Posted on 02/01/2026 7:06:01 PM PST by dynachrome
It’s raining reptiles!
Iguanas left virtually paralyzed by Florida’s recent unseasonable cold snap are dropping like flies from trees, leaving people to scoop them up by the armload.
When temperatures plummet, the cold-blooded creatures become immobile, and in Florida, where upwards of 1 million iguanas are estimated to typically laze in the treetops, that means torrents of reptiles falling.
“They’re like little bags of ice,” said Jessica Kilgore of the “nuisance animal removal service” Iguana Solutions as she hefted a 10-pound iguana in her arms.
Usually, Floridians are prohibited from handling the iguanas themselves, but this winter, the situation is so severe that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission decided to launch temporary collection sites across the panhandle.
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They came for the boas.
But I said nothing for I was not a boa.
Then they came for the lionfish.
And still I said nothing for I was not a lionfish.
Finally, they came for the iguanas.
And I said, “Make sure you round up all of the iguanas!”
And there I was with an armload of frozen Iguanas looking for popsicle sticks so I could sell them as frozen treats.
I saw a youtube video of a raccoon stalking an iguana in some Floridian’s pool. When the iguana tired and was close to the side, the raccoon leaned in, grasped it by the neck with its teeth, pulled it out of the pool, and disappeared into some bushes. Boas might catch some, too.
I say “boa.” The “Yoink Man” (a youtube star) properly calls them Burmese Pythons.
What shall we do with a dead iguana?
What shall we do with a dead iguana?
What shall we do with a dead iguana?
Ear-lye in the morning ...
Sounds like good meat for a gumbo.
I wish Justin Wilson “ The Cajon Chef” was still alive he’d know “fo sho”.
Feed ‘em to the gators. Gator will eat tires, license plates, etc. so Iguanas can’t be that bad for them.
This seems like a perfect opportunity to vastly reduce this invasive “nuisance” species.
“Usually, Floridians are prohibited from handling the iguanas themselves “
LOL! Not a problem if you kill them first.
“Weird the Haitians and Jamaicans aren’t rounding them up and barbequing them.”
They are.
And get a gator the size of a F250 ford pickup.
I figured so.
I just know what my son told me.
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Why? They are an invasive species. There should be open season on them 365.25 days of the year.”
It should have been written as:
Floridians are prohibited from handling LIVE iguanas
Taste wise, how do they compare to whooping crane?
Kill them. Eat them. They taste good. They are invasive pests.
Kill them. Eat them. They taste good. They are invasive pests.
I would settle for no less of a gator than that! :D
The meat’s a lot leaner than manatee, I can tell you that
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