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Beautiful Grand Cayman island, (only) home to the endangered blue iguana, Cyclura lewisi. / My luxurious field housing- Thank you again, Blumenthals and Bumgarners! / My field site after major rains (see, I don't work on the beach!)



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A five-year old male iguana. / Biter suffers the indignity of her radio transmitter. / Biter amidst the construction a nesting burrow.



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Fred Burton and I build nest enclosures to capture hatchlings as they emerge. / A very blue male iguana on the prowl and looking ready to mate. / A female iguana considers taking a golf cart out for a spin.



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Rico (aka Fred Burton) holding Santa. / Sandy Echternacht proudly stands next to Jackie, our island field vehicle who surprisingly made it through 2002. / Triangulation.



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Billy opens wide to yawn. / Slugger basking on the road in front of a car, perhaps contemplating suicide? (Roadkill is often a source of mortality for iguanas, drawn to the warmth of roads and subsequently, to the shade underneath a car.) / An unsightly dwelling, but nonetheless, one iguana calls this pile of discarded items home.



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Rachel holds a three-year old male (supplementaly fed and therefore quite large for this age). / Old Yeller poses for a picturesque shot atop Waterfall Ledge. / Husband and "technical advisor" Adam Paulek with new friend Slugger.



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