Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar

The Manila Times

Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar  Taiwan’s iguana population has exploded since the spikey-backed giant lizards were introduced from Central and South America more than 20 years ago as exotic pets. Now, armed with slingshots, harpoons, and darts, bounty hunters are being hired by the government to cull the lizard population invading neighborhoods and ravaging crops.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #iguana  #taiwan

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00:00We have a lot of them by the river or next to the fish pond.

00:14The number of them depends on the number of trees.

00:21We have a lot of trees by the river.

00:25Hello, hello, hello, how are you?

00:29Ok, ok, good.

00:37Of course, if you catch them, you can't bite them.

00:40This one can't be.

00:43The size is about the size of a month.

00:48At the peak, 200 fish come in 6 hours a night.

00:54Of course, it's a team effort, not just me.

00:57It's a team effort, everyone working together.

00:59If we're talking about individuals,

01:0130 to 50 chickens a night is not a problem.

01:04Of course, the temperature is also a very important factor.

01:08Because the weather is cold, it's harder for them to come out.

01:16If you've caught this one, you'll be able to put it on the ground.

01:20If you catch this one, you'll be able to put it on the ground.

01:23If you don't catch this one, you won't be able to put it on the ground.

01:32We started to face the threat of greenhouse gas

01:35about five or six years ago.

01:37But at that time, there was only a small amount.

01:39And then, more and more of them started to reproduce.

01:41And then, the more crops we ate,

01:43the more people started to arrest it

01:45and focus on this problem.

01:48And then, we could only use micro-arrests.

01:50Because it moves very fast.

01:52We couldn't catch it at all.

02:03This greenhouse gas is actually a native species

02:06in Central America.

02:09It's probably a foreign species to Taiwan.

02:13In fact, it's also because people

02:16treat it as a pet.

02:43Put it on the side.

03:13Put it on the side.

03:15Put it on the side.

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