Here's a lizard I don't get to see every day. Coast Horned Lizard (aka Blainville's Horned Lizard) is the widespread horned lizard in California, but lets face it...being the nation's 7th best birder doesn't leave much time for lizard scrounging. This is the first one I have seen in years, right on the beach at the edge of Tijuana Slough in Imperial Beach.
I managed to get it to model for me for a while...I love how every part of it is body seems to be covered in its own kind of scales, with its own texture...a lot like how I like my women. WHO SAID THAT????
Anyways...pretty amazing, I reckon.
Horned lizards have a big thing for ants, and are frequently found in close proximity to ant colonies. This ant is doing a poor job at warding off its heavily-armored attacker.
See the ant scaling the side of its neck? Very David and Goliath.
Goliath is unimpressed.
Not even 2 ants are capable of deterring the behemoth.
Such a lovable face.
