#lizard behavior

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

When do snakes start to hibernate? Is it mostly based on outdoor temperature? It’s getting down to the 40s F where I am and I’ve also noticed the lizards have disappeared

(Small terminology note: snakes don't hibernate, they brumate! Brumation is essentially the reptile version of hibernation but there are some small but important differences. Brumating snakes do not sleep the entire time, unlike hibernating mammals, and may wake up even if conditions are temporarily right for it with no ill effects. Brumating reptiles also draw upon glycogen reserves (that's stored sugar) instead of fat so it's less common for a brumating reptile to actually lose much weight.)

Brumating is entirely based on temperature! Some lizards can withstand cooler temperatures for longer, but for snakes the cutoff point when they start entering brumation is when the temperature is consistently around 65 F or lower. At those temperatures, it's too cold for reptiles to digest their food, and they are unable to warm their bodies.

#not a rating #brumation #snake behavior #lizard behavior

[mayhaps-a-blog]

Ysalamir!

I am loving the ysalamir content I see, but I find it curious that so many people seem to default to giving them cat behavior. Cats are adorable, and I love them, but as someone who also adores reptiles, I’d love to see more ysalamir that are just big, fat lizards!

So what does lizard behavior look like?

I admit, I’ve spent more time with snakes than with lizards. But I’ve dealt with some, so here’s what I’ve got:

(This got... so long. Enjoy!)

Reptiles are stupid. Let’s be honest, folks, there is not much going on up in that little head of theirs. They are primarily driven by food, but many lizards may fail to recognize food if it doesn’t look and behave like what they expect.

However, reptiles are also creatures of routine: lights at night, unfamiliar handlers, unfamiliar surroundings can all be highly stressful!

Reptiles can also be curious, and may dig or escape enclosures, then run and hide.

Reptiles generally do not play the same way mammals do. They may enjoy exploring new objects in their enclosure, new scents, and new structures, but likely won’t chase after toys the way cats do.

Reptiles are cold-blooded, which means they cannot regulate their own temperature – instead, they must move to warmer places to warm up, or colder places to cool down. They’ll often find a nice, warm rock or other sunlit surface to just sit and bask.

Reptiles grow sluggish when too cold (or too hot). They move less, they eat less, they shed less often. Lizards that are too hot may take positions (standing up) to maximize airflow, find a cool place to sit, or look for water (and sit in it).

Reptiles don’t tend to see people as friends. People are either 1) large potential predators; run! Hide! Fight! 2) A Big Moving Thing that may hold food! Or might be food? Yay! Food! 3) A Big Warm Rock that moves sometimes. 

Reptiles don’t generally like to be pet, but if habituated to people, likely don’t mind being pet either. Some individuals may enjoy the warmth or interaction; others may prefer not to be touched.

When lizards are stressed or spooked, they may: hiss, puff up and look big, head-bob or display dewlaps, bite at nearby targets, piss or defecate (on the offender, if possible), freeze and/or attempt to run (very fast and will jump off tall objects), attempt to hide (in small cracks they can squeeze into), etc.

Most lizard species can drop their tail if threatened or stressed. These do grow back eventually!

Lizards shed in patches, which they may rub or tear off over a period of a week or two. Don’t pull on the shed - it can tear the skin, and some animals may not wish to be handled at all. Humidity is important as it helps loosen the shed; if patches remain (a bad shed) they may need to be removed manually.

Before shedding the head, lizards shed their eye scales, which leaves them vulnerable with limited eyesight for a few days. They tend to be very skittish.

Males may be more aggressive during mating season, a few months out of the year. Females may be more passive. Some species don’t eat during this time and change their behavior to find or attract mates.

Sick reptiles generally appear lethargic. They may not eat or respond to stimuli.

Like most animals, lizard behavior is highly individual. One paper describes an iguana that sat by the cage door and raised its head for scratches, while another sat above the door and slapped researchers with its tail!

Notably, most lizards are carnivores, but ysalamir are commonly depicted like iguanas, which are herbivores, and have different behaviors. Since they don’t need to chase prey, they tend to be sluggish and spend a lot of time just sitting around.

#i do like all the ysalamir depictions #any look at these furry space lizards is amazing #and i do like cats #but i also really love lizards! #and i want more lizards being lizards #so here's some fun stuff to think about #if y'all want :) #ysalamir #lizards #lizard behavior #animal behavior #ysalamir behavior #speculative biology #thrawn #star wars #ysalamiri #furry space lizards my beloved #:)

[daredevil-vagabond]

The burning shadows of human hands are far too much for a single life The things I see are a dread I must withstand.

