In a tense moment of curiosity and defensiveness, students surrounded an iguana and told me more about it while I warned them to back away.
This lizard has a long tail, webbed feet, scaly, wrinkly skin, a spiky back, and was almost three feet long. The iguana, locally known as a 'guana, ranges from green to brown in its skin color. The one at the school was a shade of dusty green and tan. I have seen others in the shades of bright green, neon orange, and dark brown.
I was concerned when I saw the ‘guana with the students coming so close to it. This ‘guana, which the students had named “Ramos”, seemed to be in a defensive position, clearly threatened by the mass of students surrounding it. I asked the students to back away from our new friend. The students told me that they have seen ‘guanas fight each other and whip their tails at people threatening them. This gave me more reasons to be concerned!
