{"id":903821,"date":"2026-11-03T00:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903821\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T00:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:50:16","slug":"four-critically-endangered-jamaican-iguanas-hatch-at-disneys-animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903821\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Critically Endangered Jamaican Iguanas Hatch at Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four critically endangered Jamaican iguana recently hatched at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Endangered Jamaican Iguanas Born at Walt Disney World<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wdw-dak-iguana-hatchlings-881047901_18132217039775145_1199849704190614889_n-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wdw-dak-iguana-hatchlings-881047901_18132217039775145_1199849704190614889_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Four Endangered Iguanas Born at Walt Disney World\" class=\"wp-image-1518664\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successful births took place backstage at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom. This contributes to the AZA Jamaican Iguana Species Survival Plan (SSP), \u201chelping maintain a healthy, genetically diverse population of one of the rarest iguana species in the world,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfQDtwLj-iZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Animals at Disney on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wdw-dak-iguana-hatchlings-881676055_18132217030775145_6516071334865137577_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1057\" height=\"1273\" data-id=\"1518665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wdw-dak-iguana-hatchlings-881676055_18132217030775145_6516071334865137577_n.jpg\" alt=\"Four Endangered Iguanas Born at Walt Disney World\" class=\"wp-image-1518665\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wdw-dak-iguana-hatchlings-885019116_18132217078775145_4036011870638287103_n-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2477\" data-id=\"1518666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/wdw-dak-iguana-hatchlings-885019116_18132217078775145_4036011870638287103_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Four Endangered Iguanas Born at Walt Disney World\" class=\"wp-image-1518666\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disney did not say if these new iguanas would ever be in guest view. But guests can learn more about iguanas by visiting Sid, a rhinoceros iguana in guest view in the Oasis area of Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/10\/disneys-animal-kingdom-welcomes-second-ankole-calf-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Two Ankole calves<\/a> have been born at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom this year. And <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/06\/photos-ivy-the-baby-giraffe-arrives-at-kilimanjaro-safaris-in-disneys-animal-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">baby Masai giraffe Ivy made her debut<\/a> on Kilimanjaro Safaris in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you happy to see newborn iguanas at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four critically endangered Jamaican iguana recently hatched at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom. 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