the.com/green iguana
A dragon that settled for eating flowers and sitting on your shoulder.
means A large, mostly herbivorous arboreal lizard native to Central and South America, popular as an exotic pet despite its intimidating, prehistoric looks.
from 'Iguana' entered English and Spanish from 'iwana', the word the Taíno people of the Caribbean used for these lizards — one of the relatively small set of Taíno words (alongside 'hurricane' and 'canoe') that survived the devastation of their culture and now live on in everyday speech. 'Green' is just the plain English description tacked on to distinguish it from other iguana species, like the spiny-tailed or marine kinds.
- actual color
- often orange, grey, or blue, rarely green
- third eye
- has a light-sensing parietal eye on its head
- whip tail
- can detach it and still deliver a bruising lash
- chill factor
- falls from trees unconscious when temperatures drop