(CNN)There’s an iguanocalypse in Florida, or at least that’s what it looks like judging from the photos worried Floridians are posting all over social media.
One tiny detail, though: They’re probably not dead. They are, however, literally frozen.
“If it’s just for a day or two they’ll just get to where they’re completely frozen in time. They’re still able to breathe. They’re still able to do bodily functions just very slow,” said Maple.
See, at first you probably felt sorry for them, didn’t you? But what they’re doing is kind of aspirational: When things start to go sideways, literally shut down your body, freak some stranger out by keeling over near their pool, and wait it out in a state of suspended animation. Just, you know. don’t actually die.
The iguanas aren’t the only ones noping out of the cold weather.
Sea turtles near the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi, Texas, had to be brought inside to avoid what the National Park Service is calling a “sea turtle cold stunning event due to extremely low temperatures.”
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