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Jerry would like to remind you all that tomorrow, the 14th of August, is World Lizard Day. How are you planning to celebrate?
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Jerry would like to remind you all that tomorrow, the 14th of August, is World Lizard Day. How are you planning to celebrate?
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Someone has removed Jerry's photo from the Pets of AAO and SoE board! I can only assume someone liked looking at Jerry so much that they couldn't help themselves and stole the picture so that they could look at it all the time. 🤔
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #Skink #Lizard
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Someone has removed Jerry's photo from the Pets of AAO and SoE board! I can only assume someone liked looking at Jerry so much that they couldn't help themselves and stole the picture so that they could look at it all the time. 🤔
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #Skink #Lizard
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The scaly sausage has come out for a bask.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #BlueTongueLizard
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The scaly sausage has come out for a bask.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #BlueTongueLizard
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Rare brumation season appearance from the scaly sausage. Jerry decided to come out of hiding and do a bit of basking just before the timer turned his lights off for the night.
Good to see him as I haven't had a good look at him in weeks. Pleased to see he seems to be in good condition.
#LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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Rare brumation season appearance from the scaly sausage. Jerry decided to come out of hiding and do a bit of basking just before the timer turned his lights off for the night.
Good to see him as I haven't had a good look at him in weeks. Pleased to see he seems to be in good condition.
#LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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Got the blue tongue out of his hide to check on him as I hadn't seen him since he shed, and I wanted to make sure he was OK and didn't have any stuck scales anywhere.
I wasn't sure if he'd be hungry as we're getting into the time of year where he might start brumating and go off his food for a couple of months, so rather than make up a dish of food for him I just offered him dog food still in the tray. It's fair to say he was indeed hungry!
#LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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Got the blue tongue out of his hide to check on him as I hadn't seen him since he shed, and I wanted to make sure he was OK and didn't have any stuck scales anywhere.
I wasn't sure if he'd be hungry as we're getting into the time of year where he might start brumating and go off his food for a couple of months, so rather than make up a dish of food for him I just offered him dog food still in the tray. It's fair to say he was indeed hungry!
#LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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The scaly sausage has been hiding more or less continually for the last couple of weeks. I thought he might be going into brumation a touch early due to the cool nights we had before it was raining all the time, but it seems he was instead preparing to shed his skin. He finally emerged this evening and spent a while rubbing himself on things to get the old skin off and, as usual, eating most of it. There were a few scraps left though, like this bit from his tail.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard
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The scaly sausage has been hiding more or less continually for the last couple of weeks. I thought he might be going into brumation a touch early due to the cool nights we had before it was raining all the time, but it seems he was instead preparing to shed his skin. He finally emerged this evening and spent a while rubbing himself on things to get the old skin off and, as usual, eating most of it. There were a few scraps left though, like this bit from his tail.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard
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I adore the bustling population of western fence lizards we have near the office
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I adore the bustling population of western fence lizards we have near the office
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Back on my self-designed custom nerd shirt bullshit again.
I wasn't sure that my Voyager render would work on a t-shirt because it's all fine details and low contrast, but while it certainly has lost some definition in the transfer printing process I reckon it still looks pretty good, at least at typical t-shirt viewing distances.
While I was ordering that t-shirt for myself I also got a t-shirt done for the kid with one of my Jerry the blue tongue designs on it.
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Back on my self-designed custom nerd shirt bullshit again.
I wasn't sure that my Voyager render would work on a t-shirt because it's all fine details and low contrast, but while it certainly has lost some definition in the transfer printing process I reckon it still looks pretty good, at least at typical t-shirt viewing distances.
While I was ordering that t-shirt for myself I also got a t-shirt done for the kid with one of my Jerry the blue tongue designs on it.
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The long saga of bureaucratic mismanagement that was the renewal of my Companion Native Animal Keeper licence has finally come to a conclusion.
13 1/2 weeks after submitting my renewal application to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service I have now received my new licence. That means that this scaly sausage is legit again, after being held on an expired licence for the past 12 1/2 weeks through no fault of my own.
As noted up thread these types of licences used to be granted automatically within minutes, but then the NSW goverment decided that all animal licence applications needed to be reviewed, but didn't give the NPWS Wildlife Licencing Team the necessary resources to do it. The inevitable result has been months long backlogs of applications awaiting manual processing.
#LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink
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The long saga of bureaucratic mismanagement that was the renewal of my Companion Native Animal Keeper licence has finally come to a conclusion.
13 1/2 weeks after submitting my renewal application to the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service I have now received my new licence. That means that this scaly sausage is legit again, after being held on an expired licence for the past 12 1/2 weeks through no fault of my own.
