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Reptile Toilet Trouble, Lobster Love, Scurrying For Scallops: FL News
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FLORIDA — Florida's various wild critters, both living and extinct, made the top news this week as a woman finds a third iguana in her toilet, the annual scallop harvesting season opens, a little boy in need of a dinosaur calls the Orange County Sheriff's Office for help, more than 1,000 giant African snails invade a Florida city, Red Lobster employees rescue a rare orange lobster from the pot of boiling water and snake hunters find a whole nest of Burmese pythons including eggs and hatchlings in South Florida.
See these stories and more on this week's Florida Patch sites.
- Scallop Harvesting Season Opens Friday In Pasco County
- ‘Look Before You Sit’: Third Iguana Found In FL Toilet Within A Year
- Dalí Museum Expansion: St. Pete City Council Approves Lease Amendment
- 6-Month-Old Baby Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash In Pasco County
- Homeless Man Killed In Dispute Over Rights To Abandoned Home: Police
- Showdown In Tampa Takes Place Between Groups For, Against DeSantis
- Tampa Photo Exhibit Presents World Through Eyes Of Disadvantaged Kids
- 7 People Collapse In Tampa After Taking Drug Containing Fentanyl
- Red Lobster Workers Save Rare Orange Lobster From Being Dinner
- St. Pete Pier Named A Top Urban Design Project In Americas: City
- FL Boy Needing Dinosaur Calls 911 For Help: Orange County Sheriff
- 2 Burmese Pythons, Eggs, Hatchlings Found In South FL Preserve: FWC
- Listeria Found In Samples From Big Olaf’s Sarasota Processing Facility
- 3 Florida Pizzerias Are 2022's Best, Italian Pizza Experts Say
- 6-Month-Old Baby Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash In Pasco County
- Cruelty Charges Against Pet-Sitter Prompt Officials To Issue Warning
- Valspar Championship PGA Tour Generates $1.7M For Nearly 70 Charities
- Coast Guard's Busiest Air Station In U.S. Under New Commanding Officer
- 1,000 Giant Snails Invade FL City, Dogs Used To Sniff Them Out
- How Should St. Pete Redevelop Tropicana Field Site, Mayor Welch Asks
- Rifle Pulled On Lawn Service Worker For Blocking Driveway: Police
- Toddler Dies In Hot Car In Florida Outside Parents' Work: Reports
- FL Agency Refused To Pay For COVID Tests Ordered In Pandemic: Lawsuit
- Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Surging In FL; AG Says Worst Is Yet To Come
- FL Man Gored In Spain’s Running Of The Bulls
- The Boss Is Back; Springsteen Makes Tampa 1st Stop On 2023 Tour
- Big Olaf Voluntarily Recalls Ice Cream After Listeria Outbreak: Report
- Man Shoots Himself In Plant City Emergency Room: Police
- Lightning Strikes Too Close For Comfort For Hillsborough Deputy
- 12-Year-Old Wimauma Girl Critically Injured In Crash Arrives In Tampa
- World’s 50 Greatest Places: FL City Makes Time Magazine List For 2022
- New Lifetime Movie, ‘Nightmare PTA Moms,’ Filmed Scene At Sundial
- 26 Hospitals In Florida Among America’s Best: Money
- FL Rep. Gaetz Was At Trump Meeting To Overturn Election: Jan. 6 Panel
- Man Dressed As ‘Spider-Man’ Robbed Woman In South FL
- Deadliest Areas For Pedestrians: Tampa Bay Area Ranks High In U.S.
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