HP's pet lizard is feral peril says wildlife group

The car manufactuers don't seem to have any qualms about this. They advertise using overseas vehicles, driving on the wrong side of the road, with features that do no, can not, and will never appear on the Australian modified versions. They have a disclaimer during the ad stating this, while at the same time you're teased with something you're never going to get. Ever.

Can you picture this ad's disclaimer? "Pet green iguanas are not available in Australia due to import restrictions".

Yep, in the fear we've become the same as the US, too late, our disclaimers are getting to be exactly the same as the US.

TV direction

A stream of commercials sometimes rudely interrupted by Programming.

As for the disclaimers you see on US TV.... Well I guess they have to cater for the fact that more than 50% of the population are idiots. What worries me more is the ability of those Idiots read something that appears on the screen for less than a second?

Like crocodiles, green iguanas make appealing pets when young

That sounds like something only an Australian would say. I'd never considered a croc to be appealing.

Forget the perils of iguanas...

...it's disgusting that they promote destroying the planet with reckless printing. Surely little Tommy should've set up a viral #BringBackOurIguana campaign on social media and championed the cause on national TV.

Missed one

But not in Australia, which has a long history of introduced species overrunning locals. Europeans humans, Rabbits, camels, foxes and the cane toad are all imported pests in Australia.

"That's bad because, presumably, dumped Ralphs will go feral, eat local wildlife and perhaps breed."

Iguanas don't eat meat, unless accidentally (for example, an insect minding its own business, sitting on a tasty leaf) or when forced (by humans fattening them for later eating, both of which are extremely unhealthy for the iguana).

edit: http://www.anapsid.org/iguana/animalprotein.html

A simple solution

1 Iguana - female

3 large sour oranges

1 garlic bulb

4 lg. onions

1 tsp. black pepper

12 c. water

1 lb. dry corn (powdered)

1 tsp. crushed red pepper

3/4 bottle of pork grease

Salt to taste

After the Iguana has been killed, open the stomach and below, take out the eggs and intestines. Clean the eggs very well with the sour oranges. Put the eggs in the arms with the Iguana in all its skin. Later in the day cook the eggs in salt water for 10 minutes, then let them sit in the water until they are cold. Store them in refrigerator.

Early the following day soak the Iguana in cold water. Skin it and wash it once more. Cut the Iguana into small pieces and cook it with 8 cups of water with salt, garlic, sliced onion, and black pepper. Grind it into a "Soft Mass" and mix it with the gravy. Cook the corn in water until soft, then brown it (not too darkly) and grind to a lumpy mass. Take 4 cups of this corn, mix with the gravy and Iguana and cook, stirring constantly until it is well cooked.

In 2 1/2 cups of pork grease, fry 3 onions (chopped fine) until clear and light brown. Set aside a few onions. With the rest, add the powdered pepper, Iguana mixture, more salt, sour oranges, and, if necessary, more pork grease. Do not let get too dry. Form a large rounded shape in a serving dish and create an indentation in the center. Garnish with onion and serve with a robust red wine.

Aussie recipe

The Australian recipe would be:

1 light fire

2 kill iguana.

3 throw in coals/ashes of fire.

4 eat iguana, discarding skin, bones etc...