Mars rover photo reveals iguana, blogger claims

Zooming in to this original NASA photo here will reveal where another blogger claims to have spotted an iguana on Mars. Zooming in to this original NASA photo here will reveal where another blogger claims to have spotted an iguana on Mars. Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Mars rover photo reveals iguana, blogger claims 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

UFO Sightings Daily, a popular blog that mines NASA photos for evidence of life in outer space, has spotted an iguana on Mars. http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2013/11/iguana-found-on-mars-by-nasa-curiosity.html

Maintained by blogger Scott C. Waring, UFO Sightings Daily has previously posited the existence of other animals on Mars, including a rat or lizard and squirrel.

Its Nov. 6 post says the iguana is visible in three photos taken Jan. 10 by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity.

The purported tropical creature is most obvious in a shot time-stamped at 10:39:24 UTC (coordinated universal time).

"To say it's just a rock would be very closed minded to the evidence at hand," Waring stated in his blog post.

In May, the website posted Mars rover photos of what it said could be a rat or lizard.

Photos of what appeared to be a squirrel were posted on the website in December, with the question, "Is NASA bringing test animals to Mars?"

In the post about the iguana, Waring said 10 to 15 animals have been spotted in Mars photos to date.

"I even found a rock that moved four times in four photos...then vanished on the fifth," he wrote in the post.

As part of his argument for the photo depicting a real iguana, Waring states that iguanas, "at least on Earth, often do not drink much water in their life, but get their moisture from the air and their food source."

Anticipating a question, Waring writes, "Don't ask me what it eats.... I don't live on Mars!"