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April 14, 2006

Iguana Get Really Pissed

...if you don't do something about these lizards...

Death and taxes may be life's only certainties, but for folks in this upscale island town, add iguanas. And another tax.

During the last three decades, the resort community on Florida's Gulf Coast has been overrun by the black, spiny-tailed, nonnative lizards that demolish gardens, nest in attics and weaken beach dunes with burrows.

..."They eat your flowers and their feces is everywhere," she said, adding that she's killed dozens. "Some people toss them in the canal and the hermit crabs feed on them."

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 14, 2006 08:11 AM

Comments

I'm sure PETA is ready to rush to their defense.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 14, 2006 09:58 AM

"Iguana on a Stick" ~ I can see little carts everywhere, like the dirty water dogs in the city.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 15, 2006 05:57 AM