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A video recorded and posted to YouTube is spreading online like wildfire because of the incredible creature it captured.
The marine iguana, found only in the Galapagos Islands, has the unique ability to forage underwater. It survives on algae and seaweed, while land-dwelling iguanas eat insects and other critters. The “tiny Godzilla” grows to a length of 4 to 5 feet and can dive up to 30 feet deep.
Despite being uploaded in 2015, the video recently went viral after being shared on Reddit on April 10, and Steve Winkworth’s YouTube video has since been viewed over 630,000 times as of April 12.
Several Redditors expressed their amazement at the clear, cinematic footage — with one even calling it their “favorite video ever.”
Other viewers shared information on the fascinating, rare marine iguana.
“Marine Iguanas usually dive only a few minutes long, but there are records of marine iguanas being submerged for more than half an hour,” one Redditor commented.
Another Redditor recalled seeing one on their school campus.
“We had these on our university campus in South Florida,” user Khubbar2 wrote. “One of the coldest couple weeks I’ve felt in my life in Florida happened during my first semester. These things froze sleeping in trees and starting falling out and hitting students. I swear.
“I took alternative routes to class because I honestly was afraid one of their spikes would get stuck in my skull or something on the way to class.”
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