US EditionMore Winter Weather Leads to Heavy Snow, Canceled Flights and, in Florida, Falling Iguanas
- On Friday, the FWC issued Executive Order 26-03 allowing residents to collect cold-stunned iguanas and drop them off on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 at five designated offices, including Marathon and Lakeland.
- As a cold front swept through South Florida, green iguanas entered torpor and fell from trees as temperatures dipped into the low 30s, with a freeze warning issued.
- FWC guidance requires breathable cloth sacks as the primary containment method, which must be sealed and placed inside a locked container labeled `Prohibited Reptiles`; handlers should wear protective gloves, long pants and long-sleeved shirts and avoid warming iguanas at home.
- Residents lined up to drop off two dozen iguanas, with hundreds more collected during the cold snap, as FWC said animals may be killed or transferred to permittees.
- The cold snap produced vivid media coverage, with statewide media coverage reporting 'raining iguanas' and showing videos of stunned green iguanas, highlighting Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission management challenges.
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The southeastern United States is experiencing unusually severe winter weather. North Carolina has received up to 20 inches of snow and Orlando, Florida, has broken a temperature record that has been in place for more than 100 years. In Florida, iguanas have been falling from trees due to the cold, local television station WPLG 10 reported.
Marietta Daily Journal
The Toronto StarMore frigid temperatures expected in much of US after a weekend of heavy snow
Forecasters warned that dangerous extra-cold conditions will persist for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into New England. There were hundreds of weekend flight cancellations to North Carolina, snow flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and…
Iguanas Drop From Florida's Trees as Record Cold Blasts Southern US
Iguanas stunned by cold temperatures dropped from trees in usually balmy Florida on Sunday as icy conditions blasted southern US states, dumping nearly a half-meter of snow in some areas and whipping up high winds that caused traffic chaos.
Cold Tightens Grip on Millions
A huge swath of the US from the Gulf Coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures Sunday after a bomb cyclone brought heavy snow and hundreds of flight cancellations to North Carolina, flurries and falling iguanas in Florida, and more misery for thousands who are still without power...
New York Post
DNyuzFloridians gather frozen iguanas by armload as frigid temps leave them paralyzed, dropping from trees
Iguanas left virtually paralyzed by Florida's recent unseasonable cold snap are dropping like flies from trees, leaving people to scoop them up by the armload.
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