By ELLIE RUSHING
Sun Sentinel 

Out of control iguanas infesting South Florida

 


DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — South Florida's not quite Jurassic Park, but it's getting close.

Packs of green iguanas are swarming seawalls, roaming yards and parks, and leaving a path of destruction and filth in their wake. Like a shot of espresso, the hot summer sun has stoked activity in the cold-blooded creatures, which experts say may be at record numbers.

"This year is the most iguanas I've seen and I've been in business for nine years," says Thomas Portuallo, owner of Fort Lauderdale-based Iguana Control. He says the invasive lizards are out of control with "many hundreds of thousands" c...



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