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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBBC nature clip:I have never cheered for anything like I cheered for this baby lizard!!
https://streamable.com/0z8gWatch until the very end.
Gave me a heart attack.
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)Better than Bond or Star Wars because it's real life.
Thanks for posting, grits! Did you vote yet? I'll hit the polls on my way to work.
Here comes #45! Like the baby lizard, she's evaded all the snakes the Republicans could send after her and survived.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I thought of the same analogy.
Clinton escaping the snakes.
brer cat
(24,578 posts)Glad the baby survived, but it was terrifying to watch.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)But boy did I. lol
brer cat
(24,578 posts)I kept wanting to close my eyes, cause I hate snakes, but I had to make sure the little one got away.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)That was some great camera work too!
Baitball Blogger
(46,740 posts)That lizard looked too big for the snakes' mouths.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)These are the snakes: http://galapagosconservation.org.uk/wildlife/galapagos-racer/
and the lizard: http://galapagosconservation.org.uk/wildlife/marine-iguana/
(I suppose the young could eat eggs or tiny animals, but there's no mention of that on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_iguana#Diet , and the constricting behaviour of the snakes was to kill, not deter). And it was the lizard trying to keep still, and running the moment a snake noticed it (not sure it's that's clear in the clip, but it was in the full programme)
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)When the wav of lizards starts coming at him, good stuff. Although if that was a TV show, and that lizard was the hero, of course it would get away like that, especially that last jump, because there's another episode next week.
bluesbassman
(19,375 posts)Definitely not a popular picnic spot I'm guessing.
BTW, have you ever heard John Mayall's version of Grits? Killer live tune from his 70th birthday bash!