The kid asked for a design of Jerry holding a blueberry, and while I was looking for a photo for that I found another good yawn pic. Now I need to decide which of these four designs to actually turn into t-shirts for me and the kid.
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I reckon it's time to refresh and extend my personal collection of lizard couture. I've knocked together a couple of new designs using some more recent photos of Jerry.
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When Jerry is out of his enclosure pretty much the only thing that will stop him constantly trying to wander off to find a nook and/or cranny to hide in is his fleece guinea pig bed. He will, sometimes, just hang out in there, and he may even accept some chin scritches while he's doing so.
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Gently evicting a tiny lizard from our rental house. They were very chill about it.
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I spotted lizards in the garden during a break in the rain so I got my Proper Camera and Long Lens out and did a photo shoot session with the 3-legged water skink, who was a very obliging model.
Its tail continues to regrow, but seems to be coming in with a bit of a kink at the transition. In lizards that can drop and regrow their tail the regrown tails always do look different, often having different colouration and lacking pattern, and they are usually shorter and stubbier than the original.
It seems like most of the adult water skinks that I see have a regrown tail. Being a medium sized lizard in a world full of birds and cats can be tough.
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This little skink turned up in our dining room this evening, so I scooped them up and released them outside. I'm fairly sure this is a Weasel Skink (Saproscinus mustelinus), and I'm also fairly sure I've had to do exactly the same thing with a skink of the same species that appeared in the same room before.
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When I was done with the gardening I saw the three-legged water skink, along with a four legged companion, checking out the small blue plastic plate that I used to feed them 4 weeks ago. They clearly remembered that last time the big human made an awful racket in the yard dog food appeared on that blue plate afterwards, and so as soon as I sat down they came out of hiding to check the plate.
Not wanting to leave them disappointed I went inside to get them something, and returned with some canned superworms. The two of them made a feast of those, and even had a Lady & the Tramp moment when they both tried to eat the same one.
Last time: https://aus.social/@spacelizard/114051612271150428
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Attached: 1 image One of the Eastern Water Skinks in my back yard has been having a tough time of it. Not only has it lost its right rear leg at some point, but it's also recently lost its tail (it's a little hard to see in the photo, but its tail does *not* extend under that white box). The missing limb looks like an old, fully healed injury so they must have been managing OK as a tripod, and the tail will regrow, but nonetheless losing it would be a setback. I left some food and water out near their hiding spot to help them out a bit. #LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
@damienhurrell Aww — thanks for sharing the skink!
(And #SkinksOfMastodon is a great hashtag.)
It's not the greatest pic since the camera in my four year old phone is not the best when used at extreme zoom, but I thought you'd like to see this little #skink, photographed sunning itself this morning as I cleaned the filter for our septic system.
His camouflage is less effective when he's on the Australian animals doona cover.
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This little skink turned up in our dining room this evening, so I scooped them up and released them outside. I'm fairly sure this is a Weasel Skink (Saproscinus mustelinus), and I'm also fairly sure I've had to do exactly the same thing with a skink of the same species that appeared in the same room before.
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Ah, yes. Yes I did. Just over a year ago, in fact.
Attached: 4 images Spotted a small lizard in the kitchen this evening, and managed to catch it so I could release it outside. Hard to get good photos with a phone camera since it was so small and the lighting wasn't great, but I think I got a clear enough look to identify it with the help of the field guide. I reckon it's a Weasel Skink, Saproscincus mustelinus, which would make it a widespread but not frequently seen lizard. #LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
@hendric They don't seem to be the same skink but the photos I've got just aren't clear enough to be sure.
These skinks are really very small, and I've been snapping them with my phone, in poor lighting, while trying not to keep them captive longer than necessary. To be confident in my ability to identify individuals I'd probably have to use my Proper Camera, a macro lens, and a really bright light, and I'd be reluctant to submit them to the stress of that even if I do get another opportunity.
I reckon I'd have much better luck getting to know the water skinks in my yard instead. They're much bigger, are active during the day, have more prominent patterns, are seen far more frequently, are quite bold around humans, regularly frequent the same spots, and often have distinguishing features such as regrown tails and, in at least one case, a missing leg: https://aus.social/@spacelizard/114204745560236505
Attached: 1 image When I was done with the gardening I saw the three-legged water skink, along with a four legged companion, checking out the small blue plastic plate that I used to feed them 4 weeks ago. They clearly remembered that last time the big human made an awful racket in the yard dog food appeared on that blue plate afterwards, and so as soon as I sat down they came out of hiding to check the plate. Not wanting to leave them disappointed I went inside to get them something, and returned with some canned superworms. The two of them made a feast of those, and even had a Lady & the Tramp moment when they both tried to eat the same one. Last time: https://aus.social/@spacelizard/114051612271150428 #LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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