Bindi & Robert Irwin feature - Green Iguana (Shrek) - Growing Up Wild. - video Dailymotion

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Robert & Bindi Irwin showcase their wildest animals at Australia Zoo. Subscribe to The Pet Collective: http://full.sc/HbM62v Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thepetcollective Twitter: https://twitter.com/petcollectiveTV Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/petcollectivetv/ Google+: gplus.to/thepetcollective  Shrek the Green Iguana another of Robert's favourite animals doesn't live up to his name, as like all male Green Iguana's he's more orange than green. Shrek has a long tail that helps him to swim and large flap that hangs down from his neck called a dewlap Shrek enjoys eating vegetation and particularly hibiscus flowers and he loves a good scratch! That doesn't mean he's a good pet however as escaped Iguana's in Florida have become a problem.

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00:02 This is Shrek, the green iguana.

00:10 They're called green iguanas,

00:12 but the males actually have more of an orange sort of colour.

00:16 Now, he is an iguana that loves attention.

00:19 He really, really loves getting scratched.

00:22 You can see it's very comfy in this position.

00:25 You can see they've got a really big, long tail.

00:29 That's for balance,

00:30 and they can also swim really good with that tail as well.

00:34 He's got big spikes across his back.

00:37 And see that big flap down here?

00:40 That's actually called a dewlap, and that's mostly for display.

00:44 And you can see he's got a horn just on the end of his nose,

00:47 and he's got these big claws.

00:50 That's so he can climb trees.

00:51 They're really, really good climbers.

00:53 So, these guys, normally, they'd eat vegetables.

00:57 Also, hibiscus flowers is one of their favourites as well.

01:00 So, occasionally, when they're younger, they might eat small insects.

01:04 But when they get older, mostly vegetation.

01:07 A lot of people actually keep these guys as pets,

01:11 and what's really sad is sometimes they can get away,

01:15 and if you go to Florida, they're actually there in the wild,

01:18 and it's not very good for the environment

01:20 because they're not actually supposed to be there.

01:23 So, it's good to always have a suitable pet,

01:26 probably not these guys.

01:27 There are a lot of different types of iguanas

01:30 that are actually endangered,

01:32 but we're very lucky 'cause this guy isn't endangered,

01:35 and we definitely want to keep it that way.

01:38 Shrek is just one of the awesome animals we have here at Australia Zoo.

01:42 So, remember to watch next time and subscribe.

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Bindi & Robert Irwin feature - Green Iguana (Shrek) - Growing Up Wild.

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