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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you do end up with one of these Iguanas for a pet then you need to know what they enjoy eating, right?\u00a0 Typically, the young Spiny Tailed Iguana feeds on insects while the adults become mainly herbivores feasting on fruits and vegetation.\u00a0 This herbivore diet must work out for them since these iguanas use this energy to run awfully fast.\u00a0 It is a Spiny Tailed Iguana that holds the world record in the Lizard Sprint category.\u00a0 I have no idea who went around and clocked the speed of different lizards but I do know the Spiny Tailed Iguana was the winner with a speed of 34.6 km\/h (25.5 mph).\u00a0 This is why it is important to eat your vegetables, kids.<\/p>\n
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I don’t know if you have looked yet but our Wild Facts are winding down pretty quick. Soon enough, we will hit the illustrious zero mark…then what? Let’s not worry about that now since we still have a few facts to go so let’s get started with the Spiny Tailed Iguana.\u00a0 Luckily to learn about this animal we are going to take a nice winter trip to Mexico and Central America where they are native residents.\u00a0 I suppose we could also head to Florida or Texas since they were introduced in these states but I would prefer to see their <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1490,952,953,4025,1491,1489],"yoast_head":"\n
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