Florida now has a capybara problem

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7. Maybe that is why Florida alligators are now climbing trees!

Between the invasive species of big snakes and capybaras, it is no longer safe in the waters of Florida for gators so they are climbing trees for safety.

Alligators can climb trees now
Posted By Colin Wolf on Thu, Jul 7, 2016
A Cape Coral resident is claiming he spotted an alligator sleeping on a tree branch, which, if true, suggests that alligators can climb trees now.

Damn.

“Saw something in a tree, at first I thought maybe it was a lizard,” said Ronald Saracino to WINK News. “The more I looked at it, the more I thought it was actually probably a 5-foot gator.”

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FWC officials have confirmed to the station that the photo is in fact of a gator, based on the position that the animal is resting and the size of the body in relation to the head.
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/07/07/alligators-can-climb-trees-now

Video which includes a photo of the treed gator at link: http://www.winknews.com/2016/07/06/spotted-in-cape-coral-an-alligator-in-a-tree/