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Originally Posted by Jay H 237
Being next to a body of water in Florida you'll find lots of "visitors"!
My grandfather's house borders two canals in Cape Coral and I've seen so many different things crawling or scurrying around there it was unbelievable. The small lizards aren't bad and are fun to play with but watch out for the palmettos and other water bugs. I'd rather deal with the deer in my backyard every morning. I've never seen any alligators in the canals there although I have seen them on the sides of the road like in Nahalita's pic.
And be careful when walking through the grass barefoot. 
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Yeah, I remember visiting Florida when I was a little kid (visiting my grandparents), and I was always spending hours and hours trying to catch the lizards that like to lay out in the sun. I was never able to catch one (I was only 7)! I also remember seeing all sorts of cool birds, with really beautiful and unique plumage. One of the great things about moving to Florida is that I will have a chance to become familiar with an ecosystem entirely different from my own (I am a nature nerd, and my other interest has always been environmental science). Although those alligators still scare me!
Actually, the other night I was watching Animal Planet, and I was watching that show with Steve Irwin in it (Alligator Hunters Diaries or something like that), and I found it so interesting. In that particular episode, one of Steve's favorite alligators died, and even though it was really sad, I couldn't help but chuckle when Steve Irwin sat there crying and said, "I loved her [the alligator] like I love my wife."
Now, can anyone tell me if there are really big spiders in Florida? It's so embarrassing, but I literally scream every time I see one...