Microlivestock Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future (1991) / Chapter Skim
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34 Black Iguana
34 Black Iguana
Pages 355-360
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As with the green iguana, it seems likely that when the factors causing hatchling mortality are reduced, a large harvestable annual surplus can be produced. Black iguanas efficiently convert vegetation into high-grade protein suitable for human consumption.
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DISTRIBUTION The different black iguana species range from northern Mexico along both coasts of Central America to Panama and Colombia's Caribbean islands. Most tolerate moderate human presence well, often thriving around town garbage dumps and cemeteries.
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A typical burrow has several entrances and is 1-2 m long. Several females may combine efforts to form a complex communal burrow with several individual nest chambers.
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The program offers some promise of maintaining breeding stock in large outdoor enclosures, of producing large numbers of hatchlings, and of restocking depleted areas. ADVANTAGES Latins believe that various ailments are cured or benefited by the flesh of these lizards, so they willingly pay much more for their meat than they would for equivalent amounts of other meats.
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Management techniques developed for the green iguana should be tested for their applicability for black iguana species. Harvesting and recruitment schemes must be developed to create sustainable populations in the wild.
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So in attempting domestication one should expect to have difficulty until there are enough animals that you can select breeding stock for quietness and tractability. Ian McTaggart Cowan Emeritus Professor of Zoology University of British Columbia Cattle will never be extinct for the simple reason that man eats cattle.
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