Latey Nighty Thread: The Wrath of The Manatee

[reeves4england]

I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that article would be a million times better with a picture

[Talk Talk]

I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that article would be a million times better with a picture

Here you go:

[url width=400 height=262]http://minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/2010/01/11/45M1444-01-florida-manatee.jpg[/url]

[pauld]

There was a thing on the radio the other day about iguanas hibernating in trees in Florida. Apparently when the temperature dips below a certain level, they automatically hibernate. But not being very used to it, they aren't very good at it, so they just fall asleep where they are. Which is usually in a tree. Which they promptly fall out of. Apparently there has been a spate of people being hurt by hibernating iguanas falling out of trees onto them. It made oi larrff

[Talk Talk]

There was a thing on the radio the other day about iguanas hibernating in trees in Florida. Apparently when the temperature dips below a certain level, they automatically hibernate. But not being very used to it, they aren't very good at it, so they just fall asleep where they are. Which is usually in a tree. Which they promptly fall out of. Apparently there has been a spate of people being hurt by hibernating iguanas falling out of trees onto them. It made oi larrff

Apparently the buggers can be up to five feet long!

Story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6947254/Kamikaze-iguanas-fall-from-Floridas-frozen-trees.html

I like this bit: "I knew of a gentleman who was collecting them off the street and throwing them in the back of his station wagon, and all of a sudden these things are coming alive, crawling on his back and almost causing a wreck."

And a pretty picture of an iguana for R4E:

[url width=460 height=288]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01555/iguanas_1555070c.jpg[/url]