Alas Poor Iguanas
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (90740)
Daytona Beach, Florida
November 12, 2025 3:48pm CST
Central and Southern Florida residents are under a "falling iguana watch."
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, temperatures dropped to the 30s and 40s in Florida, causing iguanas to fall out of trees.
The iguanas are temporarily paralyzed by the cold weather but are not dead.
My apartment feels frigid, but I have a space heater, and I would not mind sharing my bed with at least a dozen iguanas all cozying up and staying warm.
https://people.com/falling-iguana-watch-issued-in-florida-amid-cold-front-11847444
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11 responses
@DaddyEvil (161454)
• United States
12 Nov
Some residents collect the fallen iguanas and, since they aren't a native species, harvest them as food. I wouldn't mind trying iguana meat.
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Nov
@DaddyEvil nope that is just cruel I would rather see them alive and well. I would collect them and bring them home to warm up but I don't know what they eat or how they poop.
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@DaddyEvil (161454)
• United States
12 Nov
@RasmaSandra Bringing them home would be a bad idea. Iguanas that warm up in a house can attack the person trying to help them. They don't know you're trying to help them and they can cause injuries.
Eating animals isn't cruel, it's part of nature.
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Nov
@Fleura still feel sorry for these creatures but if invasive then yes, gotta do something,
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@Fleura (33069)
• United Kingdom
15h
@RasmaSandra I know, it's the difference between seeing the group, and seeing individuals. It's the same with any animals and people too.
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@LindaOHio (205733)
• United States
13h
Yes, they are considered a pest; and they are shooting them by the hundreds. I love animals; but the iguanas are causing property damage, etc.
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@snowy22315 (198639)
• United States
12 Nov
I saw that on the news. Fortunately, they say they will wake up as the temps warm. Afraid it's gonna be a long winter for the iguanas.
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Nov
@snowy22315 those in the photo seem to look doopey thinking like how did they get there when they were in a tree.
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@FourWalls (80182)
• United States
20h
FIW! Falling Iguana Warning!!! You know, I don't remember them ever warning us of that when I lived there. Different times, though...no 24-hour TV stations to cover weather including falling iguanas.
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@FourWalls (80182)
• United States
41m
@RasmaSandra — “they” say it doesn’t hurt them at all…then again, “they” aren’t the ones falling, are they! 
@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@FourWalls if I lived where these iguanas are falling I would go out with an umbrella perhaps givng them a softer landing than right splat to the ground,
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@wolfgirl569 iot might be shocking to them to fall asleep in a tree and wake up on the ground,
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@Deepizzaguy (115994)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23h
Sorry to learn that the cold weather in Florida is causing iguanas to fall out of trees in Florida.
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@Deepizzaguy that is nature; nothing to be done
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@Marilynda1225 (86914)
• United States
22h
Poor iguanas. I would hate to fall out if a tree if it got too cold
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@Marilynda1225 probably shocking to them as the fall asleep in a tree and wake up on the ground
@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@JudyEv poor things I bet it is traumatic for them,
@LindaOHio (205733)
• United States
13h
I am a big animal lover; but the iguanas are taking over Florida and causing damage to property, etc. They hire people to come and shoot them because there are so many. Since they are an invasive species, they have become a major problem.
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@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@LindaOHio that can be taken care of by catching a lot at one time and placing them in places they would be happy like the Everglades and keep doing this, I could be wrong though I guess no one cares to really save them,
@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@Kandae11 they say iguanas thave become an invasive species. I say gather up a whole bunch and send them down to the Amazon rainforest
@RasmaSandra (90740)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@LooneyVille and traumatic for the falling iguanas every time,
