Animal Planet

Today Samuel and I watched Animal Planet together and I learned some interesting things. He saw what mating turtles look like and then it calmed down a bit after that. We learned about lizards, who have been around since the time of dinosaurs. The first image is of an African lizard doing a "thermal dance." They set their tail on the sand and simultaneously lift one front foot and the opposite back foot and switch, fairly quickly, while standing, to keep as little of their bodies on the hot sand at once.

This second is a chameleon. They have such long tongues! And big bulging eyes that only look at one thing at once, their target. Otherwise they are always wandering looking at two different things.

I should add to this random post that I thought they are very talented animals and I was glad to learn these few facts about them. Pretty talented little creatures. I would say they are both cute but I didn't really find the chameleon that way. When they showed his face close up zooming in on his target he looked like a creepy old man, wetting his tongue for the kill. But the dancing lizards were awesome! So talented!