Posted on 01/30/2022 11:01:09 AM PST by nickcarraway
Below-freezing temperatures expected in Florida this weekend
While freezing temperatures bring most places white specks, the same weather brings Florida green scales.
Falling iguanas are expected to accompany the coldest weather the state has felt since 2018 this weekend.
That’s right. Overnight and early morning lows aren’t the only thing projected to plummet in Florida come Saturday and Sunday. Because they are cold-blooded reptiles, iguanas are known to become immobile and drop when cold weather below 40 degrees comes around in South Florida.
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Too bad the red squirrels aren't going after starlings.
Non-tropical snakes brumate in the winter, but iguanas, a tropical species, simply freeze and thaw out if they aren’t frozen too long.
Yes; really! Do the research.
...and wild hickory nuts.
Good time to club them.
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.
Oh the iguanity!!
Climate change my @ss!
When it warms up they get up and go about their business.
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