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Lizards inspire new robot designs

Jerry — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:18:23 +0000

I ran across this article and embedded video, and had to share it here:

Leaping lizards! Tiny reptiles advancing robot design

“The brilliant acrobatics of leaping lizards could inspire the creation of an army of nimble robots able to swarm through collapsed buildings or mines to find survivors, UC Berkeley researchers say…”

Chameleon DOES NOT LIKE

Jerry — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:11:25 +0000

Brilliant sound dub on this, by the way. Apparently it’s from one of the Alien movies.

Lizard Party!

Jerry — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:13:34 +0000

From Scientific American's image of the week.

Lizard Attraction

Jerry — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:42:26 +0000

Trust me, this is relevant to the website — just keep watching…

Lizard has “problem-solving skills”

Jerry — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:39:21 +0000

Interesting article from BBC Nature describes an Anole which has demonstrated actual problem solving skills.

“The results, published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, suggest that reptiles are more intelligent than previously thought.”

Ah, but we already knew lizards are awesome.

Read the full article here:

Lizard has Problem-Solving Skills By Victoria Gill

Cold-Blooded Cannibals

Jerry — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:54:07 +0000

Cold-Blooded Cannibals: Extreme Adaptations to Island Life from Day's Edge Productions on Vimeo.

Filmed, written, and edited by Nathan Dappen & Joris van Alphen; narrated by John Astbury — illustrates the amazing adaptations of these remarkable reptiles.

Produced by Days Edge Productions (daysedgeproductions.com) & Joris van Alphen photography (jorisvanalphen.com).

Johnny Depp is a Lizard

Jerry — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:36:51 +0000

Or at least he plays one in this movie…

(screen capture from The Daily)

A movie starring Johnny Depp … about a lizard. I’m so totally there. This is going to be fun.

Delilah’s Lizard Haven

Jerry — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:03:14 +0000

My friend Delilah down in Texas has lizards all over her yard, and she sent me these pictures back in May 2010. Yeah. And here I am about 8 months later FINALLY getting around to posting them.

I wonder if the anole (above) thinks its blending in with the green of the wire mesh?

Below – what is this brown thing stalking Delilah in the foliage?

Better watch out – it’s eyeing you!

Oh! It’s merely a brown skink. An old and battle-scarred one at that.

It’s defending Delilah’s yard from invasions of cockroaches and mosquitos. Bold, sun-worshiping skinks are good to have around.

Thanks again Delilah for sending the pictures! Sorry they sat in my in-box for so long!

New Self-Cloning Lizard Found

Jerry — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:31:34 +0000

Photo by Lee Grismer

I happened upon this over at National Geographic. This previously undescribed lizard was “discovered” in a Vietnamese restaurant … on the menu.

The first thing I thought was, if this lizard’s temperament would make it a candidate for a pet, it would be easy to breed them — especially considering they’re all female and don’t need to mate in order to have offspring.

The second thing I thought was, despite all the information in this excellent National Geographic article, nowhere does it mention what they taste like.

(Probably chicken.)

Read the full article here: New Self-Cloning Lizard Found in Vietnam Restaurant

UPDATE: Even more in-depth article and video on Discovery.com here: http://bit.ly/bHM7ew

Texas Spiny Lizard

Jerry — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:46:15 +0000

It’s like a bluebelly on steroids. This was a female Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus).

From my photo blog: PhoBloggery.com