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May 13, 2004
BEST PLACE TO BIRDWATCH
Frog Pond Wildlife Management Area
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June 4, 2009
Swamped
Saving the Glades could mean screwing these guys.
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February 27, 2009
Croc Problem To Be Solved With A Role of Tape and Some Magnets
crocodile magnet via Great Russian GiftsThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has come up with a interesting plan to keep Crocodiles out of the waters behind residential communities. They'll be taping magnets to their head. By attaching magnets to each side of their heads some resear ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Letters from the Issue of March 5, 2009
"Let him foolishly make money off of these animals, and we'll mop up the mess when something tragic finally happens."
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December 25, 2008
Hog Huntin' in the Glades
A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.
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August 14, 2008
The Iguana Huntress
Tired of those pesky reptiles? Here's one answer.
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January 3, 2008
Pastor Targets Corruption
Simon Graves wants to dunk crooked pols.
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September 13, 2007
Tigers, Cougars, and More in the Back Yard
Miami's feline fringe is a vanishing breed
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August 23, 2007
A Fish-Stomping Spree
"Somebody stomping on a fish — it doesn't make sense how she would perceive that as abusive"
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December 22, 2005
Piece Out
Like the Messiah, whose birth we celebrate this week, and also Prince, The Bitch would die for you
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May 5, 2005
Miami Gun Rhapsody
Who's packing heat in the Magic City? You don't have to conceal your curiosity a second longer
News
July 29, 2004
Current Events
Who's packing heat in the Magic City? You don't have to conceal your curiosity a second longer
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April 22, 2004
Valet Sharking
No tips for the weary; swan-eating croc irks park
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October 23, 2003
"KILL 'EM"
Loving moments at the World Series
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August 29, 2002
Something From The X-Files
They're calling the Asian snakehead "the Frankenfish"
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May 2, 2002
Letters from the Issue of May 2, 2002
Baseball been very very good to them
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April 11, 2002
Hooked on Death
When clueless tourist meets shameless skipper, it's a good bet there'll be blood on the docks
News
August 23, 2001
Letters to the Editor
From the issue of August 23, 2001
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August 16, 2001
Swimming with the Sharks
An eight-year-old's severed arm and a broker's chewed-off leg aren't enough to convince Florida to ban interactive diving
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June 14, 2001
Slaughter Alley
Big dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them
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August 19, 1999
Snake It Up
Snake Day
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April 17, 2009
As Economy Sinks, Boat Owners Abandon Ship Around Miami -- And We Pick Up the Tab
The rusted prow of a 35-foot boat juts out of the water's edge in Maul Lake, a placid pool just a stone's throw from US-1 and 163rd Street. Its cabin windows are shattered, its hull is tangled with reeds and its roof is streaked with lime green spray paint.via Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
Ship Wrecked
Boat owners drowning in the economy are sinking their ships by the dozens. We're all paying the price.
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April 27, 2009
Memo to Hog Hunters: Don't Hunt While Sick (Not That You Would)
Words such as "Public Health Emergency" and "Global Pandemic" can awaken the dormant hypochondriac in the best of us. So when newspapers started using scary words to describe the swine flu yesterday, it occurred to Riptide that Florida has the second biggest wild hog population in the country. And t ... More >>
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May 13, 2009
Feds Bust Yacht Pimped Out With Endangered Animal Hides, Tusks
Listen up, foreign billionaires who enjoy pimping out your pleasure yachts with the finest in endangered African animal skins: You might want to keep that luxury boat away from Florida.You won't find Acosta's pad decorated like this, apparently.Surrounded by stuffed lions, mounted, roaring tiger hea ... More >>
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July 31, 2008
Killin’ ’Em for Condos
Listen up, foreign billionaires who enjoy pimping out your pleasure yachts with the finest in endangered African animal skins: You might want to keep that luxury boat away from Florida.You won't find Acosta's pad decorated like this, apparently.Surrounded by stuffed lions, mounted, roaring tiger hea ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
Bill Nelson Proposes a Giant Python-Killing Party in the Everglades
In certain times and places in U.S. history, the answer to every political problem was probably "Let's get a bunch of guys with guns together and solve this." Nowadays, this idea seems to be seriously considered only in matters of Middle East diplomacy, but Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is suggesting a ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
Seventeen-Foot Python Caught in Okeechobee
via Florida Fish & Wildlife Here's the giant snake that's on the front page of every local news website, so why not ours too? Slow news day. As part of the insane/awesome new government initiative to kill every Burmese python in the wild, this 17-footer was caught yesterda ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
Glades Invaders
It's too late to stop the pythons. The real question is, what's next?
