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Iguanas running rampant, feasting on plants, flowers.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
MIAMI _ It's the invasion of the green iguanas _ and, no, this isn't science fiction. Thousands of scaly, spiky, orange-legged reptiles are on the loose and on the lam, breeding and eating their way through the thickets and the gardens of our little paradise.
They're destroying plants, eating endangered plant species and some _ the spiny tail iguanas _ are devouring the eggs and hatchlings of water fowl.
How did they get here?
When iguanas are newborn, they're eight or 10 inches long, bright green and cute for reptiles, says Miami herpetologist Joe Wasilewski. Imported as pets, thousands arrive in this country every year, though only 90 percent to 95 percent of those live beyond the first year because people don't know how to care for them, says AJ Gutman, an iguana rescuer in Connecticut who is secretary of the International Iguana Society. A survey in 2000 by the American Pet ...
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- Iguanas running rampant, feasting on plants, flowers.
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