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Out of control iguanas infesting South Florida
www.sun-sentinel.com ^ | Ellie Rushing and Doreen Christensen

Posted on 06/22/2018 1:11:41 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Constitution Day

No comprende. It’s a riddle.


21 posted on 06/22/2018 1:30:22 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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Chicken of the trees....


22 posted on 06/22/2018 1:31:12 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They are not dangerous, just a nuisance. They eat people’s gardens and flowers.......

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/animals/iguana-control.htm


23 posted on 06/22/2018 1:31:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger

They are a lot nicer than other carbon forms down there.


24 posted on 06/22/2018 1:33:31 PM PDT by shalom aleichem (Why is struck stroke still employed?")
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To: Red Badger
“This year is the most iguanas I’ve seen and I’ve been in business for nine years,” says Thomas Portuallo, owner of Fort Lauderdale-based Iguana Control. He says the invasive lizards are out of control with “many hundreds of thousands” creeping around Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.

South of our border, all the way to South America, iguanas are a delicacy.

Might be a good recipe for the "permanent homeless" cookbook...

25 posted on 06/22/2018 1:33:57 PM PDT by publius911 (CA-the perfect storm of a criminally inept Legislature)
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To: NEMDF
I have a twentyfive year old pair of Lucchese boots made from iguana...love ‘em! 👍
26 posted on 06/22/2018 1:34:14 PM PDT by Geronimo (God Bless America and President Donald J. Trump...)
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To: NEMDF

Are they good for anything? Food? Leather boots?


They are highly prized as food in Central America.

Yes, much like chicken.


27 posted on 06/22/2018 1:34:36 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: NEMDF
"Are they good for anything? Food? Leather boots?"

They taste pretty good. It is a pretty neutral tasting meat, so the sauce determines the taste.

28 posted on 06/22/2018 1:34:50 PM PDT by fini
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To: Red Badger
Provides a perfect model of our immigration system. Biologists have been warning for 40 or 50 years that South Florida faced a wildlife disaster if exotic pet trade wasn't cracked down on. But politicians turned their heads and ordered another beer.

All this is just so some pinheads in rented condos and flip-flops could try to "impress" their girlfriends with bad ass critters. Yeah, buddy your are super bad ass! Ooooooo!
 

29 posted on 06/22/2018 1:34:57 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: pingman

I ate gator once and it was pretty good. It goes well with beer.


30 posted on 06/22/2018 1:36:24 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: shalom aleichem; publius911

Do they taste like chicken?.................


31 posted on 06/22/2018 1:36:42 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger

I grow most of our food! Those b@stards would feel my wrath, LOL!

I hear they taste like chicken, though...

They’re probably a lot like the Canada Geese we have in DROVES up here. They leave SUCH a slippery mess of Shiite that it becomes dangerous in our parks and near our lakes. They’ll also attack you if they have young with them; I mean they ARE geese - who are BORN INSANE.

But, also, really, REALLY good to eat! ;)


32 posted on 06/22/2018 1:37:12 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: pingman

Prepped by a chef:

https://youtu.be/h0886du3XmM


33 posted on 06/22/2018 1:38:06 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: NEMDF
Are they good for anything? Food? Leather boots?

Yes.
See post 25

34 posted on 06/22/2018 1:38:16 PM PDT by publius911 (CA-the perfect storm of a criminally inept Legislature)
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To: marktwain

Roasted iguana tail is a delicacy to many.


35 posted on 06/22/2018 1:39:39 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Red Badger

How do they taste with a nice mango salsa and Cuban rice?


36 posted on 06/22/2018 1:40:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Red Badger

37 posted on 06/22/2018 1:41:14 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

In 1977 I lived in Ft. Lauderdale area. Some coworkers had an iguana. It cost a lot of money and escaped the first chance it had..................


38 posted on 06/22/2018 1:44:32 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger

Where is Florida Man when you need him?


39 posted on 06/22/2018 1:46:08 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Since they are vegetarians They are probably good to eat................


40 posted on 06/22/2018 1:46:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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