Arthur and the King in Yellow

#arthur lester #malevolent #arthur malevolent #king in yellow #king in yellow malevolent #malevolent podcast #malevolent pod #malevolent arthur #arthur lester malevolent #malevolent king in yellow #kiy malevolent #anyway they are like tropical fish to me [colors i can barely see because i am red green colorblind] #we should get the eldritch creature trio (yellow john and king) and put them in a terrarium filled with rocks #so i can observe their behaviors like they are exotic lizards #arthurs in there too but he keeps getting stuck in the substrate #my art #AHH I FORGOT TO TAG the lyrics are the song Uncanny by GHOST

[adharagranley-writer]

Topic of the day: lesbian lizards.

There's a species of lizards that are entirely female (they really said no boys today honey) living in North America and Mexico. So how do they make baby lizards without males?

They reproduce by parthenogenesis (and are one of the few if not the only species of animal to reproduce only by this method). Parthenogenesis is a reproduction form where the female sexual cells develop without the masculine ones (eggs undergo a chromosome doubling after meiosis, developing into lizards without being fertilized), and it can happen in insects, birds, fishes and reptiles.

The desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens) does this, but! The ovulation is enhanced by female-female courtship and mating (pseudo-copulation) rituals that resemble the behavior other lizards that reproduce sexually.

So they are the absolute only-female lesbian queens.

#zoology facts with adhara #learning #learnsomethingneweveryday #random fact #lizards #lesbian lizards #parthenogenesis #zoology #biology #maybe i'm a nerd #science #science facts #zoology facts #lesbian #female #animals #animal facts #learn with me #my blog is getting random #wildlife #animal behavior #zoology nerd #random #random facts #writer #writers on tumblr #writing #writing community

[devinwolfi]

did u guys know that lizards can be pollinators

#explaination and sources in rb #ive been trying to read this article for two days but i keep getting busy #but now is the time #it mostly happens on islands where a lot of wickedly awesome stuff happens that allows for altered behavior and characteristics #lizards

[mafaldaknows]

Someone should spam that email with all the articles pointing at 🦎 as the mastermind of armies smear campaign, i mean 🦎 is toxicity personified.

Hello, Anon:

Thanks for the suggestion. 😜😏💥📥🦎🤭

#hello anon #toxic spam #lizards just want to lizard #do it do it do it #toxic relationships #toxic behavior #she’s the subject matter expert

[autism-swagger]

Tgirl supreme

#raaaghgghg biting her #my poor sopping wet little meow meow #motherless behavior + daddy issues + loser coded #the scars are from Lizeter (Lizard Peter) btw 😋 #my art #Gwen tag #gwen stacy #spiderman across the spiderverse

[lizardinkart]

End of Ward spoilers thru 19.f below:

Hey. They need to stop being so loud over there. It’s hurting my ears.

#ward spoilers #worm spoilers #parahumans spoilers #fr stfu wildbow #stop making me relate to an 11 year old #quit modeling my self destructive via productiveness behaviors back at me in a literal child #no i can fix this situation if i micromanage the shit out of it what do you mean I CAN FIX IT— #good lord someone hit me with some industrial strength tranquilizers like her #i really was thinking ‘when’s the last time this small child had a nap’ like one chapter ago tho #god i love this child #holding her like aiden’s birds #lookout #kenzie martin #parahumans #lizard’s ward thoughts #ward

[worldblight]

I wish Erin Hunter would hire me not because I particularly care about Warrior Cats anymore but because I know a lot about cat behavior and it makes me really really irritated seeing people draw cat body language so incorrectly

#cats dont run in fear with their tails up #thats a play behavior exclusively #if a cat is afraid of something they tuck down as low to the ground as possible and bolt the fuck out of there like a lizard #this is just one of many many many many many gripes i have #i understand anthropomorphization and how much erin hunter anthropomorphizes their cats for the sake of readers' understanding #because their audience is teenagers #but i think xenofiction‚ especially something as massive as warriors‚ should be a vessel for teaching mammalian psychology #at least make it so your feral cat characters are actively wary of their environment when they arent in their dens #domestic cats are far from being the top of the foodchain. even with intelligence beyond what they naturally have irl-- #--they should be extremely aware of and cautious about the fact there are any number of predators in their natural habitat #and that they are a genuine danger to be aware of when they're not hidden #especially since so many of the cats are described with white markings‚ which should have been bred out a long time ago #due to the fact they're hypervisible and attract predators‚ making them moving targets #blackstar baffles me. he is completely white. he is the biggest target for predators in the entire clan. and yet he leads it #i have many thoughts erin hunter hire me

[pencil-amateur]

candide is smart enough to know keeping a komodo dragon isn’t a safe or practical idea but she also thinks they’re adorable and wishes she could pet one

#if you give her the opportunity she’ll definitely talk about how smart they are and how they’ve been observed engaging in play behavior #she gets the same reaction to seeing a giant lizard as most people might to a polar bear #‘yes they’re deadly predators but look at that sweet little face 🥰’ #clone high #candide sampson

[is-the-snake-video-cute]

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeardedDragons/comments/12xgpaj/hi_everyone_drogon_just_started_doing_this_in_his/

Apologies for the long link, and that it isn't a snake, but thoughts on this beardie's bath time behaviour?

