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hiiii can i request the northern curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus)

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Have you seen the northern curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus)?

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Voting ended onDec 10, 2024

(via Deceptively chonky lizard breaks an unfortunate, strange record)

“Feasting on greasy pizza comes with its consequences for humans, but for a curly-tailed lizard on the eastern beaches of Florida, the results were especially crappy.

The female curly-tailed lizard in question, technically known as a Leiocephalus carinatus, was living near a beach-side pizza shop. This, unfortunately, meant that she developed the proclivity for chomping down on leftover pizza grease, as well as sand. This diet was supplemented by a more traditional meal for curly-tailed lizards — bugs.

A team of University of Florida herpetologists came across the lizard while tracking down reptile samples in Florida's Cocoa Beach. Their recent analysis of her revealed something strange: Buried inside the lizard was an unusually large fecal bolus, colloquially known as a ball of poop.

By the time the researchers found the lizard, the bolus had grown to account for 80 PERCENT of the lizard's entire body mass. It's the largest bolus, relative to body size, EVER DISCOVERED in a living animal.

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