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   My camera shoots fascists (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 13:16:05 JST My camera shoots fascists

   *squeeeeeeee!!!*
   New iguana! The smaller one in the background. The one in the front is Donna.

   I'm out of mealworms, so I went to the fridge and got some greens. Donna was about 20 feet away and took a couple steps toward me when I whistled, but stopped. The little one, on the other hand, kept coming right up to me and eventually took some of the green leaves out of my hands. Very unexpected! It makes me wonder if maybe the fact that Donna was being so chill led the little one to feel safe enough to approach. Or maybe it was just so hungry it didn't care.

   I also observed something I've never seen other lizards to: on several occasions, the little one lightly licked the tip of Donna's tail. I'm presuming this is some sort of courtship behavior. I'm thinking it may turn out that Donna is actually Don.

   #LizardReport #Lizard #iguana #Herps

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     My camera shoots fascists (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 13:16:03 JST My camera shoots fascists

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     OMG The lizard antics are so adorable.

     I ran out of mealworms yesterday, but I told everybody — my lizard frens — that a giant box of them was arriving today.

     Last fall, Bill used to regularly come strolling into the house looking to be fed if I were sitting at the kitchen table instead of on the front porch. But he hasn't done that at all since coming out of hibernation a couple weeks ago. But today, minutes after the FedEx person dropped the box of mealworms on the porch, he ran up there, almost like he knew what was inside 😆

     Bill is a smart lizard, but I don't think he can read or understand me when I speak English.

     #LizardReport #Lizard #BillTheLizard #herps

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     My camera shoots fascists (mikal@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 13:16:04 JST My camera shoots fascists

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     By the way, the first part of the desert iguana's scientific name, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, means "thirsty lizard."

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 22:34:22 JST Steve's Place

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     @Mikal Perhaps there is a bit of yummy mealworm aroma on the box, lol.