Key Takeaways

Green iguanas are primarily herbivorous, living in trees and eating fruits and leaves, though they occasionally consume insects or dead meat.

These lizards are excellent climbers with long fingers and hooked claws, able to survive falls from significant heights, and are also capable swimmers.

Green iguanas display social behaviors, particularly among hatchlings, and males engage in elaborate mating displays and territorial defense during the breeding season.

Something weird is happening in Florida. In case you hadn't heard, iguanas are all but overrunning the Sunshine State. And we're talking about big lizards. They're thriving there because of South Florida's subtropical climate and a lack of natural predators. And the human inhabitants do not want to share their warm-we

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