Florida is just full of surprises.
A Florida man recently found a surprise in his toilet that made him exclaim, "It's huge!"
Don't worry -- it was just an iguana.
Gary Greenspan found the reptile Saturday morning, lounging in his toilet bowl.
"There's nothing like getting up in the morning and finding an iguana in your toilet," he said. "It is alive... and I don't know how it got there."
Greenspan posted video of the iguana on social media while waiting for animal control to come get the lizard.
"I don't know if it was just looking for a spa day or what, but it's huge," Greenspan said. "Once they remove it, I'll be a happy camper and hopefully so will the iguana."
While Greenspan isn't sure how the iguana made its way inside his porcelain throne, it's not an entirely uncommon sight in Florida. According to a report by Axios, "pests can crawl in through an opening in the plumbing stacks on your roof and then bypass the bathroom's P-trap, which can dry out when the toilet isn't being flushed enough."
In this case, the iguana's fate is unclear. However, captured iguanas cannot be relocated or released at other locations, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which allows for the animals to be humanely killed.
Green iguanas are not native to Florida and are considered an invasive species due to their impacts to native wildlife. The animal was added to Florida's Prohibited Species list in April 2021.
"Green iguanas cause damage to residential and commercial landscape vegetation and are often considered a nuisance by property owners," the commission said. "Green iguanas can also transmit the infectious bacterium Salmonella to humans through contact with water or surfaces contaminated by their feces."
Green iguanas were first reported in Florida in the 1960s and have since spread through the state, according to the wildlife commission. Males can grow to over five feet in length and weigh up to 17 pounds. Females can also reach five feet in length but usually do not exceed seven pounds.