98 iguana eggs removed from a single yard in Florida

May 7 (UPI) — Reptile wranglers in Florida said they believe they set a new local record for the Miami area when they removed 98 iguana eggs from a single yard.

Humane Iguana Control said personnel responded to a home in the Miami suburb Palmetto Bay on a report of iguanas burrowing in the yard.

“We removed 98 eggs,” Michael Ronquillo, owner of Humane Iguana Control, told WOFL-TV . “Three female iguanas had nested in burrows that were all interconnected, and each had laid her own clutch.”

The business said officials believe the egg collection could be a new local record…

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