Exotic is, of course, a relative state.
In Central America, iguana is a delicacy. It's something - they're actually farmed for food. So this gentleman just thought, wow, I just have a bunch of protein here. He's on Key Biscayne. He's sort of picking up all these iguanas that appear to be dead on the road that had fallen out of trees. They turned gray and were not moving at all and very cold to the touch.
And he put them into his vehicle. He's loading them up like he was stocking up for a big barbecue. When they went back into the vehicle, the vehicle warmed up, and those iguanas started coming back to life. And all of a sudden, they started getting up and running around in the car, and it caused an accident.
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/05/576082463/what-to-do-if-you-come-across-a-frozen-iguana
Never warm an iguana unless you mean it.
ReplyDeleteA neighbour of my parents had a related experience. As he was driving, suddenly a wild boar crossed the road right before his car, with predictable results, namely a bent front car and a dead boar.
ReplyDeleteSo he thought, well, at least I'll get all this boar meat instead of letting it waste.
So he put the boar in the trunk. Except, of course, the boar wasn't dead, only knocked out. Those things are tough. Now imagine a wild boar thrashing in the trunk of a moving car, trying to get out.
As far as I can tell, the car never recovered. And he's lucky the boar didn't wake up while he was opening the car. Those things aren't only tough, they run at 40km/h and have razor-sharp tusks.