- A video shows the moment a man rescues an iguana swimming in the ocean
- The lizard was stranded miles off the coast of Key West, Florida
- The iguana climbed onto the boat and hitched a ride back to shore
A video shows the surprising moment a man comes across an iguana swimming in the middle of the ocean miles off the coast of Key West, Florida.
During his offshore boating trip, he spots the lizard swimming desperately. He calls out: ‘You lost or what?’
He tells the iguana ‘hop on if you can’ and the iguana tries to clamber on board.
A Florida man spotted an iguana swimming miles off the coast of Key West, Florida
He offered the lizard a ride back to shore on his boat and helped it up using a paddle
The iguana clambered up on the boat and took a break on the metal bar before relocating
The man then offers the lizard a paddle for help.
The animal manages to get onto the boat, and the man says: ‘that’s some rough business, what are you doing?’
He then tells the iguana it has to move to a more secure place because he is about to turn on the boat.
The reptile anchored down on top of a cooler, preparing for the ride back to shore
The man and his iguana headed back to Key West and somehow the animal stayed onboard
When they got close to land, the lizard hopped off the boat and swam to shore and relaxed
The reptile keeps sitting, and the man asks: ‘Or do you want a breather and just keep swimming to Cuba?’
The video then shows the iguana perched on top of a cooler preparing for the trip back to Florida.
The pair then heads back to mainland. When they’re close to shore, he asks the reptile: ‘Any of this look familiar to ya?’
The lizard responds by jumping off the boat and swimming to land.
It is unknown how the iguana ended up so far away from the coast.