It's Raining Iguanas in Florida

Such is the life of a cold-blooded creature.

fwiw, we had the first snow of the season here in CT today. just some flurries, no accumulation.

@#3 ... He deigned to allow me to use the yard whenever I wanted ...

He didn't shoot you through a closed door and kill you?

@#5 ... I threatened to feed him to the gators... which were in the Everglades near Naples. ...

This early cold snap here in CT (though, probably more of a cool-snap in Florida) is interesting.

Considering it is looking like a La Nina winter here in the NorthEast.

I went out to the garage and told my Ariens snow thrower that I appreciate all it has done for me through the winters with multiple 5"+ snowstorms, including the big 15+ plus ones.

Oddly, of late that snow thrower has been quiet. The past two winters I used it once. And that use was more to just run it than a need to clear the driveway.

As opposed to the multi-snow-storms of the past winters, when I enlisted the help of that snow-thrower to clear 5+ inches of snow from the driveway a few time (many times?) each winter.

And, fwiw, the snow flurries I see here are "lake effect" snow from the cold air flowing over the warm waters of the Great Lakes. By the time the lake effect sno gets here, we get flurries. In the Buffalo, NY snow-belt area they get inches, sometimes feet.

Let' look ...

Found this ...

First snowfall of the season in Western New York
www.wivb.com

... The first snowfall of the season has hit Western New York, dropping anywhere from a dusting to six inches of snow across the area. ...

@#11 ... They don't serve barbequed iguana at Morongo Casino? ...

Along those lines ...

ESA Looks at Incorporating Insects Into Astronaut Diets
www.extremetech.com

... Humans have been eating insects for millennia, but despite the uncomfortable feelings a bug-based diet might evoke in cultures not used to their consumption, they could form a vital part of future astronauts' diets. A new study being conducted by the European Space Agency will explore how these miniature organisms could help recycle unsavoury compounds and create a useful protein source to supplement future space menus.

"Insects seem to cope quite well in space environments. They have a good ability to withstand physical stresses," said sa Berggren, lead author of a study published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology. Berggren also highlighted how good insects were at converting waste products that humans can't utilize into proteins and fats that we can, making them useful recyclers as well as sources of nutrition. ...

@#12 making them useful recyclers as well as sources of nutrition. ...

So, the ESA wants its astronauts to eat the flies it unleashes to eat the excrement of the astronauts?