cane toads lol??

if it pays for college, ill do it xD

i onlyl see like 20+ whenever i go out at night when its warm, sometimes there as big as my hand, i always rid of them



oh, and i found a dead brown anole under a brick as well as a greenhouse frog, these invasives just cant stand this temp

i just hope enough are rid of that we can do the rest

not that thats ever gonna happen >_<
 
I must be the only person that likes cane toads. But then again they can not live up here where I live.

I have been trying to get some up here for months. I need to make a trip to flordia.

Are you allowed to take invasive species out of the state?
 
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