Re: [SLUG] OT big time. Was: OT: Slugger's Blogs

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2005 - 18:16:53 EST


On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:41:14 -0500, Logan Tygart
<thelogan@allyourbase-arebelongto.us> wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 22:47 -0500, Robert Snyder wrote:
> <snip>
> > Then Eric decided to put one up and then the
> > always popular Logan Tygart decided to update his.
>
> Here is why I updated. I have lived a total of eight plus years in
> Florida, but I have never seen an iguana this far north. I called
> Animal Control and they never came. This morning, I noticed an
> interesting track in the sand, next to my drive way. I walked around
> the corner of my garage, to discover the iguana, once again, stalking
> vegetation in my yard. I called Animal Control once again and they
> said, "Oh, we never come collect animals that are native to the area."
>

They are introduced, if the climate is warm enough they will reproduce,
and keep going. I know that there are some pretty good size colonies in
S. FL, but did not kknow that they were able to do so this far north. I guess
if they can keep warm when it cools down they can pull it off.

> If you are wondering about the creature I found on my deck yesterday,
> look here:
> http://www.allyourbase-arebelongto.us/?q=node/12
>

Colouration looks like a rock iguana of some sort, but the crest looks more
green iguana. Like to see it real life.

> I wasn't aware that iguanas are native to Florida.
>

They not, but they have adapted see above...

-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."
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