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Category: Reptiles

Weirdest Lizards! – Armadillo Girdled

Weirdest Lizards! – Armadillo Girdled

Information This is one of the weirdest, yet coolest lizards in Africa. As you can see in the picture above, they are covered in spiky scales which help them blend into their environment; Shrubs and rocky areas. An interesting feature of the Armadillo Girdled Lizard is it is ability to form a circle, revealing it is sharp, spiky scales. They do this when they are frightened or threatened by a predator. By rolling into a ball they increase their chances…

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The Blue Dragon

The Blue Dragon

Information Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug) is a species of small, blue sea slug, a pelagic aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidae. These sea slugs are pelagic: they float upside down by using the surface tension of the water to stay up, where they are carried along by the winds and ocean currents. Glaucus atlanticus is camouflaged: the blue side…

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