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As soon as someone releases their pet tigers into the Florida wilds we'll be safe.

Then you need cane toads to "manage" the crocs :)

Think you need to see this:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_...

Reliance on crocodilians may not turn out the way one hoped

I'm pretty sure neither of those animals live in Florida. We definitely have alligators, I'm not so sure about crocodiles.

Actually the southern half of Florida does have some Crocodiles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile

Ran into one when I was a kid and well I have a very firm imprint that they in fact do live there.

Well, we do have the American Crocodile[0] whose ranges includes southern Florida. Florida also has Caimans[1], but those are invasive.

[0] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile

[1] - http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/american-crocodile...

The American crocodile is mostly found in Central America and the Caribbean, but also exists in the Everglades. I'm pretty sure it is an endangered species.