Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Croc Update (Magnet Edition)

Get lost! State hopes to thwart crocodiles' homing instinct with magnets : State News : TCPalm: "Magnets taped to the heads of captured crocodiles could keep them from returning to South Florida neighborhoods where they're not wanted, state wildlife officials said Monday.

State biologists are studying the temporary use of magnets to disrupt the internal navigation of federally and state-protected American crocodiles, which have been spotted most often in neighborhoods of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties."

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