Residents who live near Highland Oaks Park in northern Miami-Dade shared a lake at the center of the park and the surrounding area for years with two American crocodiles — long believed by some homeowners to be a mated pair.
On Monday, authorities hauled one of the scaly reptiles away after it got a bit too close to nearby homes.
During the early morning hours, one of the two crocodiles, a female, wandered toward a resident’s doorstep. It was the second time in recent weeks that one of the creatures came close to a home. Neighbors reported that a man, pedaling his bicycle on a darkened sidewalk, rode over the animal’s tail…