The cooler temperatures that have been hitting Florida as well as the rest of the nation, is resulting in iguanas dropping out of trees.
Emily Maple, the reptile keeper at the Palm Beach County Zoo in Florida explains:
“They’ll fall out of trees. They’ll end up in areas where your cars are, parking lots, areas where they’re cold stunned.”
Maple tells WPEC-TV that once it drops below 45 degrees the iguanas start slowing down. “If it’s just for a day or two they’ll just get to where they’re completely frozen in time. They’re still able to breathe. They’re still able to do bodily functions just very slow.”
The good news is, if you set them in the sun, and they warm up to around 50 degrees, they’ll start to become active and move again.
With Friday’s high in the upper 50’s in the Palm Beach area, the lizards should be leaping again.
For more on this story click here to visit WPEC.
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