All this happened on my porch. I' ve always liked lizards (I hate snakes, though), but I've never seen two lizards fighting. It is something to see. The approach, the slow mooving, the jumping, is really neat to watch. When they finally got apart looked like no one was really hurt.
I had my camera on the table right there so I grabbed it and start shooting without having the time to set it. I had the 300mm on. Not the best shots, but something rarely seen.
Socrate
RT v Genugten wrote:
Excellent behavioural series!
Incredible lizardrapidness displaying in #4!
Do you know the exact species??
RT.
Thanks for the comments, RT. They are Green Anoles. They change color in response to light, temperature, emotions: brown and green. You can see some slight color change in the "winner" from brown to green.
Socrate
Great stuff Socrate! I have never seen this,well we don't have lizards here so that may be why. What a cool thing to have unfold before you. I love 3 and the look in the last one is priceless. How long before you have them tamed?
Oooh WoooW now you have the lizards coming to visit you too! that house is soon becoming a Zoo
What can I say Socrate, amazing amazing shots! To see the winner going from brown to bright green was amazing! Do they make that hsssss sound when they're agressive?
Last shot is my favourite: the "head lock"
What fun that must have been to watch. I used to have green anoles as pets when I was about 10 or so. I typically had two at a time but they never did anything like that (otherwise I wouldn't have had two)!!
I just hope the winner is generous and agrees to share your porch with you!! While not really that serious, I know from experience that their jaws are strong enough to give you a decent pinch!
Cool series Socrate. I can almost hear the old Star TRek music from one of Capt Kirk's fight scenes playing in the background while I viewed this. If I remember correctly from my childhood days of keeping these as pets, the black spot behind the eye is an indicator of stress (good and bad stress).
Steve
RT.
What a cool thing to have unfold before you. I love 3 and the look in the last one is priceless. How long before you have them tamed?
now you have the lizards coming to visit you too! that house is soon becoming a Zoo