Quote Originally Posted by Billionfold
I think they can detach it at will. Maybe not.
they can't just make it drop off at will, but they do possess the ability to make it very easy to detatch....

in captivity... well depends on it's personality and how long it's been captive... they do it as a defense to get away from danger... so if it feels threatened and you grab it by it's tail, it will lose it...

iguana's have the coolest tails tho.... they can use their tails like a bull whip... and it does hurt just as bad when tehy get a lil bigger (not full grown, but not a baby, when they'r ea baby it still stings pretty damn bad)

used to have a friend who had a really mean one.... he would put the lil string from blinds down in the cage and it'd whip at it... one day he actually cracked the 10 gallon aqarium with his tail...