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Posted by Kate on September 26, 2002 at 11:16:26:
In Reply to: UK Press:Traffic halted by dumped iguana posted by desiree on September 26, 2002 at 11:00:46:
Right. He is "evil." His aggressive behavior and "bad mood" couldn't possibly be due to having been in a cold and unfriendly environment, surrounded by unfamiliar things and people, without proper food or heat. It couldn't have anything to do with a bunch of strangers trying to capture him, or with all the changes he's recently experienced. No, it's because he is "evil" and because he is an iguana without a mate. *sigh*
Stupid press.
Kate
:Thursday, 26 September, 2002, 12:07 GMT 13:07 UK
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:Iguanas grow aggressive when they are unable to mate
:Traffic halted by dumped iguana
:An iguana brought traffic to a halt when he was caught wandering through a city's streets.
:The five-feet long creature was spotted by a motorist as it crawled across busy Blackfriars Street in Salford.
:However, the driver managed to block the street with his car until staff from an animal rescue centre arrived.
:The iguana - named Eddie - is believed to have been a discarded pet.
:'Bad mood'
:Wendy White, of the Animals in Distress Sanctuary in Irlam, said: "You have to be careful with iguanas as they can give you a very nasty bite with their needle-like teeth or give you a bad bruise with their tail.
:"But Eddie, because he was freezing cold, was quite docile and relatively easy to capture.
:"He is still in a very bad mood due to sexual frustration - we've named him Eddie because he is evil.
:"It's just natural for an iguana to become aggressive when they are unable to find a mate."
:Eddie is being kept in a reptile tank at a temperature of about 35C.
:He is about six or seven years old but the sanctuary does not plan to rehouse him.
:Staff at the sanctuary believe he is too large to make a good pet.
