Thursday, May 14, 2009

I GWANA, YOU GWANA, WE ALL GWANA

This is your run of the mill, garden variety Iguana. There really is nothing unusual about him except, the garden is mine. We never had these lizards until a few years ago. They began showing up after one of our hurricanes. They were rather amusing at first. You would see them eating an Hibiscus flower while lounging in the Sun. It's what most tourists do in our town (the flower is usually adorning their libation). The problem began when they(the Iguanas) heard the sermon that goes, "Be fruitful and multiply." They did and now we are over-run with them. On a recent dog walk, my wife and I counted over 15 of them in one location. Enough is enough. The guy above is about average in size, some are considerably larger. With no natural predators, their numbers will continue to increase. Oh happy days!

14 comments:

  1. Sounds like our deer (not dear) problem. They took away their habitat to build McMansions and now they've moved to our lawns where the living is easy and the ticks can roam free. We have to spray wolf urine on our lawns to keep them from completely eating our gardens to the ground. Then there are the groundhogs. I agree, Oh happy days.

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  2. Here they had to shoot boars (not with cameras) in the parks of urban Genoa. There is still a predator left...

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  3. Antjas-Wolf urine? Wouldn't a picture of Barny Frank do the same thing?

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  4. You're right about proliferation...our daughter in Davie has a bunch in a pond in their backyard...some of them are about 5 feet long...and they'll eat just about anything...

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  5. Funny (peculiar not haha) what the weather brings in. Are they protected? Can you do what might be necessary? I am glad it is too cold for them here.

    Barney Frank too funny. MB

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  6. I bet some people who were keeping them as pets let them go or lost them after the hurricane.

    I hope they're not ruining your hibiscus. I'd be mad as heck if I caught one at my Cajun Princess!!

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  7. Ok I'm really hoping they don't start migrating toward north Florida, but I think it might get too cold for them in the winter up here. I've been having a little snake problem in my yard lately, but if I saw one of these, I might not be able to go out in the backyard ever again!

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  8. Hello dear friend!
    Fabulous and funny post! No doubt my little kitty Luna ( www.weloveluna.blogspot.com) would love to play a little bit with this cute friend! Just kidding!
    I loved your title in this post and it is a great surprise to see this picture!
    Many thanks!
    Léia

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  9. Yeah, neat to see one, scary to see families.

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  10. I'm OH OH OH so glad I left before these dudes moved in! :) Good capture!

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  11. They look nice from far, harmless too. But I get a creepy feeling.

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  12. They are edible--you could start eating them.

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