This morning I walked by 2 smaller ponds in a newer section and both had smaller alligators lounging on the banks. I sure hope the new residents of close homes know to just avoid them.

Awesome photo! How is that trip?San Joaguin National Park, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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A good friend who is head of The Ecology Department at the Federal University in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul in Porte Alegre, Brazil. We have been working for months to update his department with new Apple Equipment and are nearly over the finish line. San Joaguin National Park will be a site for a grassland study to explore the impacts of intensive farming, herbicides, fire and global warming on the native grasslands of Brazil.
I spent quite a bit of time in Florianapolis, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo and smaller cities around southern Brazil. Really beautiful places to travel and many very open and friendly people there. The large ranches, fazendas, are remote and beautiful. Like going back in time! If I was a younger man I would head there to live.Awesome photo! How is that trip?
San Joaguin National Park, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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A good friend who is head of The Ecology Department at the Federal University in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul in Porte Alegre, Brazil. We have been working for months to update his department with new Apple Equipment and are nearly over the finish line. San Joaguin National Park will be a site for a grassland study to explore the impacts of intensive farming, herbicides, fire and global warming on the native grasslands of Brazil.
