University urges local residents to embrace surprising meat source: ‘It does taste like chicken’

Invasive to Southwest Florida, iguanas taste like chicken, so say some students and professors at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida.

Naples Daily News reported that university members sampled iguana meat tacos as an environmentally and financially sustainable meal option.

According to environmental science professor John O’Connell, eating iguana meat is a culinary thrill, as well as a responsible act. Iguanas disrupt the Florida ecosystem, where they ruin landscapes, compete with native species, and spread pathogens in their feces…

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