It's raining Iguanas here!!......
It rains iguanas at Bill Baggs park
Posted on Thu, Jan. 03,
By TIM CHAPMAN
The extreme cold weather in South Florida had an effect on most of the cold-blooded reptiles.
When the temperature falls below a certain level, the large green lizards drop out of the trees and litter the ground.[:0]
They aren't dead. At least a lot of them aren't. It is as if they are in suspended animation, said Robert Yero, park manager at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne.
It was raining iguanas at Bill Baggs Thursday morning.[:0][:D] There were a couple underneath buttonwood trees and a third beneath a sea grape. All were about 30 yards from the beach, in the coastal hammock.
''We have found dozens on the bike path after a major cold snap,'' said Yero. ``When they warm up in the sun, they come back to life.''
Yero isn't too fond of the comatose critters. They are exotics from Central and South America, brought in as pets and then released to the wilds by their owners when they got too big for the house.
They munch on the foliage, literally nipping in the bud efforts to revive native vegetation.
''They really are taking over,'' Yero said
Posted on Thu, Jan. 03,
By TIM CHAPMAN
The extreme cold weather in South Florida had an effect on most of the cold-blooded reptiles.
When the temperature falls below a certain level, the large green lizards drop out of the trees and litter the ground.[:0]
They aren't dead. At least a lot of them aren't. It is as if they are in suspended animation, said Robert Yero, park manager at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne.
It was raining iguanas at Bill Baggs Thursday morning.[:0][:D] There were a couple underneath buttonwood trees and a third beneath a sea grape. All were about 30 yards from the beach, in the coastal hammock.
''We have found dozens on the bike path after a major cold snap,'' said Yero. ``When they warm up in the sun, they come back to life.''
Yero isn't too fond of the comatose critters. They are exotics from Central and South America, brought in as pets and then released to the wilds by their owners when they got too big for the house.
They munch on the foliage, literally nipping in the bud efforts to revive native vegetation.
''They really are taking over,'' Yero said
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quote:It's raining Iguanas here!!......
I hate when that happens![:(]0 -
quote:They are exotics from Central and South America, brought in as pets and then released to the wilds by their owners when they got too big for the house.
So when it gets that cold why don't they pick them up off the ground and dispose of as many as possible?0 -
quote:Originally posted by dakotashooter2
quote:They are exotics from Central and South America, brought in as pets and then released to the wilds by their owners when they got too big for the house.
So when it gets that cold why don't they pick them up off the ground and dispose of as many as possible?
+1 introduced injurious wildlife.0 -
I had an iguana I picked up from the local pet store for 20$ she was about 6 inches long and tossed her in to a 75 gallon fish tank, had the heating lights and pad all set up.In about two yrs she out grew the tank and it cost me a small fortune in energy costs, so I gave free range of the apartment and one day came home and found her dead (I thought) thru her in a bag and set her near the front door to dispose of her the next day.Woke up the next morning and the bag was torn to shreds, took me two days to find her behind the water heater alive and hungry by the way, she only pooped on the news papers in the bathroom, if the door was closed she would claw at it, and she came when I whistled![:D] 0
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