but there's nothing

that's gonna really thin them out down here

except for us or a cold snap.

It's almost December and it's 85 degrees out.

Definitely a big problem.

We've been outdoors men our whole lives.

We're always out.

So, we just saw it become a problem

and we just set out to try to do something

and try to make a difference in controlling it.

We love Florida, we love South Florida's ecosystem

so we saw a need for it.

Right there.

This is kinda some of the things that they do.

They destroy landscaping, they dig holes.

Their tunnels can be up to 80 feet long.

They spread salmonella in their feces.

They're not from Florida.

They're actually invasive to here.

They're native to Central and South America

and they were brought in in the pet trade and let go

and now this is what we have to deal with.

So their population's exploded over time

and they're endangering native wildlife

along with destroying our native plants.

We've had people that had to reconcrete

their sea walls because there was such giant holes.

People don't realize

a lot of places, you have more than one or two.

We're talking double digits

and you can just see by having 10, 15 of these guys

in your backyard, even not knowing what they do,

you can see how it can be a problem.

South Florida, there's a lot of canals down here.

They just use them as highways to disperse.

So everyone living on the water,

you're at a huge risk.

Very impressive, they're great climbers,

great swimmers, they're fairly fast,

they have excellent vision.

So, super competitive down here in South Florida.

We've removed upwards of 50 in one clutch.

Sometimes they're clumsy

so they'll get a little nervous when you run underneath them

and they'll try to go to another branch,

miss and fall on your head.

There's three species that you predominantly find out here.

This is the most prevalent.

You'll also see black spiny tails

and Mexican spiny tails,

different species of iguanas.

But those are the three

that you most commonly find down here.

They're all different sizes so I mean

this just happens to be a really large male.

But for being as ferocious looking,

they're predominant, they're herbivores.

They've been here since the 60s.

We haven't had any cold winter

to limit their population

so they're just breeding like crazy.

Climate change, it's extreme temperature

so we could get cold weather here

but in general, the last few years, it's

What, almost December and it's 85 degrees out now?

I mean, so who knows?

If it gets cold enough,

they're cold blooded so they go in a state of inactivity.

If it continues being cold, they may not recover

but there's been news articles in the past where

people think they're dead because they're frozen,

pick them up, and then they end up heating up

and then now you're holding

or you have one in your car that's alive.

So we do this to make sure that they don't harm themselves

or other animals while they're in the other traps

so they don't bite each other, scratch each other.

This is the most humane way to remove them from a property

other than keeping them in a trap.

If you keep them in a trap,

they like to bang up their noses

then they get injured.

Everything we do, we have respect.

I went to school for biology.

I love animals.

This is not something we're doing just to do it for fun.

We really see the destruction they've been causing.

It is a problem.