As noted up thread these types of licences used to be granted automatically within minutes, but then the NSW goverment decided that all animal licence applications needed to be reviewed, but didn't give the NPWS Wildlife Licencing Team the necessary resources to do it. The inevitable result has been months long backlogs of applications awaiting manual processing.
#LizardPosting #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink
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One of my more successful 3D printing projects: Jerry's platforms and ramps. The scaly sausage does seem to like them.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #3Dprinting
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One of my more successful 3D printing projects: Jerry's platforms and ramps. The scaly sausage does seem to like them.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #3Dprinting
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The same three dragons, but less zoomed in.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #DragonsOfMastodon #Dragon
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The same three dragons, but less zoomed in.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #DragonsOfMastodon #Dragon
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Today we went to Roma Street Parklands, the best place in central Brisbane for communing with dragons.
The Eastern Water Dragons there are very used to having lots of humans around, and will happily pose for photos while you close to within almost arm's reach of them.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #DragonsOfMastodon #Dragon
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Today we went to Roma Street Parklands, the best place in central Brisbane for communing with dragons.
The Eastern Water Dragons there are very used to having lots of humans around, and will happily pose for photos while you close to within almost arm's reach of them.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #DragonsOfMastodon #Dragon
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RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@captainvellalives/116327366383344466
Wild baby blue tongue just checking out someone's kitchen.
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RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@captainvellalives/116327366383344466
Wild baby blue tongue just checking out someone's kitchen.
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The "Pets of AAO and SoE" pinboard is now down to 50% lizards.
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The "Pets of AAO and SoE" pinboard is now down to 50% lizards.
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The lizard dug a hole, and is now resting in his hollow log.
One of the big advantages of a "bioactive" reptile enclosure like Jerry's is that it does encourage natural behaviours. Having a soil-like substrate, a layer of leaf litter, and lots of isopods running around prompts Jerry to poke and scratch around in the leaves and dirt like a wild blue tongue would. This is good enrichment for his little lizard brain.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard
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The lizard dug a hole, and is now resting in his hollow log.
One of the big advantages of a "bioactive" reptile enclosure like Jerry's is that it does encourage natural behaviours. Having a soil-like substrate, a layer of leaf litter, and lots of isopods running around prompts Jerry to poke and scratch around in the leaves and dirt like a wild blue tongue would. This is good enrichment for his little lizard brain.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard
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So far the "Pets of Australian Astronomical Optics and School of Engineering" photo board in the staff lounge is 100% lizards. Small sample size, admittedly.
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So far the "Pets of Australian Astronomical Optics and School of Engineering" photo board in the staff lounge is 100% lizards. Small sample size, admittedly.
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The photos that aren't of an archery target are of the archery lizard. This water skink was keeping an eye on things from under the club house.
#LizardPosting #Archery #SkinksOfMastodon #StabbingAtADistance #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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The photos that aren't of an archery target are of the archery lizard. This water skink was keeping an eye on things from under the club house.
#LizardPosting #Archery #SkinksOfMastodon #StabbingAtADistance #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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One of the neighbourhood water skinks on the footpath in front of our house this morning, trying to soak up some warmth in a gap between rain showers.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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One of the neighbourhood water skinks on the footpath in front of our house this morning, trying to soak up some warmth in a gap between rain showers.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard
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Resting his chin on the rock where his food bowl gets put, looking for all the world like he's thinking "Why is there no food here? This is where my food normally appears. I definitely should be getting food right now. Can't you see I'm wasting away."
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueLizard #Skink #Lizard
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Resting his chin on the rock where his food bowl gets put, looking for all the world like he's thinking "Why is there no food here? This is where my food normally appears. I definitely should be getting food right now. Can't you see I'm wasting away."
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueLizard #Skink #Lizard
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Tempting as it is to give that tail a boop/stroke I must resist, because that is the one and only way to annoy this lizard. Something touching his tail when he's inside his hollow log is the only thing that ever makes him hiss. Even getting some water on his tail while I'm watering the plants down that end of his enclosure will result in him audibly complaining.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon
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Tempting as it is to give that tail a boop/stroke I must resist, because that is the one and only way to annoy this lizard. Something touching his tail when he's inside his hollow log is the only thing that ever makes him hiss. Even getting some water on his tail while I'm watering the plants down that end of his enclosure will result in him audibly complaining.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon
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More often than not this is the view I get of the scaly sausage: the end of his tail sticking out of his hollow log.
