If you could only train them to do something useful. But they prefer to lounge around all day.
Posted on 01/30/2022 11:01:09 AM PST by nickcarraway
Below-freezing temperatures expected in Florida this weekend
While freezing temperatures bring most places white specks, the same weather brings Florida green scales.
Falling iguanas are expected to accompany the coldest weather the state has felt since 2018 this weekend.
That’s right. Overnight and early morning lows aren’t the only thing projected to plummet in Florida come Saturday and Sunday. Because they are cold-blooded reptiles, iguanas are known to become immobile and drop when cold weather below 40 degrees comes around in South Florida.
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Taste just like chicken!
That’s what I’ve heard. Saw a guy on youtube who had iguana recipes, some of which looked really good..
Too late to dream of a green Christmas!
This is a HUGE opportunity to eradicate an invasive species!
Isn’t that a good thing? And for the snakes, as well?
When I lived in FL, I absolutely loved these adorable creatures, and so did my husband. Long time ago, but as I recall, we put out some kind of food for them.
Just like Nancy Pelosi after a vodka and ice cream.
This story doesn’t surprise me in the least. Back in 1998 Al Gore predicted that Climate Change would cause iguanas to fall from trees.
Squirrels are cute too, but the amount of damage they did to my house...
Some dummy released a bunch of eastern red squirrels on Vancouver Island, and they are killing off and driving out the indigenous grey squirrels. They are also raiding songbird nests and reducing that population.
I am not the least bit fond of invasive species. Think starlings.
Stoke up the cook stoves. Tastes like ‘gator.
Mmmmmmmmmm barbecued Iguana.
If you could only train them to do something useful. But they prefer to lounge around all day.
“Just like Nancy Pelosi after a vodka and ice cream”.
Lol I bet she loves vodka floats. 80% vodka, 20% ice cream.
I remember Andrew Zimmern ate some iguana, it was the only thing, other than the buried chicken egg, that I saw he didn’t like. He said it was the most awful thing he had ever eaten.
Unless I’m thinking of Anthony Bourdain...
Terrible news. Who knew? We ARE running short of birds. Our squirrels are nice grey ones, or at least those are the ones I’m feeding. At our 2-block long wooded apartment complex, we are not allowed to have bird houses because some stupid little old lady complained about their waking her up too early. Not allowed to feed squirrels either, but I live uphill on the edge of the property and no-one comes up here. Put nuts out after dark under a big tree, pick up shells in the morning.
BTW, Vancouver Island is my idea of heaven. When I lived on Bainbridge Island, I’d go up several times a year, stay for a weekend, eat yummy food, go to really interesting art exhibits, and enjoy Butchart Gardens. Took my fave picture of my daughter there. She’s a wonderful gardener too. Mad at squirrels for stealing food from bird feeders. One day she found a deer steeling too. Wildlife gotta be wild.
Raining Iguanas sounds like great material for a cartoonist or even a comedy show. Like, what’s the best umbrella for Iguanas? Does car insurance cover “Iguana Damage”?
Is there are local holiday treat like a Turducken, but using an Alligator stuffed with an Anaconda, stuffed with a Nutria, stuffed with an Iquana? On a bed of Kudzu? Cajun style?
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