The lizards aren’t dead but merely immobilised when temperatures go under 10C, weather bureau says

The US weather service has warned Florida residents that immobilised iguanas could fall out of trees due to unusually cold temperatures across the region.

“Iguanas are cold-blooded. They slow down or become immobile when temps drop into the 40s [4-9 Celsius],” the US National Weather Service Miami-South Florida said on Twitter on Sunday. “They may fall from trees, but they are not dead.”

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