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Florida python swallows a whitetail deer!
Python in Everglades swallows 76-pound deer Largest intact prey ever found in python in Florida An adult deer was found intact inside a huge Burmese python Thursday, after the snake was captured and killed in the Everglades. Contractors for the South Florida Water Management District encountered the python on a tree island in western Miami-Dade […]
3 Florida panthers die in early 2012, after 24 deaths, 32 births documented in 2011
For immediate release: January 12, 2012 Media contact: Carli Segelson, 561-625-5122 3 Florida panthers die in early 2012, after 24 deaths, 32 births documented in 2011 Florida panthers are off to a rough start in 2012, with three deaths documented by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Last year, 24 Florida panther deaths […]
Manatees concentrated in Lee, Collier counties; area boaters cautioned
For immediate release: January 5, 2012 Lee County contact: Gary Morse, 863-227-3830 Collier County contact: Carli Segelson, 772-215-9459 Manatees concentrated in Lee, Collier counties; area boaters cautioned Recent cold fronts have very high numbers of manatees concentrated in warm-water refuges in the Orange River, Faka Union Canal and in other inshore areas of Lee and […]
How NOT to sight in your expensive new deer rifle!
BELIEVE IT… OR NOT! “How NOT to sight in your expensive new deer rifle!” Allegedly this rookie hunter attempted to sight in his new rifle with a bore sighter… and didn’t know you have to remove it before firing a practice shot! Is it real? You decide! Sighting in your expensive new deer rifle 1. […]