Cold temperatures may be helping get rid of invasive iguanas, but only temporairally

MIAMI — When the temperatures dropped in South Florida, so did the iguanas.

This week’s cold snap stopped the slithery reptiles in their tracks, with hundreds, if not thousands rounded up by Florida residents who were hoping to clear out the invasive lizards.

Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill knows all too well how much of a nuisance and disruption the animals can be to our environment, but it’s this dip in our temperatures that could alleviate the overwhelming and intrusive population…

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