Overview
- Complex reports a YouTuber known as Ryan Iz Fishing fried iguana and served it with waffles in a Waffle House parking lot, calling the meat indistinguishable from fried chicken.
- TikTok creator Gray Davis posted videos showing him collecting cold-stunned iguanas and cooking them into dishes such as tacos, claiming a chicken-like taste.
- Davis said one female iguana he prepared contained roughly 20 eggs and noted he preserves skins to use more of the animal.
- Green iguanas become immobilized during cold snaps, often falling from trees, which makes them easier to collect across parts of Florida.
- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission allows residents to humanely kill green iguanas on private property without a permit and advises humane dispatch rather than bringing the animals indoors to warm up.