Those Iguanas Falling From Trees in Florida? They Probably Aren’t Dead<br />“Even if they look dead as a doornail — they’re gray<br />and stiff — as soon as it starts to heat up and they get hit by the sun rays, it’s this rejuvenation,” he said.<br />When temperatures dip into the 30s and 40s, people from West Palm Beach to Miami know<br />to be on the lookout for reptiles stunned — but not necessarily killed — by the cold.<br />Iguanas climb up trees to roost at night, said Ron Magill, communications director for Zoo Miami.<br />“Which is why you get this phenomenon in South Florida that it’s raining iguanas.” (Including on windshields.)<br />“When the temperature goes down, they literally shut down, and they can no longer hold on to the trees,” he said.<br />Iguanas, which can be as long as six feet, are not native to South Florida.<br />“It’s one of those ethical things: What do you do?” he said in an interview.
