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OT - What lurks in Lake Osceola?

Snook also live in brackish water and can survive in fresh water. In murky water they can easily be confused for barracuda.
 
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Lots of saltwater species will swim upstream into brackish water but barracuda aren't one of them. Snook and tarpon are commonly found in fresh or brackish water and bull sharks have been known to swim miles upstream into fresh water. Manatees will also come further inshore in the winter time when the water temperatures in deeper water drop too cold.
 
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TheMatador said:
Surprising given her low center of gravity.
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Not really....A matter of fact, here's the Pic...What they thought was Nessie, was actually Shalala's leg and foot...
 
GojiraCane said:
When I was at Miami in the early 90s I recall that the lake had a colony of barracudas, and once had a manatee that somehow made its way up to the bridge near the student center. The shore of the lake was infested with seemingly unfriendly, diahretic ducks and the occasional snake.

In Perry’s recent social media post he had a shot of the lake, and apparently there are now alligators there. Is there an alligator population in the lake now? The water was supposed to be brackish...can gators live in it? And if so, don’t they pose some risk to the students?

What else is living in Osceola? I’ve heard in the past that Florida crocodiles had been found there. Have Bull sharks ever been seen?

Just curious.
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You need to stop using mushrooms.

Lake Osceola devoid of any meaningful wildlife. It's a borrow pit.
 
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GojiraCane said:
When I was at Miami in the early 90s I recall that the lake had a colony of barracudas, and once had a manatee that somehow made its way up to the bridge near the student center. The shore of the lake was infested with seemingly unfriendly, diahretic ducks and the occasional snake.

In Perry’s recent social media post he had a shot of the lake, and apparently there are now alligators there. Is there an alligator population in the lake now? The water was supposed to be brackish...can gators live in it? And if so, don’t they pose some risk to the students?

What else is living in Osceola? I’ve heard in the past that Florida crocodiles had been found there. Have Bull sharks ever been seen?

Just curious.
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I dunno. Go take a swim and tell us
 
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DTP said:
Lots of saltwater species will swim upstream into brackish water but barracuda aren't one of them. Snook and tarpon are commonly found in fresh or brackish water and bull sharks have been known to swim miles upstream into fresh water. Manatees will also come further inshore in the winter time when the water temperatures in deeper water drop too cold.
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That might have been tarpon or gar that I was observing. It was near the music building, where the path was elevated above the lake.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
Both sides of Lake Osceola (by the Towers and by the Business School) are canals that go through pipes (under certain bridges), so whatever lives in the lake tends to come from what students set free in the lake. We had gators back in the late 80s (someone would buy a baby alligator in August, keep it in a fishbowl, and then release it when they moved out in May).

Occasionally, I would see the school hire someone to trap the gators, once they grew to a size that would freak out some of the students. I also wandered by one day when a bunch of football players had been pressed into service to lift a manatee out of the canal and onto the back of a truck, so that it could be relocated. Some animals come through the canals/pipes, and then grow to a size where they can't get back out.

No barracudas, though. Gar, yes. They look similar.
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I saw a big gator in 2007 or 2008 in front of the old Rat.
 
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