Parowan Times | 1928-05-02 | Page 3 | Lizard Scares Foes by Display of Ruff

lizard scares foes by display of ruff ovit out la in australia the home of the kangaroo find and a lot of other curious animals there Is a peculiar lizard apparently patently ly impressed with the truth of the maxim that an enemy seared scared and chased away Is so an enemy less to lu fight today and theres nothing like a good bluff anyway if it works says the baltimore sun to frighten its foes away tills this reptile has developed a most remarkable growth of skin skill on its neck ordinarily banging hii nging in loose tolda folds tint but capable of being erected into a wide fall or ruff very like those of the days of good queen bess and it Is colored red on the surfaces which show from the front when it Is standing out around the th head and neck As if nil all this was not enough the lizard also walks or runs on his hind bind feet holding his forelegs fore legs up to in the air we way may hazard a guess that he borrowed the system from the kangaroos but if he did dd he to tend lend them the ruff in re return turn just low how terri flog till all this Is I 1 t to t alie ie natural adur atur BI enemies n me I 1 of the frilled lizard we are unable to say bay but if we look at ills his picture in the hooks we must at least admit that it makes him sufficiently un attractive