Iguana Eggs
Iguana meat is popular in Central America, South America, Indonesia, and parts of the Caribbean. It is in Colombia, however, where hunters use probably the strangest method for harvesting the rich, spherical eggs: With a slingshot, the hunters knock pregnant iguanas out of trees, then cut open the lizards’ abdomens, remove the eggs, rub ash into the wounds, and sew the animals back up. The iguanas scurry away. Colombians enjoy the eggs as a snack to accompany local white rum. —J.S.
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