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Blue Tongue Lizard
There are 6 different kinds of blue-tongued lizards in Australia, this one here is the Eastern Blue-tongue. It lives in our garden and I see it from time to time and each time it frightens the ‘living bejesus’ out of me, because you see it when you are about to step on it, and of course you think first that it is a snake. Blue-tongues are slow and gentle and mind their own business. They won't bite unless they are attacked or when they are frightened when picked up. The bite might hurt but it is not poisonous. Tongue to scare off enemies by putting out their Blue Tongue and hissing. They eat snails, slugs, flowers and fruit and they are beneficial for the normal garden pest. If they are really lucky they can live for 30 years. Most Bob-tailed blue-tongues have the same partner all their lives, unlike humans, where the divorce rate is 50% or there about.
Natural Predators
The Blue Tongue Lizard's predators are birds like Kookaburras and Brown Falcons Eagles poisonous snakes and large goannas sometimes eat blue-tongues.
Unnatural Predators or should I say other dangers to Blue-tongued lizards include:
Cars –
Ah, the good old car again, Blue-tongues often lie on the warm road surface and don't move out of the way of cars.
Snail baits
If blue-tongues eat snails and slugs poisoned by snail baits they will die.
Lawn mowers
Blue-tongues often hide in long grass and don't run away when lawn mowers come near them. |
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