FREEZING COLD GLOBAL WARMINGHERE'S HOW COLD: A torpid iguana lays in the path of joggers in Davie, Florida on Sunday. Iguanas become catatonic in the cold and fall, as if dead, from trees. But never fear, they're reinvigorated when it warms up. From the looks of it, record cold has gripped the state.
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Iguana go back home, where it is warm!
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in central Florida in the 1960s they were not a problem. However, there was a result of freezes which I remember to this day. After the freeze, a lot of citrus would fall to the ground, and due to the abundance of bacteria, and sugar in the fruit, they would not just rot, but ferment. The squirrels and birds would then eat the fruit, and get smashed. You would see them both staggering around drunk, and often passed out on the lawns, much to the pleasure of the local cats. I remember watching a squirrel stumble around trying to take a grapefruit bigger than he was up a tree to his nest. After several minutes, he just passed out.
AMAZING story, Treg! It's like citrus country after a big freeze-and-thaw becomes an open bar!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this photo and I am glad to find your blog. Keep up the good work! This photo really says it all. I also think it's how many of us here in the DC area feel after some of the pre-Christmas antics on Capitol Hill...and still trying to get reinvigorated. -- Katherine
ReplyDeleteSo nice to meet you Katherine! Loved your blog piece on walking in the C&O Canal which I do often while in DC! Best wishes.
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