Used in a sentence: "In hopes of spreading the message that iguanas have infested the SoFlo ecosystem in such a way that they may create environmental havoc, there are some who are trying to convince the locals of the tastiness of the critters who have taken over by referring to them as the chicken of the trees."
Me personally, I'm fond of most creatures, so I still can't quite grasp the extreme danger that these animals from farther south allegedly pose ... but apparently, there are those who think that the infestation is as bad as the one out in the Everglades where pythons are eating everything in sight.
Mind you, we haven't had a frozen one falling from our back yard trees since this time last year, but even if one does, I'm likely to be the kind that wraps a towel around the creature instead of trying to pair it up with bacon for the evening meal.
Or, said another way, I'll take my chicken as my people have always done ... as the egg-laying ones who taste best broasted. Broasted iguana? No thanks ...
IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CHICKEN OF THE TREE REFERENCE:
http://keysweekly.com/42/the-iguana-assassin-goes-after-chicken-of-the-tree/
JUST 'CAUSE THEY ARE FROZEN DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO EAT THEM:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/weather/iguana-cold-florida-bomb-cyclone-trnd/index.html
BUT IN CASE YOU DID WANT TO EAT THEM ...:
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/restaurants/six-ways-to-cook-iguana-6392248
