• QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    for context this is probably about iguanas falling from trees in florida. They’re cold blooded and when it gets cold in the winter they go into a dormant state and their bodies just forget to hold on to the tree they’ve climbed up.

    They are pretty big animals 5ft and 20lb (9kg). They could kill or injure someone walking underneath, hense the warning.

    I would imagine evolution would’ve come up with a better solution than just passing out in a tree but nature will be nature I guess 🤷‍♀️

    edit: invasive to florida, not from an area where it gets as cold

    https://www.britannica.com/science/Why-Are-Iguanas-Falling-from-Trees-in-Florida

    I wanna go visit South Florida and round some up sometime. that would be a fun adventure 🙂‍↕️

    edit: illegal :(

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      They’re apparently pretty tasty if you want some tree chicken, but I’ll probably never forget the story about that guy who picked up a bunch of cold ones and chucked them in his car’s back seat thinking they were dead, and as he was driving them home they began to wake up.

    • 4am@lemmy.zip
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      15 hours ago

      It’s when the Lizzard warns me, specifically. For like two fuckin days. it’s annoying.