Brown Anole - Dewlap inspection

in #macrophotography6 years ago

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My daughter loves catching reptiles.

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She is especially adept at catching Brown Anoles.

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They really do look like minature dinosaurs.

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This male had an especially beautiful dewlap.

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Vivid reds and oranges, we could see he was quite the ladies man.

All pictures taken by @rawruss with a Nikon D3400 w/ 40mm Macro lens. No dinosaurs were harmed as a result of this photo shoot. Be kind to creatures!

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what cool shots and how cool your daughter than catch them

Thank you! Yes, she loves chasing them down and catching them - and I get a good laugh out of watching her in action!

it must be so much fun to watch I bet

Great pictures @rawruss! My husband loves catching them too, they are fast though ;) They're fun to watch, especially when they exhibit their dewlap! Happy New Year!

I always have a chuckle when they start doing push=ups and puff out their dewlap. They have surprisingly strong little jaws too, they can clamp down quite tightly!