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September 15, 2009
Scientists Worried Everglades Pythons Could Morph into Hybrid Man-Eating Monsters
Last week, I wrote about a coalition of scientists trying to stop the next dangerous exotic invader from taking over the Everglades. via Wikimedia CommonsAt this point, it's probably just best to run and scream.Dennis Giardina, a botanist who co-chairs the group, took me on a hunt for nile monito ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Hunters Push to Legalize Fishing Once-Endangered Goliath Grouper
scuba diver via flicker ccShhhhhhhh. Listen to that. It's the sound of hundreds of feisty, cow-size fish making sweet, sweet love. Early October is the height of spawning season for goliath grouper, which means the rare floating horndogs are getting busy in Miami waters as we speak. In early fall ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Duck Soup? That Fowl on Your Plate Might Have Been Napped
toshio via flickr ccMary, a straight-talking senior citizen, is the kind of woman who would jump in front of a car to save a family of ducklings. So you can imagine the sense of horror when -- lying in bed one night -- she heard the sound of a mother duck in pain. She snuck outside to investigate ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Miami Gardens residents claim suspicious man swiped their ducks
toshio via flickr ccMary, a straight-talking senior citizen, is the kind of woman who would jump in front of a car to save a family of ducklings. So you can imagine the sense of horror when -- lying in bed one night -- she heard the sound of a mother duck in pain. She snuck outside to investigate ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Hialeah Seafood Smuggler: What Kind of Guy Drives Around With 232 Lobster Tails?
Esox Lucius via Flicker CCOk, so you're cruising north on the Florida Turnpike. The cops pull you over and you're freaking out, man, because you're holding some seriously illicit shit: A cooler full of 232 lobster tails -- 167 of which are undersized. Undersized! Alberto Varea, age 54, of Hialeah ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
Reptiles of Concern: Let's Go Out and Shoot Giant Snakes!
As God as our witness, Florida will not rest until we put a bullet between the eyes of every alien python, anaconda, and monitor lizard in this state. They have taken our pets, they have taken our Everglades, they have taken our alligators, they have even taken our children, and this means war.The F ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
Trapping Migratory Birds is Illegal, Cuban Immigrant Learns
Adrian Acosta Gonzalez Via the Miami-Dade Police DepartmentNot far from Miami International Airport, there's a little pink house where one man lives with 24 pigeons. Adrian Acosta-Gonzalez is a 37-year-old, Cuban-born landscaper with bronze skin and good bone structure. He slides open a bi ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Cuban immigrant caught illegally trapping birds in Homestead thinks strict animal rules are for the birds
Adrian Acosta Gonzalez Via the Miami-Dade Police DepartmentNot far from Miami International Airport, there's a little pink house where one man lives with 24 pigeons. Adrian Acosta-Gonzalez is a 37-year-old, Cuban-born landscaper with bronze skin and good bone structure. He slides open a bi ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Wildlife Cops Bust Man Selling Pythons on Craigslist
Bethany Berg Via Flicker CCThe ad on Craigslist Miami shows a photo of two large black snakes slithering on white carpet. "Ball Pythons for Cheap," the headline reads. "They are very tame and eat one mouse a week." Scroll down a bit and find a "dwarf pastel Colombian redtail boa" for $160. A bit f ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Propeller Seriously Cuts Boy's Arm at Black Point Marina
Horrific boating accident at Blackpoint Marina on June 3A 12-year old boy was still in critical condition Thursday night after a horrific boating accident at Black Point Marina in South Miami-Dade County nearly cost him his arm. Channel 10 identified the boy as Parker Brannon and said he wa ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Motorcycles Collide with Big Rig, Helicopter Comes to the Rescue on Krome Avenue
