Beating Back the Lizards in Taiwan
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https://www.economist.com/asia/2025/05/08/taiwans-other-war
Taiwan officials announced a huge win in the battle against invasive green iguanas in the country, removing thousands of the animals in just four months.
Taiwan's Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency (FNCA) reported that it had removed 36,543 green iguanas in 2025 up until April, triple the number in the same period in 2024, according to Taiwan News.
Link to videoThe FNCA utilized an app originally designed for reporting natural disasters threatening crops, which was updated with a function to report green iguana sightings. The organization also worked with four teams of indigenous hunters for more difficult-to-reach areas, as well as nine removal squads, totaling 1,635 people on the lookout for the lizards.
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@Mik said in Beating Back the Lizards in Taiwan:
Paywall. What harm do the little green buggers do?
In basic, they eat crops and really hurt the farmers.
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@taiwan_girl said in Beating Back the Lizards in Taiwan:
always wear a broad brim hat in the forest or in the vicinity of sea gulls.
