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When iguanas escape predators by belly-flopping

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When an angry local predator violently shows up on your specific branch, dignity totally goes out the window. They completely abandon any attempt to wildly scramble away and just hilariously belly flop straight into the wild river below.

When iguanas escape predators by belly-flopping
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