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Green iguanas are especially vulnerable to cold because they depend on ambient temperature to regulate your body
Low temperatures can leave these reptiles motionless and cause their fall from the trees. Authorities warn that they should not be picked up or taken home.
The arrival this Saturday of a cold wave in Florida has reactivated an already usual warning: the possibility of an ‘iguan rain’, especially in the south of the state, where these invading reptiles may be stunned by low temperatures and fall from trees, even if they are not dead. South Florida concentrates much of the colonies of green iguanas, a cold-blooded invasive species that does not tolerate low temperatures well and may temporarily lose …
A cold wave that will arrive this Saturday in South Florida could drop stun iguanas from the trees, with minimums of between 10 and 15 degrees. FWC warns that they should not be picked up or taken home.
If temperatures approach the freezing point, iguanas go into lethargy and lose muscle control, come off the branches, fall to the ground and regain mobility when they warm up again.
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