Man-Eating African Nile Crocodiles Have Been Found In Florida Florida really is the weirdest stat e in America according to CNN News : A team of scientists has identified three reptiles captured near Miami as Nile crocodiles, a species native to Africa. Through DNA testing, scientists from the University of Florida were able to confirm that the reptiles captured in the wild from 2009, 2011 and 2014 were Nile crocodiles, the second-largest extant reptile species in the world. The findings were published in the journal of Herpetological Conservation and Biology in April. The study could mean that more of these man-eating creatures are lingering in the Sunshine State. “The odds that the few of us who study Florida reptiles have found all of the Nile crocs out there is probably unlikely,” Kenneth Krysko, herpetology collections manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida, said in a statement. “We know that they can survive in the Florida wilderness for numerous years, we know that they grow quickly here and we know their behavior in their native range, and there is no reason to suggest that would change here in Florida.” Welcome to Florida, folks!!!
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Welcome To Florida: Man-Eating African Nile Crocodiles Have Been Found In The Sunshine State
