Bitten In Belize

Perhaps you remember a picture I posted a while ago of a lizard ear ring.  While on a mission trip to Mississippi, we found a cute little anole (what many call a chameleon) in the debris by the water.  I allowed him to latch on to the lobe of my ear, where he hung rigorously for a few moments before letting go.

I thought I’d try the same thing while we were in Belize, only this time using a small iguana we caught.   Here is a brief video of what happened.

Unfortunately, the iguana wouldn’t let go.  And any time I moved, it clamped down even harder.  I stood in a tree hoping he’d jump off on a branch.  He didn’t.  I laid on the ground (Kris here is a full picture of my corn rows) hoping he’d let go and run away.  He didn’t.

Eventually one of the people in my party tenderly took the iguana’s tale and very slowly and gently began to pull it off.  Of course, it clamped down hard once again.  But when its jaw relaxed even a little bit, he pulled again.  The lizard would lose a little ground each time before clamping down again.  In the end I thought I might lose a chunk of my ear, but eventually we got him off with my ear intact except for a few well defined teeth marks.

Is that what you call being a stupid white man?

Comments

[Kris]

Hey, Rob, love those cornrows.
I think we can call you the "iguana hunter" (you know, kind of like the croc hunter).

[Tom]

When we got Rachel's boot off from her broken foot the doctor told us that in his experience all of the successful executives have had two broken bones at some point in life. They tent to be risk takers and excel through hard times.

Maybe it's not stupid white man syndrome, maybe it's successful executive syndrome.

[Ted Gossard]

Good one, Rob. At least we learn from it!