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It’s so cold in Florida, iguanas are falling from the trees

according to the National America start to get sluggish snap: Sea turtles also stiffen
Weather Service in Miami. when temperatures fall below up when temperatures fall.
That’s chilly enough to immo- 50 degrees (10 degrees Cel- The wildlife commission’s
bilize green iguanas common sius), said Kristen Sommers, biologists have been rescu-
in Miami’s suburbs. who oversees the nonnative ing cold-stunned sea turtles
Palm Beach Post columnist fish and wildlife program for found floating listlessly on
Frank Cerabino tweeted a the Florida Fish and Wildlife the water or near shore, but
photograph of an iguana lying Conservation Commission. no such rescue is planned for
belly-up next to his swimming If temperatures drop below iguanas.
pool. WPEC-TV posted im- that, iguanas freeze up. “It’s Well-meaning residents find-
ages of an iguana on its back too cold for them to move,” ing stiffened iguanas are ad-
on a Palm Beach County road. Sommers said. vised to leave them alone, as
The cold-blooded creatures They’re not the only reptiles they may feel threatened and
native to Central and South stunned by this week’s cold bite once they warm up.q

An iguana that froze lies near a pool after falling from a tree in

Boca Raton, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. It’s so cold in Florida

that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.

(Frank Cerabino/Palm Beach Post via AP)

By JENNIFER KAY perches in suburban trees.
Associated Press Temperatures dipped below
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5
It’s so cold in Florida that degrees Celsius) early Thurs-
iguanas are falling from their day in parts of South Florida,

Panera Bread’s pay-what-you-
want cafe in Missouri to close

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A just a portion of the price or
Panera Bread Co. restau- none at all.
rant in the St. Louis area In the seven years since,
where patrons have paid “we served probably a
as much or little as they half-million meals through
want for a meal for al- this cafe, all at no set pric-
most eight years is closing es, as a gift to the com-
its doors. Panera founder munity,” Shaich said in a
and executive chairman phone interview with the
Ron Shaich told the St. Lou- Post-Dispatch. He said cus-
is Post-Dispatch that the tomers paid, on average,
St. Louis Bread Co. Cares about 85 percent of the
Community Cafe in Clay- suggested price, proving,
ton, Missouri, is closing Tues- he said, “that people are
day because it was on a fundamentally good.”
month-to-month lease and “We loved it, it worked well,
the store would have re- it proved that the idea
quired a big investment. St. would work,” Shaich said.
Louis Bread Co. is part of St. The company opened
Louis-based Panera, which similar cafes in Chicago;
operates more than 2,000 Dearborn, Michigan; Port-
bakery-cafes. land, Oregon; and Boston.
The cafe opened in 2010 Only the Boston location
in an existing Panera-run remains open.
restaurant blocks from the Shaich stepped down as
St. Louis County govern- CEO of Panera on Jan. 1.
ment buildings. The idea for Panera was acquired by
the Clayton cafe was that the Luxembourg-based
people who could afford JAB Holding Co., which
to pay the suggested price also owns Krispy Kreme,
or more would do so, subsi- Caribou Coffee and other
dizing those who could pay entities, in July.q