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98 iguana eggs removed from a single yard in Florida
UPI ^ | 5/7/25 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 05/07/2025 11:39:34 AM PDT by DallasBiff

May 7 (UPI) -- Reptile wranglers in Florida said they believe they set a new local record for the Miami area when they removed 98 iguana eggs from a single yard.

Humane Iguana Control said personnel responded to a home in the Miami suburb Palmetto Bay on a report of iguanas burrowing in the yard.

"We removed 98 eggs," Michael Ronquillo, owner of Humane Iguana Control, told WOFL-TV. "Three female iguanas had nested in burrows that were all interconnected, and each had laid her own clutch."

The business said officials believe the egg collection could be a new local record.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: eggs; iguana; reptile
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To: DallasBiff

I’ve been watching Swamp People: Serpent Invasion every season. They hunt for pythons in Florida every year in between alligator season in Louisiana. Over the past two seasons they’ve been focusing on trying to capture female pythons to help reduce the growth of the snake population there. They’ve captured many huge females who have had at least 75 eggs inside them.


21 posted on 05/07/2025 12:58:12 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: FLNittany

“That’s why they make pellet guns.”

And fire extinguishers.


22 posted on 05/07/2025 12:58:17 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: desertsolitaire

When I lived on the Yucatan, it was a weekend thing to go out to the jungle to catch them and then barbeque them.

Tastes like the proverbial chicken. Unlike the huge water monitors in SE Asia, which taste kinda swampy.


23 posted on 05/07/2025 1:01:17 PM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "all's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: DallasBiff

In Latin America they are called tree chicken, not bad eating in a tamale or stew. It’s similar to dark meat chicken. Yes the eggs are edible too. Andrew Zimmern can confirm that.


24 posted on 05/07/2025 1:15:55 PM PDT by GenXPolymath
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To: Rio

Wall of Voodoo has a Reciepe!


25 posted on 05/07/2025 1:24:20 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: lee martell

No.

You want to eradicate them.

They’re an invasive species. Chasing them into another yard won’t solve the problem. When they hatch and the neighborhood is overrun with them, they’ll be back in spades.


26 posted on 05/07/2025 3:17:07 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesu)
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To: DallasBiff

Aren’t iguanas so ugly they’re cute?


27 posted on 05/07/2025 3:22:07 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DallasBiff

They are. Especially sea turtle eggs.

Iguana is edible too. Send in the Filipinos. They will get them all.


28 posted on 05/07/2025 6:36:23 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's ey)
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