Six Foot Iguana Lunches on Oakland Park Kid, Panther Gets More Room to Roam

• I agree that iguanas have overrun some more tropical areas of the country but it is not their fault. It is irresponsible owners who release an invasive species into these areas who are to blame. As for the biting it is how they mate. They have the highest functioning Jacobsons organ of any other reptile and can tell gender of even humans. He may have been in breeding season. A simple explanation of why this probably happened. And ya parents need to monitor their children if potential threats are inherent. But as always let's blame it all on the animals. ~Iguana owner and researcher

• As I was reading then skimming through the myriad of comments above, another reason came to mind. On a blog with many comments I often do not comment even though I may have something to say. I may be repeating something already said and often do not have the time to read all comments that have already been made.

• I thought iguanas were herbivores/vegetarians? I see them eating foliage along the side of Boca Raton roads. The little girl was feeding them strawberries, they say don't feed the wildlife, especially non-native species to Florida. It's strange for them to bite, their natural defense is speed and agility, they run away quickly and climb up into trees and foliage and if you keep pestering them, they might whap you with their tail. Oh, they do have claws to climb trees, so don't try picking them up, but from what I've seen from up close they don't look like they have teeth, so just don't get too close. These iguanas were likely someone's pets that got too big to take care of and then released into South Florida and then multiplied happily, hmmm where have we heard this story before, what about the burmese pythons that got too big for some irresponsible exotic pet owner and then they released them into the Everglades where they happily mated and had babies and competed with the local gators. As to the food aspect of it, in many tropical countries they do eat iguanas occasionally, ewww, but then again, we eat gator tail and conch fritters with orange remoulade sauce here in Florida. I guess fried, anything tastes like chicken, gross. Solutions anyone? Obviously, don't try to feed the iguanas strawberries or anything. They seem pretty smart and don't get run over by cars. Good luck trying to catch them, they are fast. Maybe set up an iguana cage trap full of mangoes and bananas. You could sell them to pet stores in other states to irresponsible exotic pet owners who undoubtedly will set them free in their own states, making it their problem. You could evilly sell them to designer purse, wallet, shoe, and belt makers, just like the Alligator hunters do, they exchange the meat for the skins, hence the New York socialite's $20,000 alligator Birkin? Bherkin? handbag. Sell them to zoos across the nation? Aren't they endangered in rainforest countries?

• That photo is deplorable, as is the caption.

• typo, justo! have you no sympathy for fingers crippled by blogging?

• its "Chutzpah" not "Chutpah" get your transliterations down!

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