Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-02 | Page 13 | Lizards in Samoa Section

LIZARDS IN SAMOA the way they shed their T J fool the A writer of samoa writes in an interesting way of the lizards little fellows about two inches long prettus colored in a light and dark shade of brown they can ran ap a window pane qute as easily as can the files on which they feed when alarmed the lizards are off like a flash of light and will take the most reckless leaps I 1 have seen them land safe at the end of a twenty foot jump yet when cornered they bae BO hesitation in snapping off the most of their tails that was a maddening to my email cat the eight of a moo anywhere was an immediate challenge to the kitten she donld immediately start on the hunt for the most part a fruitless chase for the little lizard could skulk off taster than two cats could pursue yet when the kitten did succeed in landing on the lizard there followed a scene of bewilderment the moo invariably snapped off its tall which was left wriggling in one part of the veranda while the lizard ran off a short distance and awaited developments the kitten never knew whether to catch the azard or the tall if the moo moved the kitten went for it but she always stopped short to keep an eye on the wriggles of abo tall As soon aa she turned back to take care of tho tall the moo got in motion and bad to be looked after hundreds of times I 1 have watched the dilemma and tho ending was always the same the lizard got away and the kitten had to bo content with the bony tall but there were lots of lizards about my house new tails youths companion