It’s going to be so cold in Florida, iguanas will fall from trees. No, really

CLICKORLANDO ^ | January 28, 2022 | Samantha Dunne

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Some dummy released a bunch of eastern red squirrels on Vancouver Island, and they are killing off and driving out the indigenous grey squirrels. They are also raiding songbird nests and reducing that population. I am not the least bit fond of invasive species. Think starlings.

Too bad the red squirrels aren't going after starlings.

[skr]

Non-tropical snakes brumate in the winter, but iguanas, a tropical species, simply freeze and thaw out if they aren’t frozen too long.

[jmaroneps37]

Yes; really! Do the research.

[GingisK]

...and wild hickory nuts.

[dljordan]

Good time to club them.

[John S Mosby]

There aren’t iguanas living a native species in Orlando, none to “fall” out of trees. The alligators that are there definitely slow down their behaviour when cold... since they are... lizards. They slow down very slow when this cold.

Kids used to put anole lizards in the freezer to see what happened way back when, and the poor little lizards just shut down, and would wake back up when warmed up. Not allowed to freeze solid— which would kill them. Cold blooded critters.

[Adder]

Oh the iguanity!!

[MAAG]

Climate change my @ss!

[GOPJ]

When it warms up they get up and go about their business.

[GOPJ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYuWjdGOBdo

Here they are - littering the sidewalk and waking up...