Link for everyone - this is a video of a bearded dragon wiggling around and swimming briefly in shallow bathwater!

This is all good, this beardie is having an absolutely lovely time. Some beardies like to swim, and that's what this one is trying to do. Beardies who enjoy swimming this much might even benefit from having a deeper bath to swim in from time to time! This is a super cute video.

#ratings #cute #bearded dragons #lizards #lizard behavior

[fauvester]

Lim wondering if this is how yadek felt in the obsidian order when disposing of the regnars before refusing to draw any parallels between himself and garak for another decade

WAKHDJKDHFKJH years later lim confessing to julian about his crime and resulting dIsplay of adolescent psychopathology and julians like. That's so funny, that's EXACTLY what garak said about all the assassinations. And lim Realizes

#ELIM GARAK 'NO RELATION TO ELIM GARAK' MY ASS! THATS HIS FUCKING SON!!! #bashir tells garak about it that night and he thinks its an absolute hoot #he holds that lim would have been a promising operative because hes aggressively average in looks and behavior #i mean. not like garak ever TOLD julian about what he did in the OO. not directly. #but maybe after a few decades he's comfortable enough to obliquely discuss it as a joke #perhaps to lovingly poke fun at his beloved son whos coming around to accepting moral ambiguity #lim in his 30s like Yes well yadek i know what you went through as a state spy. because of the hotpot lizards. i know #garak: oh of course. you're a cold blooded murderer. the blood of tain and whatnot. #lim: if youd gone abroad as a cook instead of a tailor would you dispose of bodies in your slow cooker #garak: well it would have to be a very large slow cooker. i suppose if i were a professional chef it would have to be though. #lim: you could never be a professional chef. you're too precious about stains and you lack the strength of conviction the kitchen requires #(the kids refer to garaks exile as Living Abroad. like its a fun anthropologic vacation)

[great-and-small]

A lava lizard prowls two large marine iguanas looking for flies to eat. This is a very cool symbiotic relationship between these two reptile species

#GalapagosFauna #Galapagos Week 2022 #lava lizard #marine iguana #animal behavior #reptiles #reptiblr #cute #lizards #symbiosis

[pkmnherpetology]

although salazzle can perform parthenogenesis, trainers who only have one needn’t worry about finding eggs in their homes. during the breeding season, salazzle pair up with one another, and one salazzle takes on the role of a male salandit, performing courtship behaviors towards her partner that signal to the other salazzle it’s time to lay eggs. epic win for lesbian lizard pokémon. lizbian pokémon, if you will.

#.txt #pokémon #pkmn irl #salazzle #[this is true of the new mexico whiptail hence those lizards being called lesbian lizards as well.] #[it’s also true of some other species although i could not name them.] #[this is a bit toned down as to my knowledge the actual behaviors are just like. lesbian sex.]

[heliomanteia]

No I think Nico would not get along with Leo at all, actually.

#🏛️ #Nico is a cat a bat a lizard. Whichever one you prefer. He likes people that are warm and content but not burning you up. #Confident. Have their shit together. Calm. Capable of shaking Nico up in a way he understands. Steady. Stable. Safe. #Leo... touchy-feely hands-on Leo who doesn't have a filter who is loud and excessive and too much and who is a flickering flame... #Would make Nico back away *hard* in my opinion because he does not get along with hotheads and he's himself strategic in canon. #He would be put off by this overly familiar behavior the lack of private space the lack of filter the inability to stay calm. #'They get along because they are both autistic' well if we stop treating autistic characters like a new species of people- #Maybe we will understand that having the same disability absolutely does not mean your way of being affected by it matches. #So if we hc them both as autistic then I think they would literally detest each other. #Nico who needs quiet and dark to feel content who stims with his ring who needs heavy jackets vs. Leo who stims loudly and through active #physical contact. He would hate the guy guys.

[moghedien]

This is the MOST awake man out there

He definitely hasn’t been sleeping for two weeks straight

#he gonna eat that flower #today was the first day not in the 30s-50s at night so he woke up for some food lol #(this is normal uromastyx winter behavior do not be concerned) #uromastyx #reptile #lizard