Up here north of the Mason Dixon line, I've never had a fear of swimming in my pond. Or I guess I should say, I never felt any threat from whatever kind of creature may exist in a northern pond.
Recently, there's been (2) verified sightings of either crocodiles or alligators in some rivers in Western PA. Some of these were 5'+ long.
For you more southern pond owners where gators/crocs are present, what is your position on people or pets swimming in your ponds?
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
We don’t have gator’s here in Kansas, at least I don’t think we do, but there is a Kansas statute in the books about feeding gators so I made this sign for our pond If nothing else maybe it will keep a poacher away
Yeah, some of these rivers freeze up a bit too. These gator/crocs may have some refuge in some power plant cooling water discharges, or perhaps they're migrating somehow. Conventional wisdom would say these creatures were pet releases, but who knows?
In my neighborhood pond, which catches run-off from the streets, I feel like I'm seeing a Pacu-like fish hitting feed. That would have to be introduced by a human in my opinion and could be very probable. I also have fresh water clams in this pond; how did they get in there??
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
Suspecting he's just talking about freshwater mussels. I've pulled mussels out of my little pond that are 8-10 inches across. Guess that means that water quality is good? No idea how they got there
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
