Water Gardening: Aaaah! Major freakout; snake in my pond!, 1 by bedouin

bedouin wrote:
Where I live I dont believe there are any harmful snakes. Too urban! However, having said that, there is a fox den in our area! Racoons have certainly visited my pond (fished successfully at night) and an ?? Osprey?? sometimes comes to my birdbath to cool down, sitting in it for quite some time. I've yet to identify it correctly.

We are at present having a HUGE problem with these monstrously ugly iguanas, again dumped by irresponsible owners. People are resorting to bee-bee guns etc to try to decrease their booming numbers. They are vegetarians, demolishing gardens especially hibiscus which are their favourites! Their poop is as hard as concrete and stains......

I cant understand why restrictions are not put on the sale of 'exotic pets' which can harm the everglades when they are dumped there due to the owner no longer being able or willing to take care of them. You may have heard of the alligator vs python story: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0h&oq=eve...