Tourists feeding grapes to rock iguanas on remote islands in the Bahamas have given them a sweet tooth and high blood sugar problems, researchers say. Photo: AFP/Erin Lewis/The Company of Biologists
Tourists feeding grapes to rock iguanas on remote islands in the Bahamas have given them a sweet tooth and high blood sugar problems, researchers say. Photo: AFP/Erin Lewis/The Company of Biologists

Iguanas have high blood sugar from tourists feeding them grapes – the Bahamas reptiles have developed a sweet tooth

  • The vulnerable lizards, whose wild population is small, rush to the beaches of remote islands in the Bahamas when they hear boats, expecting to be fed grapes
  • As well as making the lizards less wary of humans, the practice has raised their blood sugar levels, possibly causing health problems

Tourists feeding grapes to rock iguanas on remote islands in the Bahamas have given them a sweet tooth and high blood sugar problems, researchers say. Photo: AFP/Erin Lewis/The Company of Biologists
Tourists feeding grapes to rock iguanas on remote islands in the Bahamas have given them a sweet tooth and high blood sugar problems, researchers say. Photo: AFP/Erin Lewis/The Company of Biologists
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