Florida: Large Lizard Spotted In Tree Is One Of Several Terrorizing Neighborhood (4'and 6')

Local 6 (Florida) ^ | October 9, 2007

[Stoat]

Please be advised that the photos at the Local 6 site are of such poor quality and feature such a dearth of detail that I didn't think them worthy of re-posting here.....all you can see is a very distant tail and perhaps a poor outline of a head, but that's about it.

The video at that page is not much better, although it does mention a resident characterizing one of the lizards as being six feet in length, something not included in the text of the story.

More on Monitor Lizards:

Monitor lizard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nice video here, more informative than the one at Local 6

Monitor Lizard - Video - MSN Encarta

[American Quilter]

(shudder) Guns. Big guns. With poisoned bullets.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[mtbopfuyn]

Simple solution - SSS.

[NonValueAdded]

ROFL

[ConservativeMind]

Is it generally legal to kill such things in town?

[Lazamataz]

Large Lizard Spotted In Tree

I wondered where I had put my johnson.

'Twas in a tree.

[McLynnan]

LOL! Every once in a while I get a gecko in my house and to my girly eyes they are at least that big.

[Stoat]

Florida Ping

[yorkie]

#3, you need to photo-shop a pantsuit on that pig. (Uh, I mean giant lizard). Those thighs are incredibly large.

[Stoat]

Is it generally legal to kill such things in town?

Not being a Floridian, my guess would be that they are regarded as a protected species and so harming or killing one would probably result in serious jail time and fines, unless it can be clearly shown that a human was in imminent danger.

Even then, it would probably not be without legal consequences.

[Bringbackthedraft]

We got inguanas running all over the place in Cape Haze and Gasparella Is. FL but they aren’t 4-6’ long. Thousands! They are not a native species. I’m afraid to think what else is around, we also have exotic Amazon River fish in the canals. People buy exotic pets and then they release them when they tire of taking care of them.

[fieldmarshaldj]

You caught me there. This was, of course, an undoctored photo of Hillary Clinton while enjoying a day at the beach.

[yorkie]

Oh. Sorry. Didn’t recognize her without the pantsuit.

[Stoat]

We got inguanas running all over the place in Cape Haze and Gasparella Is. FL

Are the iguanas big or aggressive enough to cause a danger to the public?

Some of my Australian friends consider it a sign of good luck when lizards take up residence in their gardens, because they eat rodents and some poisonous insects and thereby are a benefit to gardeners.

They are very small lizards though, typically no more than 1 1/2 feet long

[Old Sarge]

I wouldl call this one either a personal injury lawyer, or a marketroid.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Holy moley.

That looks like a Komodo Dragon.

Yikes.

[FReepapalooza]

Yikes!!!!!

[Bringbackthedraft]

Are the iguanas big or aggressive enough to cause a danger to the public? ................ They come in different sizes and colors. The largest I have seen was about 3’nestled in the dunes. On the average I’ve seen them around the 2’ size. We have a couple here running around that are emerald green. They don’t bother the dogs or cats as far as we know. I would think they would be tasty morsals for the local gators. Those we have in the larger sizes. The biggest compaint we hear on the Island is that there are too damn many of them (Inguanas). Maybe because there is too much Inquana Guamo? They do like bird’s eggs and turtle eggs I hear, so that could be the major problem.

[proudofthesouth]

Now you know why your cats have been disappearing! ;^}