According to poet Robert Frost "Some say the world will end in fire. Some say in ice." While so many animals have been losing their lives to the massive wildfires in Australia, unusually cold weather in Florida is taking its own toll. This week the National Weather Service issued a warning for South Florida residents to beware of falling frozen iguanas as unusually cold temps grip the region.
This is one animal I would not like to meet in a dark alley. Well, okay, in a dark jungle. It would be noshing on my leg before I could actually see it.
Urban lizards are prevalent in Puerto Rico and the Carolina's. Many of them have taken to residing in urban areas due to deforestation and commercial tracts of shopping centers popping up along our highways.
We forgive anyone doing a double-double-take at Saniwa ensidens, a fossil monitor lizard excavated over a century ago that now appears to have had four peepers. Jeepers!
Neither the tallest wall nor the coldest ICE can stop these naturally invasive species from crossing and re-crossing the U.S. Southern border with impunity.
Now into its eighth and final season, the Game of Thrones, which debuted on April 14, 2019, we're finally going to find out the ultimate fate of Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen [aka Khaleesi], Tyrion Lannister and the remaining cast of characters that populate this widely popular fictional series.
