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Caution! Falling iguanas

peapod1980 avatar
percy
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Jdarg avatar
SoWal Expert
#2
They were showing them on the news last night. Hilarious. The cold kind of does the same thing to me.:lol:
John R avatar
needs to get out more
#3
i saw that on the news last night. interesting that your article references Bill Baggs park. I haven't been there in years. One time we inflated a waterbed mattress and launched it from there. Not really the smartest idea. Stiltsville can be seen from there, pretty cool.
jodiFL avatar
Beach Fanatic
#4
I hope they took the opportunity to round up some of them for relocation. I have heard they are really getting out of control down there.
peapod1980 avatar
percyAuthor
#5
I'm trying to think if there are many things that would freak me out more than walking under a tree and having an iguana land on my head. Heck, even landing on the ground near me... :eek:
Ocean Lover avatar
bean
#6
I was reading an artical online about it last night too. Then I followed a link about them being a nuisance on Boco Grande island. They are taking over. They aren't native and the females lay 75 eggs a year. They're damaging the dunes by making their burrows there. They are just overall pests and people are trapping them or shooting them with pellet guns. :eek: And to think we Northereners pay good money to keep them in large aquariums in our homes. (Not us btw)
NoHall avatar
hmmmm......can't remember
#7
I think it's interesting that they recommend picking them up and eating them. It doesn't sound very sportsman-like, though...
Ocean Lover avatar
bean
#8
I'm trying to think if there are many things that would freak me out more than walking under a tree and having an iguana land on my head. Heck, even landing on the ground near me... :eek:

I kinda like lizards but if we ( Dylan) got one it would be a bearded dragon.
SoWal Insider
#9
I'm trying to think if there are many things that would freak me out more than walking under a tree and having an iguana land on my head. Heck, even landing on the ground near me... :eek:
snakes dropping from trees is creepier to me
Ocean Lover avatar
bean
#10
snakes dropping from trees is creepier to me


Ewww, same....now that would freak me out.
SoWal Insider
#11
Ewww, same....now that would freak me out.
When we lived in Clearwater and drove up to Sowal or to visit my dad in Chipley, we would stop at this quaint little park/rest stop on Hwy. 19/98 near Fanning Springs, I think. It was located on the banks of a river, maybe the Suwanee. But posted on a sign near the banks of the river read, "Beware of falling snakes from trees!" The first time I saw that I almost broke my neck trying to run from the beautiful oak I was standing beneath! :eek:

I was naive and never thought snakes hung out in trees, literally! Maybe they were moccasins?
peapod1980 avatar
percyAuthor
#12
snakes dropping from trees is creepier to me
Yes! After I typed the lizard thing, I thought of snakes and shuddered.
P.S. Ugh, I spent my 4,000th post writing about dropping snakes!

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Bob avatar
SoWal Insider
#13
Let sleeping iguanas lie!
Teresa avatar
SoWal Guide
#14
I kinda like lizards but if we ( Dylan) got one it would be a bearded dragon.

spidey and I really want a bearded dragon! but after reading a book about them, we're not really ready for such a commitment to the care and huge habitat they need. not to mention feeding of crickets, mealworms and small mice.:shock: maybe some day. they are so "adorable".

for now, we like our 4 hermit crabs.

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