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Persia's Stalking a Lizard
"Stalking", as best she can, through the glass door to the patio She
sure manages to spot them! She chatters at them like she does birds at the feeder. It eluded her by crawling around under the cover to my fire pit. She kept watching and sure enough, it came back out again. She was fascinated! Around here there are two kinds of lizards, anole which are rather small: http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/anocar.htm Anoles are usually bright green but if need be they turn brown. The males have a pink spotted throat flap which expands when they are defending their territory, or when trying to entice a female. That's cute to see. I haven't seen may anole lizards around this year. Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm It was a young skink she was "stalking". Rumour has it they are poisonous, but that's a myth. They just taste bad to predators. Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ... "Stalking", as best she can, through the glass door to the patio She sure manages to spot them! She chatters at them like she does birds at the feeder. It eluded her by crawling around under the cover to my fire pit. She kept watching and sure enough, it came back out again. She was fascinated! Around here there are two kinds of lizards, anole which are rather small: http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/anocar.htm Anoles are usually bright green but if need be they turn brown. The males have a pink spotted throat flap which expands when they are defending their territory, or when trying to entice a female. That's cute to see. I haven't seen may anole lizards around this year. Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm It was a young skink she was "stalking". Rumour has it they are poisonous, but that's a myth. They just taste bad to predators. Jill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have those same lizards here (East Texas). We also have little pink geckos. They are actually quite pretty and and are almost translucent. I enjoy having all of them around, and I get *lots* of them. They are great for catching mosquitos and small insects. One problem is that one will occasionally get in the house. I hate that because they won't last long with two cats unless I get to them first (in which case, I place them safely outdoors). When I first moved to Texas, I grabbed an anole by the tail in preparation to placing it outdoors. Much to my horror, the tail fell off and the rest of the anole went running! That's when I learned that the tails will grow back on those lizards, although usually not to the same length. I have been very careful since then not to pick one up by the tail. MaryL |
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Persia's Stalking a Lizard
On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:16:41 -0400, "jmcquown"
wrote: Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm It was a young skink she was "stalking". Rumour has it they are poisonous, but that's a myth. They just taste bad to predators. Oooh, I think the anoles are the cutest, but the skinks are the prettiest. |
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Persia's Stalking a Lizard
MaryL wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have those same lizards here (East Texas). We also have little pink geckos. They are actually quite pretty and and are almost translucent. I enjoy having all of them around, and I get *lots* of them. They are great for catching mosquitos and small insects. One problem is that one will occasionally get in the house. I hate that because they won't last long with two cats unless I get to them first (in which case, I place them safely outdoors). When I first moved to Texas, I grabbed an anole by the tail in preparation to placing it outdoors. Much to my horror, the tail fell off and the rest of the anole went running! That's when I learned that the tails will grow back on those lizards, although usually not to the same length. I have been very careful since then not to pick one up by the tail. MaryL That must have been what my cats had trapped on the doorsill between the screen and the inner door, one night. I was trying to persuade it to head OUT, not IN, with cat paws competing with my efforts. When the tail came off, it looked as though the hind legs came too. The front part of the lizard took off, while the tail kept squirming wildly on the pavement outside the screen-door. |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message ... MaryL wrote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have those same lizards here (East Texas). We also have little pink geckos. They are actually quite pretty and and are almost translucent. I enjoy having all of them around, and I get *lots* of them. They are great for catching mosquitos and small insects. One problem is that one will occasionally get in the house. I hate that because they won't last long with two cats unless I get to them first (in which case, I place them safely outdoors). When I first moved to Texas, I grabbed an anole by the tail in preparation to placing it outdoors. Much to my horror, the tail fell off and the rest of the anole went running! That's when I learned that the tails will grow back on those lizards, although usually not to the same length. I have been very careful since then not to pick one up by the tail. MaryL That must have been what my cats had trapped on the doorsill between the screen and the inner door, one night. I was trying to persuade it to head OUT, not IN, with cat paws competing with my efforts. When the tail came off, it looked as though the hind legs came too. The front part of the lizard took off, while the tail kept squirming wildly on the pavement outside the screen-door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, that's it. The tail will squirm for awhile, but there are no legs attached to it. It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but the lizard will survive and grow a new tail. However, it is stressful to the lizard, and it is more susceptible to predators during that period. The term for the process is autotomy. http://www.anapsid.org/tailloss.html MaryL |
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jmcquown wrote:
Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm Beautiful! -- Joyce If you can't operate your turn signal, what makes you think you can drive the rest of the car? -- bumper sticker |
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Persia's Stalking a Lizard
"Bastette" wrote in message ... jmcquown wrote: Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm Beautiful! -- Joyce Aren't they pretty? There's a myth they are poisonous. Apparently they taste bad to predators but they are not at all poisonous to humans. Jill |
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On 6/24/2012 6:14 PM, Bastette wrote:
jmcquown wrote: Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm Beautiful! They are! But they almost look like snakes so seeing one might make me scream. |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message .com... On 6/24/2012 6:14 PM, Bastette wrote: jmcquown wrote: Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm Beautiful! They are! But they almost look like snakes so seeing one might make me scream. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They are quite small, though--not the same length or proportions as a snake. MaryL |
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Persia's Stalking a Lizard
Then there are skinks, which can get pretty big. Skinks have alternating
stripes down their backs and have blue tails. Very pretty! http://srelherp.uga.edu/lizards/eumine.htm It was a young skink she was "stalking". Rumour has it they are poisonous, but that's a myth. They just taste bad to predators. There are a lot of anecdotes out there in support of the "myth" if it is one. And as far as I can see, no published investigation by a qualified toxicologist to decide it either way. The folks saying they're poisonous have *some* evidence even if it may be tenuous and folkloric - those poo-pooing it don't cite any at all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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