Iguana on power trip causes large-scale outage

Iguanas are considered an invasive species in Florida, where they are notorious for disrupting traffic. Photograph: Mike Stocker/AP

This rebel reptile had volt-ing ambition – but definitely came down to earth with a bang.

One of Florida’s notorious and plentiful green invasive iguanas wreaked chaos earlier this week in one city after scuttling into an electricity substation in Lake Worth Beach and somehow causing a huge power cut.