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Originally Posted by Glowing Horizon
Weird lizard fact: when anoles are caught by the tail, the tail can simply snap off & the anole will live the remainder of its life with just a stub. The part of the tail that snapped off continues to wiggle for a while. Gross, IMO! but its a defense mechanism to get away from predators. Some reportedly can grow a new tail but I’ve never seen that happen.
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Yes, we had lots of fence lizards in our backyard at our former Calif home, and we had a cat who liked to spend her days in the backyard where she loved to hunt lizards. I occasionally found a lizard with most of its tail missing, which I assumed was because it had escaped her. The lizards (anoles) I see here are newly hatched and no more than an inch long including their nubby tail. It’s crazy how many tiny ones we’ve seen this summer. They’re taking over! LOL!