Woman Hand Feeds Large Wild Iguana At Mexico Resort

Vacationing in Riviera Maya, Mexico for their honeymoon brought some interesting adventures for a couple from British Columbia, Canada. A short drive south of Cancun was the residence for the couple and some friends for a week. The resort had some amazing foliage and walkways. Many wild creatures also enjoy the resorts. These creatures are not as such on a vacation like the humans, but they have taken up refuge within the bush areas of these resorts. Although it is suggested not to feed the wild animals, many enjoy getting up close and personal with some of the animals. Here we see this very large iguana enjoying a snack from a visitors hand. These large iguana are mainly herbivores and this guy was enjoying some berries that had fallen from a palm tree along a walkway. Of course at times, many of us enjoy getting as close as possible to certain animals since we don’t always see them in their natural habitat. This resort is very expansive and has acres of trees and bush in which wild animals inhabit.The spiny tail green iguana is very popular in these areas. Being vegetarians, in particular, they enjoy flowering shrubs, hibiscus, berries, fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, strawberries and figs. Right beside the pathway was a very tall palm tree that had dropped many dark berries and the group notices this large iguana was picking them up as he walked along the garden. The woman in the video scooped up a handful of the berries, lay down on the pathway very slowly, and awaited the arrival of the iguana. Gently but cautiously the iguana approached all the while looking very alert for danger. Slowly he began taking the offering right out of the woman's hand.
Being very gentle the iguana looked very at ease, somewhat use to human interaction. As you will notice, this large iguana seems to have had some run in with another predator of some sort as he is missing part of his tail. They are able to regrow their tail in this situation as it is meant to break off in time of threat to its life if being grabbed by one of its predators. The few minutes of feeding this iguana was very special allowing all the friends to enjoy seeing him up close and enjoy a little of Mexico's natural wild life within the resort they were staying at.