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Forget the long ball, chicks really dig the iguana

By adamg on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 3:25pm

Iguana love

Leslee watched some guy on Newbury Street yesterday show off his iguana to some young ladies - some of whom decided to give it a feel.

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Comments

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 4:27pm.

This guy is peacocking hard.

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:16pm.

"This guy is peacocking hard."

All urban owners of exotic animals do. They troll for attention. That's why they take them out in public (and on the T)and parade them around. Oldest trick in the book. The iguana looks supremely unimpressed by it all, however.

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:32pm.

One of those gay iguanas I keep hearing about.

By Brian Riccio on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 7:51pm.

Couldn't agree with you more. There is no real concern for the animal, it's nothing more than a prop designed to bring the owner the attention he never got from Mummy or Daddy.

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 10:46pm.

I'm not too familiar with iguanas, but unless their native habitat is the shopping district of a city, this poor guy should be in some dessert somewhere and not parading around on some douchebag's shoulders trying to impress 16 yr old girls from Wellesley. Just one man's opinion.

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:02pm.

The iguana swears he thought they were 18.

By Ron Newman on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:47pm.

I've never heard of an iguana pie.

By anon on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 3:02pm.

By that logic, the only allowed pets in cities should be squirrels, mice, and pigeons.

By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:35am.

The iguana looks supremely unimpressed by it all, however.

Contemptuous of it all is more like it, imo.

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 6:37pm.

I've seen this guy riding around the city on his bike with the iguana on his shoulder. Cool.

By anon on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 2:06pm.

Bicycle or motorcycle?

I'd rather there were guys seeking attention with unusual pets than with all the ear-splitting illegally loud sport motorcycles that get driven around Back Bay every summer evening.

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 7:22pm.

Variation of the cute puppy routine.

And a dude [or chick] walking around in public with an iguana or snake is the equivalent of a dude [or chick] driving a flashy sports car, SUV, Hummer. It's all about 'hey, look at me!'

By anon on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:03pm.

You can't compare the two. hummers are cool, iguanas aint.

By EM Painter on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:06pm.

Looks like it works.

By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:15am.

Are you that dumb? They're taking photos of the iguana, moron.

By EM Painter on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:00pm.

Thanks for sticking up for the ladies, but the iguana doesn't ask to be taken out and paraded around.

This is like that guy who wears a pink fur vest and the girls come up and touch it.

By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 12:55pm.

It's not that their dumb, but women are just attracted to douchebags.

By Nancy on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:26pm.

you might want to make sure you insult women by using the correct word.

There is a big difference between their and they're.

By Sarcastic Sam on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:26pm.

It's not that their dumb

Of course not.

By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 1:34pm.

Because they aren't attracted to you?

Perhaps it is the other way around, no?

By noahproblem on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 11:06pm.

Not that I'd harm, let alone barbeque that iguana, mind you (nor do I wish I was in Tijuana...)

By mikey on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 4:43am.

I guess it works. I saw this dude on the commons yesterday. My girlfriend was fascinated and wanted to hold the iguana. She thought it was cute. Anyway I prodded her to keep walking, knowing that this tool was just looking for attention. The guy had this awkward grin obviously loving the attention of everyone pointing at him and his rodent. It would be pretty funny if he was showing it off to people and it just took off.

By Mickey Mouse on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 7:21am.

everyone pointing at him and his rodent

That's not going to end well with a hungry iguana around :-(

By anon on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:10am.

Where's 'the commons'?

By Saul on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 4:36pm.

Right next to the Public Gardens.

By Stevil on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:47pm.

Aren't they the same thing? ;~p

By jmeltzer on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 8:01am.

but it's just an iguana in your pocket.

By Kathode on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:12am.

is Iggy. Something unusual.