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Posted by Desiree on January 15, 2002 at 20:21:59:

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Firefighters find finger after iguana bites it off at Hollywood home
sun-sentinel.com

January 15, 2002, 5:09 PM EST

HOLLYWOOD -- Surgeons Tuesday evening were trying to reattach a finger to a 14-year-old boy after it was apparently bitten off by a 5-foot-long iguana lizard, police said.

Police shot and killed the animal after it bit the boy and severed the finger.

Firefighters then gutted the lizard in hopes of finding the missing finger in its stomach.

No luck.

Firefighters then donned state-of-the-art thermal imaging gear and eventually found the digit lying in the dirt.

The biting occurred around 3:15 p.m. at a home on the 6300 block of Mayo Street.

The victim was not immediately identified nor was his condition at the hospital immediately known. It also was not known if the iguana was a pet.
Copyright � 2002, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Firefighters find finger after iguana bites it off

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: PHOTO: : http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0115iguana.jpg.photo?coll=sfla%2Dhome%2Dheadlines : Firefighters find finger after iguana bites it off at Hollywood home : sun-sentinel.com : January 15, 2002, 5:09 PM EST : HOLLYWOOD -- Surgeons Tuesday evening were trying to reattach a finger to a 14-year-old boy after it was apparently bitten off by a 5-foot-long iguana lizard, police said. : Police shot and killed the animal after it bit the boy and severed the finger. : Firefighters then gutted the lizard in hopes of finding the missing finger in its stomach. : No luck. : Firefighters then donned state-of-the-art thermal imaging gear and eventually found the digit lying in the dirt. : The biting occurred around 3:15 p.m. at a home on the 6300 block of Mayo Street. : The victim was not immediately identified nor was his condition at the hospital immediately known. It also was not known if the iguana was a pet. : Copyright � 2002, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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