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"The iguana is a lizard, measuring about eighteen inches to three feet long, and Mexicans consider it edible. Do not always eat right after hunted for, as are creatures capable of surviving for some time without eat or drink, often kept in captivity for some time before being killed. A Miss. Jelkes had told him that knew better than chicken, a view attributed to the characteristic way of disguising Mexican food unappetizing. What bothered her the iguana was the inhumane manner in which she was treated during the period of captivity. He had seen next to the huts of the peasants, usually tied to a pole near the entrance, and the claws dug continuously, even without any hope, within the perimeter of the reach of the rope while naked children squatting to put around by sticking sticks in the eyes and mouth. "
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TEXT: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sebastiao Salgado, Marine Iguana
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