Leaping Lizards!!

Who knows where that title is from?  I know my dad will guess straight away!

I know I mentioned before that we have natural mosquito control here.  Birds, bats, fish and lizards.

Boy Lizard

Girl Lizard

When I was working in the warehouse and trekking all over the place I saw dozens of these, maybe even hundreds in a day.   They are amazing bug hunters, so I don' t  mind them much.  They are also amazing athletes, as evidenced by this home video:

I mean, look at his arm muscles!  These guys just wander around, hunting bugs and doing push-ups all day.  We aren't sure why they do so many push-ups. Personally I think it's to show off.  I know they just go back to their  bush-homes and brag about who ate the most bugs, and who did the most push-ups.  They might even exchange stories of supposed bravado in outwitting the humans yet again.  I can imagine that those who are missing the ends of their tails kind of skulk in the background of those brag-fests. Its's inevitable with all these people and machines everywhere. It's definitely not because they are slow!  They run so fast, it's amazing. From laying flat out on the concrete to disappearing as you come around the corner.   Some of the guys like to chase them, usually the lizards win. They will climb anything and live anywhere.  Plus as you can see, they are really pretty to look at.