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Re: Damage control
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Reply to: #952750 by Three FLAmigo's
Oct 18, 2017 2:05pm
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I boxed for years in Florida and never came across any scary critters. Guess I got lucky? Then again they tend to steer clear from activity.
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Reply to: #952758 by Eidolon
Oct 18, 2017 3:22pm
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The majority of our North American alligators do inhabit Florida and Louisiana but can also be found in Texas, the North and South Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama.

Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma too, if you are making a list.

Don't forget NY, this happened in my home town this summer.
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Reply to: #952751 by Public Hand
Oct 18, 2017 6:06pm
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[...] and had the bejeezus scared out of me by a manatee.

Manatees stay in the water. How close were you that a manatee snuck up?

To follow up on the thread in general, the only venomous snakes we have in Utah are rattlesnakes. As much as I've been up in the foothills and mountains, I'm surprised that I've seen only one live one (and one dead one) in the wild. I've also been blessed to have encountered no ticks (that I know of).
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Reply to: #952750 by Three FLAmigo's
Oct 19, 2017 3:18am
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Yes please! Go boxing in Florida. I have a couple of boxes there that like being found.

That said, I've been researching boxes in the Phoenix area lately and virtually every clue ends with a warning that goes something like this: "this is a desert look out for creepy crawly bitey things and some that even slither". Now all I gotta do is remember what a saguaro is (yeah, that can hurt too) and what the heck a palo verde tree looks like.
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Reply to: #952774 by BBStacker
Oct 19, 2017 5:51am
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". Now all I gotta do is remember what a saguaro is (yeah, that can hurt too) and what the heck a palo verde tree looks like.

Palo Verde is easy. The bark is green.
As for saguaros they kinda stand out. It’s the ocatillo and prickly pear chollas and mesquites and iron wood. Maybe you need a tree and cactus book.

And definitely watch out for things that poke bite or sting. Saguaros don’t make a good brace when trying to get back up from rehiding the box or stamping in.
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Reply to: #952768 by Oberon_Kenobi
Oct 19, 2017 7:38am
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How close were you that a manatee snuck up

The box that I was after was in a birds nest up and out over the water.....I was on my tip toes....reaching as hard as I could when the water gurgled......I screamed and threw myself backwards only to look over and see the manatee.......I told it "you scared the SH** out of me!" but all it did was......gurgle.....
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Reply to: #952750 by Three FLAmigo's
Oct 19, 2017 7:54am
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Hazards can be anywhere! For those afraid of nature they can stick to indoor boxes.
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Reply to: #952777 by Baqash
Oct 19, 2017 7:59am
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Maybe you need a tree and cactus book.

Yup!

Saguaros don’t make a good brace when trying to get back up from rehiding the box or stamping in.

Experience talking?
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Reply to: #952787 by KatieKat
Oct 19, 2017 8:40am
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Reply to: #952750 by Three FLAmigo's
Oct 19, 2017 12:37pm
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I would love to box in Florida. I would definitely carry a big stick (and maybe a slow-than-me dog or fellow boxer), but I would love to go to Florida. Hopefully we will be down that way within the next couple of years.
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Reply to: #952752 by Rocklun
Oct 19, 2017 7:05pm
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I've had fire ants from boxing in FL, and I've had a FABULOUS case of contact dermatitis that lasted for over a week from some something I was digging in to get part of a series we weren't sure was all there.

I'd probably do it again. Ok, I have done it, and I dragged a new boxer into doing it, too.
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Reply to: #952816 by estella_naparella
Oct 20, 2017 6:03am
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Fire ants... They ruin letterboxing when they build over the box... Or even in the box :P

I've heard they are as far north as Indiana now... :(

Darn invasive species.
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Reply to: #952831 by photopam
Oct 20, 2017 3:33pm
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That's not good news for us!