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Title: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 08:14:23 AM
Found this to be the more intriguing Florida store this morning than the Dunkin Donut drive-thru thing:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/28/florida-iguanas-fall-trees-cold-weather/9233100002/
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: kevinb1994 on January 28, 2022, 09:51:44 AM
There's a Flying Iguana Latin fusion restaurant and bar around here. Wonder if Shad Khan has been there, as his investment company is, well, Iguana.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: thspfc on January 28, 2022, 12:30:56 PM
This is a major problem in my yard. There are half a dozen dead iguanas on my lawn.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: thspfc on January 28, 2022, 12:30:56 PM
This is a major problem in my yard. There are half a dozen dead iguanas on my lawn.

Certainly was an issue in my yard on Cudjoe Key.  That and feral chickens randomly trying to hang out wherever they could find shade.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on January 28, 2022, 01:20:50 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: thspfc on January 28, 2022, 12:30:56 PM
This is a major problem in my yard. There are half a dozen dead iguanas on my lawn.

Certainly was an issue in my yard on Cudjoe Key.  That and feral chickens randomly trying to hang out wherever they could find shade.

I forgot about the Key West chickens. Those and the mopeds.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 01:23:16 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 28, 2022, 01:20:50 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 01:17:47 PM
Quote from: thspfc on January 28, 2022, 12:30:56 PM
This is a major problem in my yard. There are half a dozen dead iguanas on my lawn.

Certainly was an issue in my yard on Cudjoe Key.  That and feral chickens randomly trying to hang out wherever they could find shade.

I forgot about the Key West chickens. Those and the mopeds.

Complete with an actual Moped Gang that was known for stealing bikes.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: triplemultiplex on January 28, 2022, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 01:23:16 PM
Complete with an actual Moped Gang that was known for stealing bikes.

When you say "bikes" do you mean bicycles or motorcycles?
"Moped Gang' elicits certain imagery.  Like it would be a mismatch if they squared off against the Hell's Angels, if you catch my drift.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 09:55:43 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on January 28, 2022, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 28, 2022, 01:23:16 PM
Complete with an actual Moped Gang that was known for stealing bikes.

When you say "bikes" do you mean bicycles or motorcycles?
"Moped Gang' elicits certain imagery.  Like it would be a mismatch if they squared off against the Hell's Angels, if you catch my drift.

As in "bicycles"  but they've had been known to hit mopeds also.  And the images you probably have in your head (if they are imaginative) are likely close to accurate.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: Road Hog on January 29, 2022, 01:17:18 AM
I've always heard iguana tastes like chicken.
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: Dirt Roads on January 29, 2022, 10:50:10 AM
It wasn't an iguana, but many years ago I was helping a friend clear out a place in the woods in (then) rural St. John's County for his new home when a chameleon dropped out of a 50-foot tree and landed on my shoulder.  He looked up at my face, scurried down my leg, saw my friend digging and then ran back up and perched safely on my shoulder for a minute or so.  His wife almost passed out.  Turns out that we were removing all of the palmettos within 50 feet of the new house because she couldn't stand the fact that the sand rattlers live in the base of small palmettos (never mind that they aren't big enough to bite you, except perhaps in the web between your fingers).
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: hbelkins on January 29, 2022, 09:27:27 PM
Title: Re: Freezing Iguanas falling from trees
Post by: mukade on January 29, 2022, 10:11:12 PM
Quote from: Road Hog on January 29, 2022, 01:17:18 AM
I've always heard iguana tastes like chicken.


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