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den ([personal profile] den) wrote2006-02-27 09:33 pm
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Polly's Nemesis

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[identity profile] hobbitblue.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, cute. With an evil look in its eye, cuteness nothwithstanding...

[identity profile] hespa.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Squeee!! Wantage!

(I was thinking of posting this already, and then I saw the bat - why should the fuzzy mammals be the only ones to get squee-age?)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/crossfire_/ 2006-02-27 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that you holding him? If so, who took the pic?

Magnificent lizard, the blue-tongue. Beautiful plumage scales.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I held him, mum took the pic.

Loch Ness Cuteness!!

[identity profile] penpouring.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay....now can we get a shot of the tongue??!?! ;p

In our zoo here in Calgary, we have blue tongued skinks - is this the same thing? They have a program where they let the kids who visit pet the skink - obviously, they don't bite, right? If so, mayhaps you can tempt it to chomp on something....hopefully not your finger... and then we'll get a view of inside the mouth....

Is this the lizard you hold?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/reptiles/lizard/Bluetonguedskink.shtml

I envy and admire you ~ a lucky life you lead....

Re: Loch Ness Cuteness!!

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
They do bite, but they don't have teeth so they can't break the skin. Big adults can clamp onto your finger and it is very painful. The bite is more of a crush and is a little painful, but then the lizard tries to do crocodile rolls and they're strong enough top almost dislocate the knuckle, and that's very painful. Trust me.

Google photos (http://images.google.com.au/images?q=blue%20tongue%20lizard&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi)

[identity profile] weyrdbird.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's a fat little lizard!:D

Almost to big for its tail! I can see why Polly was traumatized, look at that reptilian scowl! The molluscs time is up on that one!

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He was remembering the time when reptiles ruled the world.

[identity profile] klishnor.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Love the T Rex look this lizard is doing.

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"My ancestors used to CRUSH yours!"

[identity profile] acelightning.livejournal.com 2006-02-27 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)