{"id":1318,"date":"2003-08-31T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2003-08-31T14:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/08\/31\/hungry-giant-lizards-invade-florida\/"},"modified":"2003-08-31T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2003-08-31T14:13:26","slug":"hungry-giant-lizards-invade-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/08\/31\/hungry-giant-lizards-invade-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungry Giant Lizards Invade Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a866'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"187\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/iguanas.jpg\" width=\"187\" height=\"246\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"326\">\n<p><font color=\"#FF0000\" size=\"+2\"><strong>Iguanas Multiplying<br \/>\n            in Florida<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>In neighborhoods from Key Biscayne to Boca Raton, it is the night,<br \/>\n        and day, of the fearsome-looking iguana.<\/p>\n<p>        Escaped from captivity, or turned loose in the wild by pet owners, the<br \/>\n        large, usually green-skinned reptiles that can reach 6 feet in length<br \/>\n      are multiplying rapidly.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They eat the flowers, (go) in the pool and mess it up,&quot; complained<br \/>\n      Condo manager Ralph Lindberg.<\/p>\n<p>A female, on average, lays 50 papery-skinned eggs at a time, and may<br \/>\n        breed twice a year. With no natural predators to keep their numbers in<br \/>\n      check, the big reptiles appear to be thriving.  <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bayarea.com\/mld\/cctimes\/news\/6662020.htm\">from the<br \/>\n          Contra Costa Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iguanas Multiplying in Florida In neighborhoods from Key Biscayne to Boca Raton, it is the night, and day, of the fearsome-looking iguana. Escaped from captivity, or turned loose in the wild by pet owners, the large, usually green-skinned reptiles that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/08\/31\/hungry-giant-lizards-invade-florida\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esl-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}