I was chatting on the phone about the lack of surf this morning :( and as I walked around the corner to the pool, I must have startled the heck out of an iguana, because it charged across the deck and PLOP! landed in the pool.

I was surprised that it swam perfectly well, and cruised down to the bottom to get away from me, where it then just sort of hung out, without moving.

Wow! I guess that I shouldn't be too surprised that iguanas can swim- the dang things are up there with rats and roaches for their adaptability- but I certainly didn't expect one to be doing laps in my pool.

Now I'm having some trouble deciding if I should net him out or just leave him alone- it has been 5 or so minutes since he came up for air and I really don't want to deal with a dead lizard today.

(sorry the picture isn't great- sun, wind and water make it tough to get a decent angle)

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