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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Across the so-called Sunshine State,
oranges and strawberries are freezing, icicles are hanging off palm
fronds, and iguanas paralyzed by the cold are falling out of trees.
Temperatures have plunged as low as the 20s in recent days, forcing people used to wearing flip-flops year-round to put on earmuffs.
As for the iguanas, experts say the cold-blooded reptiles are not dead, but become immobilized and lose their grip when the temperature falls into the 40s or below.
They are said to go into a type of hibernation in which their bodies essentially turn off.
According to the experts, when the weather warms up the iguanas should be revived.
Iguanas prefer temperatures in the 80s and 90s.
Temperatures have plunged as low as the 20s in recent days, forcing people used to wearing flip-flops year-round to put on earmuffs.
As for the iguanas, experts say the cold-blooded reptiles are not dead, but become immobilized and lose their grip when the temperature falls into the 40s or below.
They are said to go into a type of hibernation in which their bodies essentially turn off.
According to the experts, when the weather warms up the iguanas should be revived.
Iguanas prefer temperatures in the 80s and 90s.
