yea when i was 13 my next door neighbour in malta bought over a cameleon he found in a fruit tree and placed it on my shoulder....
i swear my heart stopped beating i went so white and nearly vomitted, my family all thought it was hilarious

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Originally posted by narcism im so scared of lizards that first pic gave me the heeby-jeebies

Lol, the ones here in Australia are pretty tame. I think

I found a waterdragon over the road in the park about a week ago, but I didn't have my camera to take a pic. It looks pretty much the same as this, but with less black and more grey:



It was pretty big, about 35cm (13") kinda spiky. They're pretty lethargic too, so you can pat them down the back and they sort of flatten themselves out. Pretty cool.

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i scrolled so fast over that....

damn...I want one.

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Originally posted by narcism i scrolled so fast over that....

Lol, sorry!

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Originally posted by Sunsnail This is a male. Very distinctive burnt orange head.

He's a cool looking lizard, really unusual colouring on him! Congrats on becoming a godfather to a dozen baby lizards

I used to have a couple of these at my place ages ago

(Not taken by me)

Blue Tongue lizards, they'd eat all the snails, slugs and bugs around the place, I think cats got them though as I've not seen them for years

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Originally posted by Lilith He's a cool looking lizard, really unusual colouring on him! Congrats on becoming a godfather to a dozen baby lizards I used to have a couple of these at my place ages ago (Not taken by me) Blue Tongue lizards, they'd eat all the snails, slugs and bugs around the place, I think cats got them though as I've not seen them for years

We get them here too! They have a mega powerful bite, so your kitty had wanna be careful Love their awesome tongues though.

But I have to admit I kind of freak out when I see them from the corner of my eye, as they look just like a snake.

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Yeah, they do look like Joe Blake which isn't good for their survival around nervous girls with a rake, they also really hiss loudly... Kitty wouldn't bother them because he's more or less to the point where his geriatric ass can barely take on a mouse. Those water dragons get huge too! About 3ft long and all spines and claws.

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Originally posted by Lilith Yeah, they do look like Joe Blake which isn't good for their survival around nervous girls with a rake, they also really hiss loudly... Kitty wouldn't bother them because he's more or less to the point where his geriatric ass can barely take on a mouse. Those water dragons get huge too! About 3ft long and all spines and claws.

Holy shit, 3 feet long? Never seen one that big. I saw a waterdragon a couple of years ago that was about, I don't know, maybe 2 feet?

What I don't get is why they're around here. There's no water for about a kilometer or so.

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Originally posted by Frenchie My grandmother was really scared of them as a little kid. My uncle got a small lizard and he snuck up behind her and put it down her dress. She was so scared that she couldn't move so she just stood there and screamed. I think my uncle got a good beating for it.

how could your uncle put it down her dress when she was a kid?



'my sister may be a pretty mean woman, but she's the only mama i got'??

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Be careful handling them like that. Depending on what kind of lizard/skink they are, their tales may disconnect as a defense to something grabbing it like that. Cool looking though Good find.

What do you mean? I have not touched them.

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Originally posted by Sunsnail What do you mean? I have not touched them.

He thinks that's your hand touching them.

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