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Iguanas Smuggled in Fake Leg

Lizards fetch thousands on black market

By Asta Hostetter,  Newser User

Posted Sep 23, 2007 1:44 PM CDT

(Newser) – Three endangered iguanas were brought into the US illegally in a special compartment inside a man's removable prosthetic leg. The Fiji Island Banded Iguana  were stolen by Californian Jereme James from a nature preserve in Fiji in 2002. US Fish and Wildlife service began an...   Read full story »

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