It’s so cold in Florida iguanas are freezing and falling out of trees
The New York Times broke down this South Florida phenomenon: iguanas climb trees at night to sleep, but when the weather dips into the 30s or 40s, the iguanas can't handle it. So when Florida freezes over, the momentarily moribund reptiles plop from the trees and become motionless "iguancicles", as we should probably all agree to call them.
The cold-blooded creatures are native to Central and South America and start to freeze up when the temperature drops below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
As this edge of the country is in the frigid icy grip of one of the strongest East Coast winter storms in modern history, even the usually balmy palm-tree riddled southern states are stunned.
It's so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.
On Thursday, Cerabino poked at the animal with his pool skimmer, hoping to wake it up. "My experience is that they take a while to die".
"The reality is South Florida doesn't get that cold very often or long enough that you see this frequently", Sommers said. "Don't assume that they're dead".
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"Like any wild animal it will try to defend itself", she said.
"When the temperature goes down, [iguanas] literally shut down, and they can no longer hold on to the trees", Ron Magill, wildlife expert and communications director for Zoo Miami, told The New York Times. Then they awoke."All of a sudden these things are coming alive, crawling on his back and nearly caused a wreck".
According to The Sentinel, iguanas arrived in Florida first as pets, and once they escaped or were freed by their owners, first moved into Miami-Dade County in 1966, then to the Keys in 1995, before making a home of Broward County in 2001 and in Palm Beach in 2003. Under 4 degrees, their blood stops moving as much, Sommers said.
The temperatures in the Sunshine State have gotten so cold that iguanas are freezing and falling out of trees.
"Our recommendation is to not pick up the iguana", said FWC spokeswoman Carol Lyn Parrish. "It's not like something you see every year". In south Florida, temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) on January 3, giving Tallahassee its first measurable snowfall in 28 years.
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