Kathleen and Iguana Close Up
One of the smaller resident Iguana near the pool either got chased by a bigger one until he fell, or perhaps he just fell on his own. Whatever did happen, once he hit the ground he ended up in the pool? Some of the Mexican children who are here in the park with their parents for Christmas were swimming in the pool at the time. Something I didn’t know, is Iguanas can not swim so the little guy was struggling on the bottom of the pool when one of the Mexican workers in the Park came to his rescue and brought him to the surface with a net on the end of a long pole. The lady you see in the picture with Kathleen is the mom to one of the young couple who does the breakfast daily at the pool. She assisted in the rescue by grabbing the Iguana by the tail and laying him out on the concrete. Even though the little guy was under water for over 5 minutes and very groggy from the ordeal, I believe that he later made his way back up the tree from which he had fallen. Our pad and coach is so close to the pool that we were able to respond to the commotion and Kathleen got to touch the little guy and I was able to get a few photos.
