many years ago, DS (pre-school age) went to the carnival with his older brothers. Proudly came home with a lizard he had won....grrr-whatever happened to golf fish?
We made a big production of letting him go free

; told my DS he was heading to FLA where it's always warm & sunny. Of course, his bros told him it'd be dead the 1st frost and he was crushed....hated to look @ that crestfallen face.
Fast forward a year or so to their 1st trip to WDW...what did they see all over the place...hundreds of the exact same lizard.

i told DS that was proof that his lizard DID make it to FLA

, he appeared to believe me...family joke now when we see them (nearly everywhere in FLA).