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a tiny dragon with a third eye, a tail-whip, and zero interest in your opinion
means A large, mostly herbivorous tropical lizard native to the Americas, known for its scaly crest, long whip-like tail, and a light-sensitive 'third eye' atop its head.
from From Spanish 'iguana,' which the Spanish borrowed from 'iwana,' the word used by the Taíno people of the Caribbean for the creature. So the name traveled almost intact: from Arawakan tongues of the islands, into the mouths of Spanish colonists, and onward into English in the 17th century — one of the many words the New World handed the Old.
- third eye
- parietal eye on skull detects light and shadow
- frozen falls
- cold-stunned iguanas drop from Florida trees, then revive
- tail trick
- can detach and regrow its tail to escape
- sea swimmers
- marine iguanas dive and graze on underwater algae
- sneeze salt
- they expel excess salt through specialized nasal glands
green iguana — largest lizard in the americas, native to central and south america, can grow up to 6.5 feet long
fiji crested iguana — critically endangered species found only in fiji, one of world's rarest iguanas with fewer than 5,000 left