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Can iguanas ride rafts for 200 miles?

Iguanas that washed ashore on debris from a storm probably traveled more than 200 miles between Caribbean islands, the best evidence yet that animal species could have spread by rafting.

 

References:

Censky, E.J., K. Hodge, and J. Dudley. 1998. Over-water dispersal of lizards due to hurricanes. Nature 395(Oct. 8):556.

 

Sources:

Ellen J. Censky
University of Connecticut
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
U-23
Storrs, CT 06269-3023

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 17, October 24, 1998, p. 267.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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