Breeding success for rare lizards (BBC) {world's RAREST!}

[eppur_se_muova]

Conservationists are celebrating success in a captive-breeding programme that aims to save the world's rarest lizard from extinction.

Three eggs laid by a Grand Cayman blue iguana that had been released into a nature reserve on the Caribbean island have successfully hatched.
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The wild population of blue iguanas is expected to be extinct within 10 years.
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Between 1993-2002, land occupied by the creatures halved, and the wild population fell by 80%.

The conversion of traditional fruit farms to cattle grazing areas, illegal capture and non-native predators such as cats and dogs are the main threats.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6083816.stm

[beam me up scottie]

1. But if they come back

where will they live?

[valerief]

2. Yippee! More lizards! nt

[Canuckistanian]

3. Blue Iguanas - I KNEW they were real

And everyone said I was just drinking too much....