The very next morning, we hopped into our dinghy and went to the nearby island, called Allen Cays. There we were suppose to find some very rare Iguanas, and apparently the Island is full of them. We have to see that. As soon as we approach the island, we are spotting a couple of Iguanas. Wow, we are getting really exciting and landing with our Dinghy on the beach. Once we are on the beach, we cannot believe our eyes, they are Iguanas everywhere, small and little, shy and cheeky once. We are on our knees to take a millions pictures, we have never seen anything like that, only on the National Geography program on Saturday night!
Only nine species still exist today, at least two others have been driven extinct by humans. The greatest diversity of rock Iguanas occurs in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The two species of Iguanas inhabitating the Exuma Islands are considered to be among the worlds most endangered lizards and are found nowehere else. Not only the kids were excited to be witness to such rare site, Sven and I could not believe our luck. We spend nearly all day, observing and learning about the behaviour of these Rock Iguanas, the rest of the day we spend snorkeling and swimming again in the crystal, clear, warm water. Julia has got a special memory of this day, as she got bitten by one really cheeky Iguana, that had followed her right to the Dinghy.
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