CIMG3857 A con-goer with an iguana on his shoulder
CIMG3857 A con-goer with an iguana on his shoulder at the ArmadilloCon 2006.
I met this guy in the ConSuite with an iguana on his shoulder. (A ConSuite is a room with food, drink, couches and chairs to relax and have a bite to eat during the convention.) At first I could hardly believe this was a real animal, not a toy or a sculpture, akin to those sold in the dealers’ room. But the guy assured me it was a live lizard. Then, after 5 minutes of sitting statue-like on the guy’s shoulder, the phlegmatic lizard moved its head, and I concluded she was live, after all. She is missing a tail, as seen in the middle picture. Her owner said the iguana’s tail burned off when she got too close to a heater. I wonder if, given her temperament, she just could not be bothered to get away from the heat?
So I filmed the creature, just to make sure that her movement wasn’t just an optical illusion. Indeed, if you are patient, you may see her tilt hear head or flap its neck wattles a tiny bit. The 34-second video can be found here:
ArmadilloCon is an annual speculative fiction convention in Austin, Texas, USA.
