Anonymous asked:

1) i love wasabi 2) am i seeing correctly that her hind legs have a HUGE claw on the middle toe?? because holy shit i guess i didnt know that :00

iguanamouth Answer:

YES her hind feet are. very very large heres some comparisons….

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the front foot

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vs the hind foot

IN THE wild, green iguanas are generally arboreal and spend a lot of time in trees, and they use these huge claws to hang onto branches! you can see this kind of toe length in a lot of larger tree lizards - heres an emerald tree monitor and caiman lizard for comparison ……

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its VERY pronounced on green iguanas because of their size. my feet look like this also

Jan 12, 2021
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