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Blue Tounge Lizard

Have you seen the picture above? Wow... I was so amazed with this Lizard. We can find them in Australia and Papua Nuginea. In australia some people loves to make this blue tounge lizard as their pet. But hardly we can find in the pet shop. The blue tounge lizard same popular as Brazilian gecko or iguana. Blue tounge lizard is easy to find on the sidelines - even stones or between the grass. 

There is a legend about this blue tounge lizard due their closest friend with Aborigin. They have been friends for thousand years. The legend is that long time back, the lizard didn't have blue tounge, but one time the lizard made one of the Aborigin Tribal chairman piss-off, that time they were gathered in bonfire to keep warm from the cold. The Aborigin found a lizard and tried to get rid of it. But the lizard didn't want to go. While the lizard evaporated, the Aborigin threw the blue ground inside to its mouth, since then the lizard's tounge become blue color and they become friendship until nowadays even to human-beings. The blue tounge lizard is docile, calm and cool as our pet. 

Lizard is a cold-blooded animal, but they are nice animal. Not like serial killer. Hahhahahhahaa... They love to be get warm all the time and its annual activity is to do sun bathing in the morning before doing activities. as like hunting snail or eating grass. The Latin name of this Blue Lizard is Tiliqua sp. The function of this blue tounge is for bluffing and intimading its enemies: when they feel in danger, its body would be wide puff up, its mouth dropped open and its tounge become blue. This lizard is unique, its head is bigger than its body and the color of  its mouth is pink. The blue tongue's underbelly turning from a brilliant orange to a cloudy creamy white. All lizard all same including the blue tounge lizard can lose their tails as a defense mechanism. So, Never hold your blue tongue by the tail, or grab the tail if it's trying to get away. The tail can break or pull-off. 

Lizards have lived for as long as 20 - 30 years. The main predators that may cut a blue-tongued lizard's life short are lawn mowers, cars, and cats and dogs. Their predators are cats and dogs mostly. Cats are the worst. Dogs are often perplexed enough by the blue tongue and the threatening behaviour of the lizard to keep a distance. But cats are ambush predators and the lizard doesn't get a chance to show its scary tongue. Baby blue tongue lizards may also end up as dinner for currawongs, kookaburras, raptors or snakes.

So, teach your cats if you want to have blue tounge lizard as your pet at home. Start planning, making a small garden with rocks and enough food for the blue tounge lizards due their habitat and also they love snails and grass. Anyway they are good in semi-tropical climate. They are defender though and human's friendly pets mostly in common.

Here is link to find out more about the blue tounge Lizard : http://www.davidvella.com.au/BlueTongue_dvella.pdf

Happy  Sunday to All !!!