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zforbes
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Ken
My gosh, it looks like a Thai dragon! Where and what? I was just thinking about you and your underwater photos. I can imagine myself climbing around
rocks, but underwater adventures are a little more intimidating, so I rely on others to feed my curiousity. Thanks. Zoe
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comitan
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Iguana
This is one of our backyard neighbors.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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zforbes
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Iguanas
As a kid, my brother Frank had an iguana that was allowed free reign of the backyard and pool as long as someone was outside to watch him.
Unfortunately, the iquana escaped to somewhere else one afternoon. My brother searched high and low with no luck. Nights can be chilly in Southern
California, and the iquana would become immobile until sunrise, so Frank went to bed that night without the iguana. As the sun rose the next day and
people began their morning activities, we heard the scream of a nearby neighbor. Yes, the iguana was slowly moving up a branch of an orange tree,
scaring the neighbor, but alerting my brother to the location of his pet. That's my iguana story.
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bajajudy
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Mudbath man
I went back and checked and the photo of the really green lizard was taken in my yard.
Any ideas on that?
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ursidae69
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Mudbath man
I went back and checked and the photo of the really green lizard was taken in my yard.
Any ideas on that? |
Who is mudbathman?
The green one is likely introduced.
[Edited on 9-15-2005 by ursidae69]
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bajajudy
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Sorry, I thought that I saw a post on the off topic where someone accused you of taking mud baths?
I have been wrong before.
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Osprey
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Judy, the vivid green lizard is a juvenile spiny-tailed iguana
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ursidae69
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Judy, the vivid green lizard is a juvenile spiny-tailed iguana |
Cool, I didn't know they were green as juveniles! This board is great, lots of smart folks! I've still not found the dark or green ones yet! I got
work to do! 
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Ken Bondy
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zforbes
It's a marine iguana from the Galapagos. He was in a tidepool. I made the photograph lying flat on my stomach, kind of slithering up as close as I
could get without spooking him (her?).
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Skipjack Joe
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iguana shot
Mr Bondy,
That's one great picture. It's like my greatest nightmare. Amazing really. With the out of focus quality and the darkness it looks absolutely
diabolical. Something just hellish. It's amazing how a camera can distort reality.
I bet you didn't know the final result would look like that.
Skipjack
(Bond's the name...Ken Bond)
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Ken Bondy
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Skipjack Joe
Thanks! No, I knew he was weird looking but I had no idea how bizarre a head-on shot would be. I intentionally used a relatively large aperture to
blur the background and got lucky with the point of focus right on his eye.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
All around the southland here Mexicans I know believe the horned lizard has poison it can spit from its eyes. They also kill every one they see since
it is believed one near a home where a pregnant woman abides will render her mammaries dry and she will be unable to feed her babies.
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Thanks for the explanation, Osprey,
I've always like these folk beliefs (sorry I don't have the right words).
The people from my mother's village all believed that a shark had to turn belly up before it could attack you. That's because the mouth is on the
underside of the animal. I was told this to be true as a child.
My father, on the other hand (he's 97 now) told me that none of the villagers in this place in Montenegro knew how to swim. They all believed that a
giant ram lived underwater in the local lake and would pull down anyone who tried to swim across it.
There is something missing when you know everything, or it can all be explained with science. Don't you think?
Skipjack
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