They freeze and thaw like Iguanas do in Florida. They can’t survive prolonged cold temperatures but when it does get to 15c they stop moving.

illwrks 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wonder if that's why she had caught it so easily, not many people are visiting the UK for it's sunny climate.

The UK is sometimes warmer in winter than other european countries further south because of the gulf stream.

macintux 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I hope this assertion ages well.

	▲	yrcyrc 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It might not. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877088

mr_toad 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, but the water temperature at this time of year is still pretty cold.

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