The Prairie Ecologist

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Photos of the Week – October 23, 2020

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Chris Helzer

Oosh. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I could use a little levity right now. I just want some useless nonsense that makes me smile. I went looking for that in my photo archive and came up with the subject of today’s post – lizard faces. Please enjoy these with no additional commentary from me. Have a good weekend.

Prairie lizard (*Sceloporus consobrinus*).

Lesser earless lizard (*Holbrookia maculata*)

11 thoughts on “Photos of the Week – October 23, 2020”

MIL on October 23, 2020 at 9:06 pm said:

Thanks Chris! We can all use a little lizard levity.

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Robert Dana on October 23, 2020 at 9:18 pm said:

It’s lizards all the way down!

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John Helzer on October 23, 2020 at 9:49 pm said:

This is the quality I come here for

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Peggy Tilgner on October 23, 2020 at 10:03 pm said:

A couple of the pictures could be used for the GEICO commercials!

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Mary-Ann King on October 24, 2020 at 6:22 am said:

just what I needed. thank you

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Pat Halderman on October 24, 2020 at 6:31 am said:

Thank you for the morning smiles!

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James C. Trager on October 24, 2020 at 11:01 am said:

They are a bit silly looking, unless you’re their prey, which in the case of earless lizards is largely ants.
Now I feel terrible. 😏❤️🐜

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- James McGee on October 26, 2020 at 3:49 am said:
  
  If it makes you feel any better, research has shown that areas with predators have more species. At least this is true for small mammals. The earless lizard might be giving you more species of ants to identify.
  
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Kathryn Kerr on October 24, 2020 at 3:25 pm said:

Thank you.

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cherylllr on October 24, 2020 at 5:34 pm said:

Thank you. Perfect.

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Ginny McQueen on November 6, 2020 at 8:03 am said:

Sent from my iPad

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