Spawn was looking at the television while I was here on the computer, she left to go get my notebook from upstairs so that she could be on the pc too, next thing I knew she came running back into the room and did a flying leap up on the couch
"There's a giant lizard on the step"
me sceptical "A giant lizard"
"an iguana"
I walked towards the back room, that coincidentally has stairs leading down to it, her voice from behind said..."not that step the ones going upstairs"
I peered around the corner and was able to make out a massive body taking up a couple of stairs while its tail trailed down the three below it
"wow big iguana!...I need a picture!" in typical me fashion
It did occur to me that taking a picture would involve flash and the flash could send it scuttling the rest of the way upstairs...I thought about it a second and then...*click* No movement, good.
I looked at Spawn who was still on the far side of the couch with her feet up at this point and told her to call her father and tell him. He was upstairs sleeping having spent the night out fishing. When I heard him moving I called up that it was a really big one, he looked down at it and we had a brief discussion whether or not to cover it with a towel to capture it (my suggestion) or whether he would just try to make it turn around and come back downstairs we opted to the latter.
There was coaxing, prodding, poking and finally the donning of the gloves and picking up. As much as I have always wanted a pet iguana I do have a very healthy respect for them, I have seen enough pictures of what they could do with those claws and from all accounts that tail can pack a punch.
I got my pictures, to touch it, remove something from its eye that was preventing it from seeing out of it and the iguana ultimately got its freedom. Must say I was surprised to see it, I've only seen one other, a pretty juvenile since we've been here. This was a lovely, well fed, possibly pregnant adult, I hope it goes on to have a good life and that no hungry Trini's one of the first things out of the hubby's mouth was that it was good eating size) with a taste for wild meat gets a hold of it
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5 comments:
wow!
I live on an Island that the Amerindians called "Hewanorra" or Land of Iguanas and I've only ever seen a tiny juvenile in the wild. I would love to see the day when one that size would be found in a residential area.
there's good eating on one of them things
(identify who i'm channeling here) ;-)
They are such beautiful creatures. There is a family of three that live in a tree outside my apartment. They aren't so gorgeous when they get indoors though and are panicked
I remember when I was younger, my dad stopped the car in the middle of the road to chase an iguana. "He real fat! oh gorsh, that will taste real good this Sunday." Luckily for that iguana, it was fast enough to get to safety.
I so am afraid of lizards, it is pathetic. Here we have alot of Woodslaves, and believe me, they are ugly, I am counting my pennies so that I can get an exterminator or something because there are 5 - 8 of them here. Now, there are cats in the yard hunting them.
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