It's Raining Iguanas

It's So Cold In Florida the Iguanas ae Falling From the Trees,  They are Not Indigenes to Fla. all of them come from people releasing them, and then them Breeding. Being Cold blooded animals they become immobilized and can't hang on to tee limbs

Hallelujah.

I saw where some poor guy got his windshield busted out of his car by one. Try explaining that to insurance.

In reply to RossD :

It's getting tougher and tougher to find real life situations that don't relate to an old episode of The Simpsons.

If anyone has a 3+ footer frozen in their yard, I'll take it. Just ship it up to me with some dry ice so it stays asleep.  Please?

RevRico said:

If anyone has a 3+ footer frozen in their yard, I'll take it. Just ship it up to me with some dry ice so it stays asleep.  Please?

They don't sleep, they die. Several years ago we had a cold snap like the current one. Thousands of Iguanas died in my neighborhood and when the temps returned to normal the stench of rotting flesh went on for a couple weeks as there were a lot of them up in the 6-8 foot range that took a while to deteriorate. I expect a lot have died the past couple days and expect the same thing to occur. I took this guys pic yesterday when I went to the edge of the canal to see if any were out sunning. Here while the masses die off the ones who built homes under large chunks of concrete or in unused cars that hold heat through the night will repopulate the area.

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well, that is one way to control the population.

NickD said:

I saw where some poor guy got his windshield busted out of his car by one. Try explaining that to insurance.

 

A coworker hit a deer and he had to show the insurance company a picture of the deer dead beside the road.   I have no idea what they would have done if the deer had not died.      

spitfirebill said:

NickD said:

I saw where some poor guy got his windshield busted out of his car by one. Try explaining that to insurance.

 

A coworker hit a deer and he had to show the insurance company a picture of the deer dead beside the road.   I have no idea what they would have done if the deer had not died.      

Friend of mine had that issue, the collision place found enough deer fur in the front of the car to convince the insurance company

In reply to NOT A TA :

Oh. Damn. I remembered hearing some news stories the last time it got this cold of people picking them up off the road or out of trees and the iguanas waking back up, essentially, in the pickup truck. 

Ah ha, internets tells me cold stunned is the phrase I was after. I guess it depends on how long the cold front lasts. 

I wonder how it is affecting the invasive snakes  

Snakes and 6 foot lizards?  Nope not going to even think about living there. 

Rotting Iguana sounds like a high school punk band.

GTXVette said:

... They are Not Indigenes to Fla. all of them come from people releasing them, and then them Breeding. Being Cold blooded animals they become immobilized and can't hang on to tee limbs

Hmmm, are you sure you are not referring to the people that live there?

slefain said:

Rotting Iguana sounds like a high school punk band.

That or a great godaddy website to purchase....

GTXVette said:

It's So Cold In Florida the Iguanas ae Falling From the Trees,  They are Not Indigenes to Fla. all of them come from people releasing them, and then them Breeding. Being Cold blooded animals they become immobilized and can't hang on to tee limbs

So, is somebody going around with a net and a big box, scooping them up for deportation?

fasted58 said:

I am a huge fan of late-'50s / early '60s horror and science fiction B-movies, and always have been.  Imagine 13-year-old me's disappointment when I tuned in to a 1:00am UHF-channel showing of that, only to find out it was a Tennessee Williams play.

In reply to Duke :

LOL!

dean1484 said:

Snakes and 6 foot lizards?  Nope not going to even think about living there. 

Snakes and 6 foot lizards but it's the people you've gotta worry about. 

Now would be q good time for a culling of the species. And some of the other invasive critters here. Like disney fans, and new Yorkers (jist the Staten island style. Upstate, Brooklyn, and queens style get a pass. )

Snakes and 6 ft lizards are the terms used to describe most Florida residents.