# Night of the Iguana in Florida **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799 "2020-01-22T13:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/21 "2020-01-23T17:38:46Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So…I’ve read a little about this, but the stories leave out my biggest question - are they dead? I guess not necessarily, I think frogs freeze in ponds overwinter, but it’s weird that the stories haven’t said if the poor things survive this or not. Many of the stories say they will revive if warmed up. It would probably take temperatures actually below freezing, or a prolonged run of temperatures below 40 F, to actually kill them. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/22 "2020-01-23T18:04:46Z")
Somebody should have told Tennessee Williams about this. Would have made teh play so much more entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/23 "2020-01-23T19:28:17Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > As somebody who used to live in the Fort Lauderdale area, I can tell you that they are incredibly common, but don’t really do anything except lay out in the sun (they are usually seen on people’s backyard docks - Fort Lauderdale has [a lot of waterfront property](https://www.wheretraveler.com/ft-lauderdale/fort-lauderdale-venice-america), due to all of the canals). In fact, they are kind of cool looking. The problem is that they leave gross poop everywhere. Fortlauderdamndale, made infamous by Travis McGee. John D. MacDonald never mentioned iguaunas. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/24 "2020-01-24T16:37:20Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Give natural selection long enough, and eventually we’ll see a breed of Woolly Iguana. Iguanus Colibrius. Hey, you called it first! Dennis ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/25 "2020-01-24T18:29:41Z")
It should be easy to catch them while they are “frozen”. Round 'em up and dispose of them. Humanely, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/26 "2020-01-24T22:39:42Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > They should be quite well protected. If they survive the freezing process, that is. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > They’re no good to us dead. I love you. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/27 "2020-01-25T00:22:11Z")
[Catch, Clean, Cook-Iguana Curry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyD9t3uhHio) Apparently they do a lot of damage to crops in addition to falling out of trees on people. 20 minute video that shows the whole process. End result looks pretty yummy! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/28 "2020-01-25T12:26:46Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Somebody should have told Tennessee Williams about this. Would have made teh play so much more entertaining. The movie would have been a lot shorter (and funnier) if an iguana had fallen on Richard Burton’s head. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/29 "2020-01-25T15:25:01Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > It should be easy to catch them while they are “frozen”. Round 'em up and dispose of them. Humanely, of course. I agree, collect them and dispose of them, great opoortunity. I would hate to have those buggers herding up and taking over the neighborhood. I read a piece about one man’s fight against the iguana’s they were congregating on his roof, and would take a poop off the roof and splat on his beemer. lol. Though do they keep the flying cockroaches in check? I remember these weird albino gecko like lizards that showed up one year, they moved very quickly and glowed in the dark a bit. No idea where they came from so diffferent than our little brown lizards and chameleons. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/30 "2020-01-25T17:37:23Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Though do they keep the flying cockroaches in check? Green iguanas eat mostly plant matter, so I doubt it. > [@](#): > > I remember these weird albino gecko like lizards that showed up one year, they moved very quickly and glowed in the dark a bit. No idea where they came from so diffferent than our little brown lizards and chameleons. I would guess [Common House Geckos.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Common_House_Gecko_with_open_mouth%2C_in_Laos.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799/31 "2020-01-25T17:48:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Green iguanas eat mostly plant matter, so I doubt it. > > I would guess [Common House Geckos.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Common_House_Gecko_with_open_mouth%2C_in_Laos.jpg) But yes those geckos ate the roaches and moths, just creepy crawling on the walls at night. Eating my plants will get you evicted, Sir Iguana. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-of-the-iguana-in-florida/846799.md?page=1)