Cold-stunned iguanas fell from trees as chilly temperatures from the East Coast winter storm stretched all the way to South Florida. The iguanas, which usually wake up with the sun's warmth, are not native to Florida and considered an invasive species.
No blizzard conditions here in the Sunshine State, but we have our issues as well when the thermometer drops.
As for iguanas, well, that's another matter. They are an invasive species, well accustomed to the trees of South Florida. When it gets cold, below 40 degrees Fahrenheit about 4 degrees Celsius), they go into a sort of suspended animation mode. And they fall to the ground.It got cold in Florida this weekend. The National Weather Service reported that West Palm Beach hit 37 degrees Fahrenheit , the coldest morning of the past 12 years.
Yet the unseasonably cold weather in Florida prompted one church on the Gulf of Mexico side of the state to rethink how it would welcome parishioners and visitors.
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