South Florida residents grappling with unusually cold temperatures were treated to a frightening sight over the weekend as iguanas started falling from the trees. The Sunshine State faced temperatures in the mid-30s on Sunday, leaving the cold-blooded reptiles to go into a state of 'torpor,' in which they temporarily lose muscle control and appear to be frozen. Iguanas - which are considered an invasive species in Florida - were then seen laying immobile in piles on the ground.
If they were to be left out in the cold temperatures for a prolonged period of time, the iguanas may die. 'They're like little bags of ice,' Jessica Kilgore, of Iguana Solutions, told Local 10 News as she collected the normally fast creatures by the handful.
With the temperatures hovering just above freezing, she said people can 'pick them up like easter eggs on the ground.' Floridians are typically forbidden from handling iguanas themselves.
But amid the cold snap, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission decided to allow residents to bring the frozen iguanas to temporary collection sites set up across the state, where they will either be humanely euthanized or transferred to licensed permit holders for sale outside of the state.
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Iguanas are considered invasive yet your authorities won't let residents do anything about them. Sounds like Florida took lessons from the feds on invasive beings.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that iguanas are such a threat to Florida's native wildlife, you'd think the state would reward collecting these non native species and euthanizing them along with pythons and other non native species.
ReplyDeleteEuthanize them; humanely or otherwise. The rest of the states don't want Florida's invasive species. Well, California and Minnesota maybe.
ReplyDelete6th generation Floridan (look it up) here. Kill. Them. All. The pythons and boa constrictors too. No mercy.
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