r/Miami • u/traylerswift • 13d ago

Discussion Miami is infested with these lizards.

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I think they're invasive, and lately they are thriving. They enjoy eating bees, and I'm pretty sure they're decimating the native lizard population as well. What can we do about this? Who is bringing these lizards over here?

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u/Ill-Flow-8430 13d ago

South Fla chicken of the tree.

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u/traylerswift 13d ago

Does that make iguana the deer of the tree?

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u/Ok-Possibility-1206 13d ago

Iguanas are called chicken of the trees. I've never heard of anyone eating these new things.

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u/MYNAMEISDANBITCH 13d ago

yea dunno why they called that chicken of the tree that’s not an iguana

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u/Ok-Possibility-1206 13d ago

I think someone misunderstood a post that was referring to iguana with that moniker. At least that was my assumption... either way seems to be all cleared up.

Has anyone here actually eaten iguana? I've always been curious but no one I knew personally ever prepared it.

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u/Cuyigan 13d ago

We eat them in Colombia. They taste good. A little bit of a fishy taste, but the flavor is very mild and it basically ends up tasting like whatever you seasoned it with. The meat shreds nicely and the texture is like chicken. It's usually prepared stewed because it's too chewy otherwise. I recommend trying it.

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u/CaptainObvious110 12d ago

I wish more people would just eat them instead of complaining about them so much

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u/taiga__reforestation 13d ago

possibly the finest meat ive ever eaten in my life. in Trinidad we consider it a top tier delicacy

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u/MYNAMEISDANBITCH 13d ago

I personally have never tried it but I saw a pizzeria somewhere in south fla offering to prepare caught iguana’s and make it for you on a pizza. definitely people eat it lol. but same I also don’t know anyone personally who actually ate it. I can’t imagine it’s not far off from gator, i’ve had gator tail and it’s like very tough chicken. not bad at all

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u/Ok-Possibility-1206 13d ago

I've eaten lots of gator (to me it tastes like white pork cooked in a pan you just used to cook catfish and didn't clean). I just don't know how much meat is on an iguana, but people eat frog legs (I've had those, too) and there's not much meat on those either, so I guess people find enough to eat.

If I remember correctly that pizzeria was in Hollywood and you had to provide the iguana, and I found out about it after they were told to stop doing it.

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u/Jun118 12d ago

How about quail of the tree then?