SHS #4. I Wanna Iguana!

ABOUT THE SERIES

The Stanford Hill Series is a 12-cache mini-geotour surrounding the Stanford Hill subdivision in Aurora. Stanford Hill was completed in 2003, and is conveniently situated between Antelope Ridge Elementary, Thunder Ridge Middle, and Eaglecrest High Schools. The 1100+ residents are proud of their clean, peaceful, family-friendly neighborhood. Please be discreet and stealthy while geocaching in this area. Please refrain from caching during school arrival and dismissal times, as well as after dark.

Feel free to search for these caches in any order you prefer. Park responsibly. One suggested parking spot is at the “Parking” waypoint in cache #1, “Anteloper” (GC7WFBE). The walking distance for the entire series is about 2.5 miles.

Finding the final in the series, “Peter Porcupine Was Here” will require information obtained from within each of the caches in the series. This information is in the form of a numeric code, which when put together in order will give you the final cache coordinates.

North AB CD.EFG

West HIJ KL.MNO

AB:	1.	GC7WFBE	Anteloper
C:	2.	GC79JCG	Gaze, Bo
D:	3.	GC7WH9G	Such a Waste!
E:	4.	GC8DC1V	I Wanna Iguana!
F:	5.	GCWFDE	Point of Disinterest?
G:	6.	GC7WFE5	Raid the Rubber Rabbitbrush
HIJ:	7.	GC7WFEJ	Keeping You Posted
KL:	8.	GCWH8J	Lone Tree
M:	9.	GC7WH90	Pringle’s Cache
N:	10.	GC8DC2K	Not Easy Being Green
O:	11.	GC7Y5H4	And in This Corner…

ABOUT THIS CACHE

Commonly kept as house pets, green iguanas are large, tree-climbing lizards native to the Caribbean and Central and South America. They also are found in the wild as feral populations in Florida, Hawaii, Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. When kept under the proper environmental conditions and fed appropriately, these reptiles can make great pets. Here are 10 fun facts about iguanas.

They’re long-bodied and long-lived. Iguanas can live 20 or more years in captivity and can grow as long as six feet, nose to tail tip.
They like it hot and sticky. Iguanas like to have a basking zone that is around 90 degrees Fahrenheit and also need adequate humidity (a minimum of 60 to 70 percent) to stay hydrated, as they absorb water through their skin.
They’re sun worshippers. Iguanas need UV light to make vitamin D in their skin, which then enables them to absorb calcium from their food. The UV light cannot be filtered by glass, such as through a window, but must shine directly onto the animal.
They shed skin. As they grow, iguanas will shed their skin and will continue to do so throughout life, with young animals shedding several times each year and older ones shedding sometimes only once a year.
They’re cray-zee about veggies. Iguanas are herbivores, eating predominantly vegetables and fruit in the wild with an occasional insect, snail or bird’s egg.
Their tails come off! Iguanas can break off their tails to escape if a predator grabs the tail and holds on. If the tail breaks off cleanly, it may grow back.
They have an extra eye. Iguanas have an unusual photosensory organ on top of their heads called the pineal gland, or parietal eye, which is sensitive to light changes, as well as to movement.
They talk to each other. Iguanas talk to each other through head bobbing and through movement of the flap of skin under their necks — called a dewlap.
They recognize their owners by sight and sound. Iguanas have very keen vision and clearly see their owners and recognize them. Iguanas also hear well and can clearly discern familiar voices and other noise.
They carry salmonella bacteria. All reptiles potentially carry salmonella bacteria in their gastrointestinal tracts. When the bacteria pass into the lizard’s stool, the stool becomes a potential source of infection for people and pets.

Source: vetSTREET http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/top-10-fun-facts-about-iguanas

And here are some lesser known iguana facts:

LNIF#1: Iguanas make great cache guardians.

LNIF#2: They enjoy hanging out near small neighborhood parks.

LNIF#3: Some iguanas have detachable heads.