Trapper Todd Hardwick and his Pesky Critters team recently rescued 21 baby crocodiles that were trapped in the filter of a residential swimming pool in Miami-Dade County.
The rescue, which took place under the watchful eye of the mother crocodile, who was about 15 feet away in a nearby canal, was successfully carried out without any setbacks, the company noted on Facebook.
The offspring, which had originally been laid in a nest created by their mother at the base of a statue in the garden of the residence, instinctively made their way toward the nearby pool after hatching.
However, their journey ended in the pool filter, where they became trapped. Hardwick carefully removed them one by one, ensuring that they came out unharmed.
After the rescue, the pups were weighed, measured, and tagged for monitoring before being returned to their mother.
This incident serves as an important reminder for residents of Florida about the need to always check their pools before use, especially in areas where wildlife coexists closely with residential zones.
Last May, Martin Brenner, a resident of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, never imagined—even in his worst nightmares—facing a three-meter (10-foot) alligator in the pool of his home, but that was exactly what happened.
The unusual aspect, according to the owner of the home located in the Venetian Bay community, was the surprising way it entered: “It didn’t tear anything or cause any damage; it simply pushed aside the piece of protective mesh,” reported News 6.
In 2023, Wildlife Protection agents captured a massive American crocodile that was lounging in the backyard pool of a house in the Florida Keys.
According to the authorities, the owner of a home in Plantation contacted them around 2:00 AM on Sunday to report that there was a peculiar swimmer in the pool at his house.
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