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Coyotes Devour Iguanas, Peacocks at Florida Botanical Center

7/1/2026

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Mark Kraus of Miami-Dade College documented that coyotes at Montgomery Botanical Center preyed on green iguanas and peacocks.
Trail cameras captured adult coyotes carrying large iguanas six times between July 13, 2024 and Aug. 6, 2024.
Scat analysis revealed iguana leg, skin, peacock feathers, eggs and large bird bones, confirming consumption.
Coyotes, first arriving in Florida in the 1970s, now occupy all 67 counties and may be displacing gray foxes.

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Mark Kraus of Miami-Dade College documented that coyotes at Montgomery Botanical Center preyed on green iguanas and peacocks.
Trail cameras captured adult coyotes carrying large iguanas six times between July 13, 2024 and Aug. 6, 2024.
Scat analysis revealed iguana leg, skin, peacock feathers, eggs and large bird bones, confirming consumption.
Coyotes, first arriving in Florida in the 1970s, now occupy all 67 counties and may be displacing gray foxes.