Where are marine iguanas distributed? How much is it per piece? What kind of food does it eat? What kind of animal is the natural enemy?

Marine iguanas are the only iguanas in the world that can adapt to marine life. Like fish, they can swim freely in the sea. So, where are marine iguanas distributed? How much is it per piece? What kind of food does it eat? What kind of animal is the natural enemy?

1. Where are marine iguanas distributed?

Marine iguanas are found on various islands of the Cologne Islands. It lives mainly on rocky seashore, but also in swamps and mangroves. Like fish, they can swim freely in the sea. The volcanic rock areas that live in groups on the coast are the lizards that can best adapt to life in the sea. As there is a cold tide zone around the Cologne Islands, the species must be sunbathed to obtain a higher body temperature before it can dive into the sea for food in a short period of time. After landing, you still need to sunbathe to increase your body temperature.

How much is a marine iguana?

The market price of marine iguanas is very expensive. at present, due to global warming and man-made destruction, the living environment of marine iguanas is getting worse and worse. there are only about 50,000 of them, which have been banned and sold by Ecuador. At present, the trading records available are only in the United States and Japan, with a US $12000 price tag and a Japanese transaction price of 400000 RMB. It can be said that the marine iguana is a rare and precious species.

What kind of food does it eat? What kind of animal is the natural enemy?

Marine iguanas often look for seaweed and crustaceans washed up on the beach along the coastline of the island. All kinds of molluscs attached to the reefs by the sea are also delicious for marine iguanas and often go to sea to hunt. Marine iguanas eat excess salt when they eat seaweed, but marine iguanas can expel excess salt out of the body in a special way, with a special part of their nose called salt glands, which can separate the excess salt from the mouth during chewing and then expel it from the body. So, sometimes people see marine iguanas sneezing and spurting white crystals, which is actually secreting salt. When it comes to natural enemies, sea eagles and snakes are its natural enemies.