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12-23-04, 12:18 AM
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lizard search
One time on TV i saw this amazing lizard. I know nothing about them. All i know is there a medium sized lizard, eat ants, ive never seen them captivity,there spicky all over, and are a redish brown colour.i thought it was called a horny devil but i dont think thats it.Any idea what it is?
nick
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12-23-04, 12:21 AM
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I think it's horny/thorny devil, and I think they're found in Australia. Those things are awesome, but I've never heard of anyone keeping one in captivity...
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12-23-04, 08:40 AM
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Sounds like Moloch horridus, native to Australia. There is a picture here on the National Geographic site and Google Images has many more.
Second guess is Phrynosoma species of some sort, a native of Texas and Northern Mexican deserts. They don't have spines all over, but do have some and eat ants.
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12-23-04, 09:54 AM
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Perfect . I dident ever think id ever figer out what it was. The Moloch horridus was the one i was thinking of
Thanks Nick
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12-23-04, 10:19 AM
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Wow, those lizards look wild. I wish they're more common and available for captivity.
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12-23-04, 11:09 AM
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I already new what they looked like, but I just had to click on the link 
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12-23-04, 11:26 AM
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I think there's an article in the newest Reptiles magazine on them...
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12-23-04, 08:23 PM
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Honestly, Hilde... you're liking a walking/talking encyclopedia You must have found a minute to come in and thaw out...or did the handle on your shovel break? 
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12-23-04, 09:07 PM
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I don't think they would do well in captivity unless you have an unlimited ant farm
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12-23-04, 09:27 PM
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they eat other insects tooo.... ants are like a treat.... it was on that show with the bare foot auzzie guy.... animal instincts or killer instincts... they drink through there feet.... he put one in a jar lid of water and he stayed perfectly still and the water was slowly disipering.... then you could see moisture on his back... it was cool...
sorry... the first thing i said was i gotta try to find one of thoes.... that would be cool
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12-31-04, 12:14 PM
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The first time I saw them I wondered if there in the pet trade because that would be so awesome having a spiky thing like that!
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01-01-05, 02:14 PM
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Their diet is mainly ants and they will not survive on any other diet. People have tried many times, but the animals always end up dying.  Here's a good link for you. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/moloch.html
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01-01-05, 02:25 PM
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good site... thoes would be almost impossible to care for
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enough animals. finally lowerd my herp collect to 40
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01-04-05, 08:45 AM
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well with all the ants i have running around my house, i could use a couple of them boogers to keep them under control...
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