This skink looks like it just burst out of someone’s chest, and in addition, it’s full of little baby skinks.
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This skink looks like it just burst out of someone’s chest, and in addition, it’s full of little baby skinks.
Looks to be squaring up to the owner of the hand.
“What are you looking at? Well do yourself a favour and look somewhere else”.
My first thought was, “I am the God-Emperor of the Known Universe. Fear me!”
@2: Sure, but isn’t it the cutest little God Emperor of the Known Universe ever?
She is a just and magnanimous empress, i voted for her. Plus her cricket tax is totally fair.
Baby skinks that may be born live or as eggs depending on geographical elevation/temperature of their habitat, IIRC. Yay ovoviviparity!
Tiny little skinky legs!
Those front legs just make it adorable.
In the horrifying headline department, on that same NatGeo page:
Trebuchet @ # 8 – alas, the story to which you link has gone 404 already…
I believe she’s saying “Scratch my nose, human. Can’t you see how short my arms are?”
That’s not a skink — it’s a basilisk!
I’m reminded of Shel Silverstein:
We’re being eaten by the quick-digesting skink
And now we’re dodging it’s teeth.
And now we’re restin’ in its intestines.
And now we’re back on the street.
I once worked at a park with “Scenic” in its name, and lots of skinks scuttling about. We decided that both were pronounced “skeenick” and that the park was named for the little critters.
There was a legless lizard one day. Snake body, lizard head. Looks like this one is working on that.
Didn’t this critter feature in at least one episode of Buffy?