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Giant lizards, hissing ducks, and pythons: Florida has an invasive species problem

Should Floridians welcome their new bizarre menagerie or fight back? A dispatch from an extremely Florida war.

Florida is home to more nonnative plants and animals, including green iguanas, than any other part of the U.S. Descended from escaped pets, iguana numbers have exploded since the 1960s.

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