Posted on 12/25/2020 6:37:29 AM PST by MtnClimber
ORLANDO, Fla. -- With unexpectedly cold weather in the forecast and pandemic-related curfews in some places, Florida is about to have a Christmas unlike any other in recent memory, and it may involve falling iguanas.
The National Weather Service earlier this week warned that South Florida could experience the coldest Christmas Day in 21 years. Morning lows on Saturday could drop into the low 30s and 40s degrees Fahrenheit, the weather service said.
“ Brrr! Much colder temps expected for Christmas," the National Weather Service in Miami tweeted earlier this week. “Falling iguanas are possible."
Because they are cold-blooded reptiles, iguanas living in South Florida trees often become immobile in chilly weather, causing them to drop to the ground when the thermometer plummets, though they are still alive.
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The hotel’s buffet had frog legs, may as well have been chicken.
They always had fried chicken, used to go down there about 1600 and snag some chicken legs for a snack. Nice benefit... They took $1.05/day for meals out of our checks, but I didn’t care. I drank more pop and coffee than that, as well as all the chow I inhaled... I miss that place, and the fat paychecks!
Yankees please do not come to Florida, not only do we have hurricanes, mosquitos and gators, we have coldness too. Please stay away especially if you like Joe.
Cloudy with a chance of iguanas? It’s about 34 degrees this morning in Baltimore, but we don’t have all the exotic fauna like FL does. There are lizard species here, but they are long burrowed in to hibernate. My little pet lizards, safely indoors basking under their lights, are living it up with a fresh supply of crickets.
You forgot fire ants and iguanas.
Plenty to go around. I heard that tegus are running rampant, too. There’s a place selling those for up to $200. Chameleons, Knight’s Anoles...all kinds of invasives in Florida. I guess peacock bass are thick, too. A lot different from 40 years ago. YouTube has some interesting bids of air gun hunting iguana in Florida. Some big ones.
Feels more like Ground Hog Day. “Baby, it’s cold outside!”
(Apologies for the earworm.)
Brrrr.... way too cold!
We’ll be back in the 70s by middle of next week
Taste like chicken...
😎
It’s important they live...need to keep palmetto bugs under control.
And worst of all - no-see-ums. They come out mostly at dawn and dusk. They bite but you don’t realize it. Until a couple hours to maybe even a couple days later. Depending on your sensitivity you may have no reaction. Me? I get big giant pus-dripping welts that itch like nothing else for 4-5 days.
Closest thing up north is chiggers - to which I have the same reaction.
>What a great time to kill them!
No kidding, break out those clubs folks!
There’s nothing worse than getting hit by a sleeping iguana during the Christmas Holidays in Orlando...😁
There was an article today about the Cuban government encouraging the consumption of mice and rats.
So why shouldn’t Florida be allowed to export entire ship fulls of frozen iguanas, nutria, Burmese pythons, cane toads, walking catfish and other invasive species there?
Bon apetit.
We get a lot of ticks and chiggers over here in Texas. What I would call a “no-se’em” is a small biting gnat that bites the crap out of you.
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