via CBS4An accident straight out of a Michael Bay movie has temporarily shut down a portion of Krome Avenue in both directions. At least three motorcycles collided with a tractor trailer. Luckily, a nearby helicopter landed near the scene, and a man jumped out of the chopper to administer CPR to ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Have Some Extra Exotic Animals Around Your House? Give Them to Zoo Miami on March 12th
Riptide recently moved, and as with every move came a long hard look at our possessions: what were we taking with, what was being donated somewhere, and what was to be shown the dumpster. Of course, as we understand is normal, we stressed over what to do with our vast private collection of exotic ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
300-Pound Eagle Ray Traps Woman After Jumping on Boat
The celluloid tails of giant sharks jumping on to boats and devouring everything in sight may be works of fiction from movies like Jaws. But occasionally a giant underseas dweller making their presence known above the water line happens. This weekend in the Florida Keys, just off Islamorada, a wo ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Rick Scott Would Be Open to the Idea of Shooting an Alligator to Promote Florida
Rick Scott apparently hates alligators. He hates them so much he's had them skinned and made into his really tacky, gold embossed, custom "governor" boots. He hates them so much that he doesn't want to even be near a live one, unless he had a gun and is shooting at it. Apparently Scott thinks tha ... More >>
News
May 26, 2011
Sharks attack, fishermen and scientists battle
Rick Scott apparently hates alligators. He hates them so much he's had them skinned and made into his really tacky, gold embossed, custom "governor" boots. He hates them so much that he doesn't want to even be near a live one, unless he had a gun and is shooting at it. Apparently Scott thinks tha ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Alcohol Ruled Out as Cause of Sean Kingston Crash as Singer Stabilizes
The cause of the Jet Ski crash that left 21-year-old singer Sean Kingston throwing up blood and in the trauma unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital is still under investigation, but authorities have reportedly ruled out alcohol as the cause of the crash. Meanwhile, Kingston still remains in the inten ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Jimbo's Raided for Unlicensed (But Delicious) Fish
Jimbo's -- the venerable Virginia Key hobo den, petting zoo, and bocce pit -- was recently named one of Esquire's best bars in America. It looks like a Mad Max gang hangout. In a figurative sense, the smoked fish sold there is like an enema. Some people swear by it. The more squeamish, however, ... More >>
News
September 29, 2011
Cops raid Jimbo's over fishy business
Jimbo's -- the venerable Virginia Key hobo den, petting zoo, and bocce pit -- was recently named one of Esquire's best bars in America. It looks like a Mad Max gang hangout. In a figurative sense, the smoked fish sold there is like an enema. Some people swear by it. The more squeamish, however, ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Birthday Cake Eating Bear Terrorizing North Florida
Bears, we will let you get away with a lot. You can paw through our trash. You can sneak into our yards. But when you come into our houses and steal our delicious, frosted, high fat birthday cakes you've simply crossed a line, and it means only one thing: death.
Blogs
November 4, 2011
Here's a List of 3,125 County Employees Who Made Six Figures This Year
Has Carlos Gimenez changed Carlos Alvarez's big-spendin' ways?Let's take a moment to remember back to the distant past. Cue the theremins. The time: Last November. The place: Miami-Dade. The conflict: County residents enraged over the economic free fall are close to recalling Mayor Carlos Alvarez ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Adobo Wild Boar, Lionfish Tacos, and Snakehead Stew: Five Edible South Florida Invasive Species
Florida Agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam went on television this past weekend to warn that the giant African land snail can carry meningitis. If you eat it, that is. Who in hell would consider eating a slimy snail the size of a Chihuahua? Plenty of people, it turns out.The snail grows up to e ... More >>
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