17 less Cuban Anoles from UCF

     This kind of blurry action picture is two of my baby Box Turltes attacking a baby Cuban Anole. Of the 17 Cuban Anoles (Anolis sagrei) I caught on Friday 10/14/11, two were babies and fed to my four Box Turtles. The other 15 will be fed to my Florida Snapping Turtle. Yes this is how I spend my Friday night, hunting exotic invasive species.

My new Cuban Anole eating machine

           This Florida Snapping Turtle spent all day Tuesday with me. It came to work with me, went to a UCF Eco-Advocates meeting with me, then in the evening a Florida Native Plants meeting. It behaved so sweetly the whole day. It spent hours with its head in my arm sleeping through the meetings.
     I tell people, "Don't be decieved, when this thing eats its not pretty." Tonight (Wednesday) I fed it six Cuban Anoles and one dead Finch from the animal hospital I volunteer at.
    Note in this picture this Florida Snapping Turtle is very swollen. I cured this water retention, a skin infection it had and a bad smell too. It is doing much better now.