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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Basking Invader

The extreme cold snaps we had this past winter killed off a lot of invasive fauna, but not all.

Spotted this guy sunning himself along the New River a few days ago-


He's impressive to look at, but he's also a destructive pest.  He and all his progeny - and there will be progeny - will burrow along the sea wall, eventually causing it to collapse.  They also stink worse than Muscovy ducks, and are associated with spreading salmonella.

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