Green Iguanas are diurnal, arboreal, and are often found near water.

Green Iguanas from the western region of Costa Rica are red and animals of the northern ranges, such as Mexico, appear orange.

Juvenile Green Iguanas from El Salvador are often bright blue as babies, however they lose this color as they get older.

Green Iguanas have very sharp teeth that are capable of shredding leaves and even human skin.

Primarily herbivorous, Green Iguanas are presented with a special problem for osmoregulation ; plant matter contains more potassium and as it has less nutritional content per gram, more must be eaten to meet metabolic needs.

As Green Iguanas are not capable of creating liquid urine more concentrated than their bodily fluids, like birds they excrete nitrogenous wastes as urate salts through a salt gland.

Male Green Iguanas have highly developed femoral pores on the underside of their thighs which secrete a scent ( females have femoral pores, but they are smaller in comparison to those of the males ).

Green Iguanas are oviparous with females laying clutches of 20 to 71 eggs once per year during a synchronized nesting period.

Green Iguanas are preyed upon by hawks and their fear of hawks is exploited as a ploy to catch them in the wild.

Green Iguanas are primarily herbivores, feeding on leaves, flowers, fruit, and growing shoots of upwards of 100 different species of plant.

Although they will consume a wide variety of foods if offered, Green Iguanas are naturally herbivorous and require a precise ratio of minerals ( 2 to 1 calcium to phosphorus ) in their diet.

In Central and South America, Green Iguanas are still used as a source of meat and are often referred to as gallina de palo, " bamboo chicken " or " chicken of the tree ," because they are said to taste like chicken.

Iguanas ( land, marine and some hybrids of both species ) are abundant, and large numbers of birds can be observed from the cliffs at the southern part of the island, including tropic birds and swallow-tailed gulls.

Also, there are three ( technically four ) other Evolved Animal Races that the player can choose from: Evolved Rats / Mice, Evolved Rabbits and Evolved Iguanas.

Evolved Iguanas ( Iguana Sapiens ) originate from a parallel universe where domestic reptiles are not extinct ( as evidenced by Lister's question " What's an Iguana?

Iguanas are economical when it comes to using words, and yes or no questions are the best to ask for in hopes of receiving an instant reply ( and it will almost always be punctuated with " mon " in a West Indies accent ).

Male Blue Iguanas have prominent femoral pores, which are used to release pheromones.

The Blue Iguanas occupy rock holes and tree cavities, and as adults are primarily terrestrial.

Iguanas and other exotic animals are also frequently abandoned by owners due to their size, and to the difficulty in caring for them.

The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped animals and often depicted Green Iguanas in their art.

Evolved Iguanas have lanky body-builds and large ( bulging ) eyes, which often have the tendency to look in different directions.

Due to the potential impact of an introduced species on Hawaii's ecosystem, the state has strict regulations regarding the import and possession of Green Iguanas ; violators can spend three years in jail and be fined up to $ 200, 000.

Green Iguanas have excellent vision, enabling them to detect shapes and motions at long distances.

They seem to be fond of eating a native endangered plant, Cordia globosa and feeding on Nickernut ( Caesalpinia ) a primary food plant of the endangered Miami Blue Butterfly ( Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri ); additionally on Marco Island, Green Iguanas have been observed using the burrows of the Florida Burrowing Owl, a species of special concern, all of which can make them more of a serious threat to Florida's ecosystem than originally believed.

Iggy Pop ( born James Newell Osterberg ) played drums in several Ann Arbor-area bands as a teenager, including The Iguanas and later The Prime Movers.

The Coliseum was home to the San Antonio Rowels and its national team rodeo league competition, as well as two professional hockey teams, the Central Hockey League San Antonio Iguanas and later the International Hockey League San Antonio Dragons from 1996-1998.

Lewis was able to obtain two Blue Iguanas, a male and a female, which were later lodged with the British Museum of Natural History.

A Mess of Iguanas ... A Whoop of Gorillas: An Amazement of Animal Facts.

There is evidence to suggest that these first inhibitors called the island Iouanalao, which meant ' Land of the Iguanas ', due to the island's high number of iguanas.

They have been introduced to Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico, Texas, Florida, Hawaii, and the United States Virgin Islands .< ref name =" wildblue "> Though the species is not native to Martinique, a small wild colony of released or escaped Green Iguanas endures at historic Fort Saint Louis.

Despite their name, Green Iguanas can come in different colors.

As Green Iguanas have only a few Rod cells, they have poor vision in low-light conditions.

Green Iguanas have a white photosensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye ( also called third eye, pineal eye or pineal gland ), in contrast to most other lizards, which have lost it.

Green Iguanas from Guatemala and southern Mexico predominantly have small horns on their snouts between their eyes and their nostrils, whereas others do not.

When frightened by a predator, Green Iguanas will attempt to flee, and if near a body of water, they dive into it and swim away.

Green Iguanas use " head bobs " and dewlaps in a variety of ways in social interactions, such as greeting another iguana or to court a possible mate.

There is some debate as to whether captive Green Iguanas should be fed animal protein.

Wild adult Green Iguanas have been observed eating bird's eggs.

On the other side of the argument is that Green Iguanas at the Miami Seaquarium in Key Biscayne, Florida, have been observed eating dead fish and individuals kept in captivity have been known to eat mice without any ill effects.

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