Florida is a nice place to visit, but it has too much going on for me to ever stay there.
Case in point.
At least two Nile crocodiles native to Africa have been found living in the wild in Florida — with more possibly lurking — where they pose a threat to the already fragile Everglades ecosystem and could cause serious injury to people.
How the Nile crocodiles arrived in Florida is not clear.
“They didn’t swim from Africa,” University of Florida herpetologist Kenneth Krysko said. “But we really don’t know how they got into the wild.”
The Nile crocodile, which lives mostly in the eastern half of Africa and reaches lengths of up to 20 feet, is a much larger and more aggressive creature than Florida’s native species: the American crocodile.
The invasive croc is known to prey upon a large range of animals, including cattle and humans. Nile crocodiles fatally attacked 354 people between 2010 and 2014.
The crazy thing is they fear African Croc might have relations with the American Croc and produce a new mutant crocodile.
Be afraid Florida, be very afraid.