Vanessa Starr Palm, 23, of Illinois and Alexander Daniel Rust, 24, of Indiana, were arrested last Monday after pictures of the two having an iguana feast in the islands were posted on the social networking website.
The pictures showed them "catching an iguana, parts of an iguana on a grill, two men eating the iguana pieces, and a man and a woman cleaning what appears to be undersized conch."
Photo from here.
The two were arrested on the Fisheries Regulations and the Wild Animal Protection Act. The photos ended up in the hands of Bahamian authorities, who tracked down the suspects and arrested them.
The iguanas are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The pair could also fall foul of American federal law that links with the Bahamas.
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