Meet Jessica Kilgore the South Florida iguana slaying queen!!!! pic.twitter.com/CDNQvsok8O
— Branch Floridian (@JackLinFLL) February 1, 2026
February 2, 2026
"Well, of course, we contact our Trinidadian friends and all the people that like to eat iguanas... and they eat the eggs and they eat the legs and they eat the tail."
"So this is easy snacks, fallin' out the trees this mornin'."
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Now do cats.
Requisite Simpsons clip on freezing invasive species:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9yruQM1ggc
Glad that reporter woman is wearing gloves.
Those damn things are all over the place. Cull the herd.
You see, we have problems here in Florida that Minnesotans would be protesting. We just eat the problem.
Actually, I've yet to see any iguanas over the years here in Sarasota, though I'm told they are present in our county. But they are numerous in the greater Miami area.
I knew they were invasive. I didn't know Trinidadians were famous for eating them. Perhaps we need to import more Trinidadians?
"snack time!" - Nicki Minaj
PS- 32 degrees in Sarasota this morning. As cold as I can ever remember it here. A LOT of people are here from all over the country this time of year. Highly disappointed this morning. I'm guessing they'll be thrilled with seeing a few iguanas drop from trees.
Just got back from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lots of iguanas and other lizards, but they leave you alone.
Chicken of the tree.
Iguanasickles
One question the reporter lady should have asked - "What do they taste like?". I'm guessing they "taste like chicken" but we'll never know.
(Google tells me I was right!)
Now do gators..
Eating iguanas is not popular in Trinidad except for those that live in the bush, and most Trinidadians consider that lifestyle an unnecessary hardship. I would be the average coonass would eat an iguana long before the average Trinidadian might.
Lizard Gizzards? No… I don’t wanna iguana.
“Chicken of the Tree” for the win, lol.
Reptilian Repast
Baked Iguana Sheds it’s Skin
to Show teh Tenderloin Within
h/t Donovan Leitch
I have several coworkers in Trinidad. I’ve never heard of them eating Iguanas. It seems a lot like the discussion of Ohioans eating cats. I’m sure there is some truth for those who need to eat and don’t have a problem eating the most abundant protein they can find. I just suspect if they had equal access to chicken and bovines, they would choose other protein options. And my own observations is that they do.
Can Iguanas Eat Humans? The Surprising Answer
I wasn't pay that much attention, so my first thought was "Isn't it dangerous for that woman to be holding an iguana". But that was a frozen iguana. They picture of them falling out of the trees is funny. OMG, its raining frozen iguanas.
It was the night of the frozen iguana.
Yeah, I don't think your average Trinidadian eats iguana anymore then your average Southerner eats squirrel meat. It used to be a thing because that's what you had.
"tommyesq said...
Just got back from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lots of iguanas and other lizards, but they leave you alone."
They're more afraid of you than you are afraid of them.
One more reason not to move to Florida. I hear they can get up to 4 feet long. They can damage your car if they fall on it.
At least that’s what they said on Philly sports radio this morning.
Male iguanas can become aggressive during breeding season, and it’s during this time that they are most likely to bite humans or other animals. These iguanas are territorial during this time of the year, which takes place at the end of the summer. It is best to steer clear of iguanas during this season to avoid provoking a male iguana in any way.
Back in the early ‘70s a friend of mine spent a couple of weeks in a rural Mexican jail, due to his unfortunate decision to secure a kilo of some of the local economy’s finest product. He’d made his purchase and was headed back to town when he was stopped by bandits. You can imagine the scene that unfolded if you’ve ever seen a Tarantino film. The bandits were straight out of central casting, automatic weapons and bandaleros loaded with bullets X’d across their chests. First they took his remaining cash and, as they rummaged through the rented Jeep they came across the kilo of contraband. At that point the lead bandit produced a badge and told my luckless friend that he was under arrest for running drugs. Perhaps worst of all, my friend hadn’t told his bride where he was going when he’d “stepped out for a bit” that morning. As far as she knew he’d simply vanished from the face of the earth. She now contacted my friend’s father back in Texas who sent a team of private investigators to track and find his wayward son. Unfortunately, there was an election coming up and the Mexican prosecutor saw the conviction and long prison sentence of my friend as his ticket to victory. He was convicted, of course, but just before he was transferred to a federal penetentiary (from which his extraction would have been most difficult) the private investigators found him and secured his release by offering a rather substantial bribe. Oh, the point of all this? While in that little rural Mexican jail he was served Iguana at meal time. This might not have been the worst honeymoon ever, but it’s certainly in the running.
Their bites can cause a lot of damage. And they carry disease.
The alligators enjoy them as they fall out of the trees into the canals too.
"While in that little rural Mexican jail he was served Iguana at meal time. "
Could have been worse, he could have been in prison in Maine and forced to eat lobster every meal.
"I wish I was in Tijuana,
Eating barbecued iguana."
If you can only eat the tail, iguana have seconds
Male iguanas can become aggressive during breeding season
Reggie Hammond: Lack of pussy makes you brave, man!
Stan Ridgway and Joe Bar for the win!
"You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Hahaha!"
- Kamala Harris
They aren't dead when they fall out of the trees. If you don't kill them, they will revive when they warm up. There was a sad story about a road accident at the Keys caused by a backseat filled with comatose iguanas a few years back.
Listening to her cheery chirping about recipes and saving the planet or some damn thing while holding the poor creature like that made me kinda hope it would wake up, turn around, and bite that stupid grin off her face.
32 in Sarasota?!?!?!? Wow
"Male iguanas can become aggressive during breeding season"
Who can blame them? Those female iguanas are lookers! Who could resist those ladies. They're hot, hot, hot.
This was not the first day for falling iguanas in Florida. We have had several cold snaps, and this current one is going on a week now; it's one of the longer ones I've seen in my 37 years in Florida. Usually, it's just a cold day or two, then back to normal. These week-long cold snaps try the soul.
Sadly, "Night of the Iguana" (1964) has very little to do with iguanas (though it does have an iguana, in a bit part). Its all about a guy with chick troubles.
Waste of a great title.
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