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CHAGUARAMAS WILDLIFE - Iguana |
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The Iguana has long fingers and claws which are skillfully used for climbing. They also have good senses of hearing and smell, and superb vision. Their tails are long and also quite sharp, and is snapped in the air as a defense mechanism. If caught by a predator, the tail can also break off , but grows back without undeviating damage. The skin is tough to circumvent cuts and scratches. The coloring of the skin is a camouflage mechanism, which means that they blend in easily to their surroundings to remain unnoticed by predators. Iguanas can quickly dive from trees into water, and swim well. Iguanas are quite rugged -- they sometimes fall 40-50 feet to the ground without getting hurt! Male green iguanas have a special flap of skin called the dewlap. Male iguanas can raise their dewlap to create the illusion that they are bigger than they really are, either to intimidate predators, or to impressive females. Iguanas are omnivorous, meaning they eat both plants and meat. They tend to eat mostly plants, though, especially leaves and fruits. Sometimes iguanas (especially young ones) will eat eggs, insects, and small vertebrates. |
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The Iguana
Scientific Name - Common Name - Iguanas are diurnal, meaning that they are awake during the day. They are also cold-blooded, which means they do not produce their own body heat. In other words, if it is cold, the iguana is cold too. So to stay warm, green iguanas bask in the sun, lying on warm rocks as they soak up the sun's heat.
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Class: Reptilian Order: ( Omnivorous ) |
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