{"id":253327,"date":"2026-05-01T01:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:58:30","slug":"cheeky-iguana-steals-waffle-at-miami-hotel-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253327\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheeky Iguana Steals Waffle at Miami Hotel Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A cheeky iguana was caught stealing a waffle from holidaymakers in Miami, Florida, recently <a data-ylk=\"slk:posted footage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hiswife4life22\/video\/7628625209989401870\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">posted footage<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Christina English told Storyful she was eating breakfast at a nearby table at Embassy Suites by Hilton Deerfield Beach Resort and Spa in February when \u201call of a sudden, an iguana jumped out of the bushes and onto the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The greedy green lizard \u201cstarted eating the people\u2019s food and stole the waffle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hotel guests are heard reacting to the sight in the footage, in which the iguana even appeared to scare away a few pigeons also on the lookout for a snack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cGet it boo, it\u2019s yours,\u201d English is heard saying behind the camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/wildlifehabitats\/profiles\/reptiles\/lizards\/green-iguana\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission<\/a>, green iguanas are not native to Florida and are considered an invasive species. Credit: Christina English via Storyful<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A cheeky iguana was caught stealing a waffle from holidaymakers in Miami, Florida, recently posted footage shows. Christina&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110478,110480,28,15748,67884,123,125,124,110479],"class_list":["post-253327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-christina-english","tag-embassy-suites","tag-florida","tag-florida-fish-and-wildlife-conservation-commission","tag-green-iguanas","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-nearby-table"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}