On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:54:37 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:56:22 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

wrote:

Here in Florida, I just tolerate them. I made a rack for my trash cans
that keeps them from turning them over and they have not been able to
get the tops off in the rack.

Fortunately, the coyotes, mountain lions, and the odd wolf keeps them sorted
out around here. I did find a small, dead racoon on the lawn one morning
that was a little worse for the wear, so maybe the eagles get into the act
too. It's not widely advertised but eagles and ospreys do fumble sometimes.
I've found fish on the lawn too.



Gators like them around here but we still have plenty of raccoons.
There is enough wild area around here to provide natural habitat.
When I put my wildlife cam out, I see more cats, armadillos and
possums than raccoons.

I would give a cat a swimming lesson before I would bother the
natives.

I saw these in Broward County: Walking Catfish

'...ability to breath air and make short overland movements by pulling
themselves along with their pectoral fins much like an infantry-man
scooting under barbed wire..."

http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/freshwater/nonnatives/walking-catfish/

Damndest thing I ever saw, all over a parking lot. Cars running over
them. It was in a heavy rain.