” Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for accumulation of forces, for power.”-Friedrich Nietzsche.īefore i start off, let me say that this iguana isn’t a quitter, all odds where against him, there were many snakes,he was newborn and he was in a place where he had nowhere to run except to climb some rocks far away. I also found this quote and thought it to be relatable: This link has a brief information of land and marine iguanas: Not always something miraculous like this will happen however, the fact that it did… is astonishing. This video also shows that nature is a cycle and in my opinion quite fair. They have adapted to their life in order to survive. But also, seeing the iguana’s strength, resistance, velocity and the way that it was able to escape from the snakes implies that through evolution and natural selection these creatures have become stronger, faster and more capable. I believe that the iguana won the battle because it used survival instinct, that most organisms posses to compete and survive. These and other factors threaten their life. They are born surrounded by predators and temperatures are also really high. Iguanas like this one deal with dangers everyday. I found myself in so much tension while seeing this video, I repeated it several times. This video offers a 360 view of what’s it’s like not only during the hatching of the iguanas (and how great their camouflage is when they pass through the gray volcanic rocks) but also takes a look at other species living in Fernandina Island. Speed, agility, quick thinking, and even having perfect timing when jumping, add into the amazing battle shown in the article above. You can see throughout the video that there are many times when the snakes appear to have won, but, ultimately, the iguana’s instincts kick in and it’s able to save its life time and time again. Of course, not all survived, but through the process of natural selection these species have become capable of taking extreme situations like these and thriving by using every factor to their advantage. Its ancestors passed through each of nature’s unique “experiments” to be able to finally reach a moment like this, a glorious victory. By having instincts ingrained in its genetic material, the newborn iguana was able to defeat a whole nest of snakes. I find it astounding that living beings can easily adapt to a new environment and surroundings thanks to their DNA. Here I present a picture of the marine iguana who fortunately escaped the many snakes hungry for it: I think the iguana owes its escape from the snakes to evolution, since that is what helped its species grow claws, so strong and fast legs, and the ability to climb so fast. I believe that that is what, in the end, prevented the iguana from being killed. What I found most interesting is how the iguana knew it had to use its climbing skills (instincts, as Ignacio Rodriguez stated) to escape from those fast/quick snakes, also knowing that snakes are better sliders than they are climbers.
As soon as the iguana knows it’s in trouble, it sprints off using its four wide legs, which would help the iguana cover more distance than if it ran in two legs only. Of course, iguanas don’t have the ability to reason, but they sure are clever enough at first, the iguana stays still, knowing that those snakes’ eyesight is not that accurate, and tries to avoid the chase. One sees the video and only notices how it got away, but what one does not really observe is how the iguana uses its environment as an advantage. I find it very impressive how the iguana managed to escape from those snakes, considering they were very fast and were a lot of them one of the most interesting parts, for me, is that this is actually a marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).