Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Creatures in our garden - flying lizards

This is somewhat a different topic from the usual ones I write about here. Our daughter is generally unafraid and not squeamish about capturing various animals and insects around our home. In fact, she is quite good in getting them. These include bugs, snails, slugs and lizards. The latest catches were a couple of flying lizards that she eventually set free (with a little encouragement from us).

This one looks not too pleased that he/she was captured and is not being photographed for posterity.

For some reason, the lizards were not trying to escape. I guess they knew they were being handled with care and were just waiting to be released.

They seem to be relaxed as our daughter showed them and said goodbye - for now.

Those are the flaps that act as wings. The lizards use them to jump from tree to tree as they find food or try to escape predators.

 

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