He absolutely loves that log, and spends a lot of his time just hanging out in there. I was very lucky to get it. Shortly after I bought Jerry a tree surgeon ended up with some natural hollow logs from their work, and decided to offer them up for sale on a local reptile Facebook Group. A rare opportunity, with perfect timing, and it turned out that the logs were an ideal size for Jerry's enclosure.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueSkink
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More often than not this is the view I get of the scaly sausage: the end of his tail sticking out of his hollow log.
He absolutely loves that log, and spends a lot of his time just hanging out in there. I was very lucky to get it. Shortly after I bought Jerry a tree surgeon ended up with some natural hollow logs from their work, and decided to offer them up for sale on a local reptile Facebook Group. A rare opportunity, with perfect timing, and it turned out that the logs were an ideal size for Jerry's enclosure.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueSkink
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8 days ago I got one of these automated renewal notifications, and immediately followed the link to renew my licence. This would now be a multi-step process. I filled in the same basic details in a web form, but now that just results in an email acknowledging receipt, and promising two more emails. One to verify my "signature" by sending me a link to click on, and the other containing a link to a payment portal to pay the application fee.
I have, of course, still not received either of those emails. What I have received instead is an automated threatening letter, telling me that my licence has now expired, incorrectly claiming that I haven't submitted a renewal application, and threatening me with fines and forfeiture of my animal if I don't submit an application in the next two weeks. That would be punitive action a total of 3 weeks after the first reminder email, 1 week less than the 4 weeks that Wildlife Licencing now give themselves to process applications.
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8 days ago I got one of these automated renewal notifications, and immediately followed the link to renew my licence. This would now be a multi-step process. I filled in the same basic details in a web form, but now that just results in an email acknowledging receipt, and promising two more emails. One to verify my "signature" by sending me a link to click on, and the other containing a link to a payment portal to pay the application fee.
I have, of course, still not received either of those emails. What I have received instead is an automated threatening letter, telling me that my licence has now expired, incorrectly claiming that I haven't submitted a renewal application, and threatening me with fines and forfeiture of my animal if I don't submit an application in the next two weeks. That would be punitive action a total of 3 weeks after the first reminder email, 1 week less than the 4 weeks that Wildlife Licencing now give themselves to process applications.
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Jerry's upcoming Gotcha Day is also revealing the absolute shitshow that is the current state of pet licencing in New South Wales.
5 years ago, in order to be able to buy Jerry, I obtained a Companion Native Animal Keeper licence. These are the lowest level of native animal pet licence, allowing you to keep one individual animal from a list of common and easy to keep species. Back then all you had to do was fill in a web form with basic details (your name, address and the species you want to keep), make a credit card payment, and within a day you'd get your licence by email.
However a little while back, with the laudable aim of preventing illegal animal trafficking, the NSW government decided that all applications to obtain or renew any category of native animal keeper licence were going to be rigorously assessed. This enormously increased the workload on the Wildlife Licencing team, who were of course not given the resources they would need to deal with this because that's not how government works.
The Wildlife Licencing email address now autoreplies to all emails noting that "We aim to process licence applications or renewals within 28 days. General enquiry response time is currently around 10 working days.", i.e. what used to take 1 day now takes, if you're lucky, 1 month, and I've heard of people waiting 2, 3 or more times that long for simple renewals.
Meanwhile other automated systems at Wildlife Licencing are continuing as if nothing has changed, for example reminders to renew licences are sent out a mere 7 days before the licence expires.
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Jerry's upcoming Gotcha Day is also revealing the absolute shitshow that is the current state of pet licencing in New South Wales.
5 years ago, in order to be able to buy Jerry, I obtained a Companion Native Animal Keeper licence. These are the lowest level of native animal pet licence, allowing you to keep one individual animal from a list of common and easy to keep species. Back then all you had to do was fill in a web form with basic details (your name, address and the species you want to keep), make a credit card payment, and within a day you'd get your licence by email.
However a little while back, with the laudable aim of preventing illegal animal trafficking, the NSW government decided that all applications to obtain or renew any category of native animal keeper licence were going to be rigorously assessed. This enormously increased the workload on the Wildlife Licencing team, who were of course not given the resources they would need to deal with this because that's not how government works.
The Wildlife Licencing email address now autoreplies to all emails noting that "We aim to process licence applications or renewals within 28 days. General enquiry response time is currently around 10 working days.", i.e. what used to take 1 day now takes, if you're lucky, 1 month, and I've heard of people waiting 2, 3 or more times that long for simple renewals.
Meanwhile other automated systems at Wildlife Licencing are continuing as if nothing has changed, for example reminders to renew licences are sent out a mere 7 days before the licence expires.
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Jerry the blue tongue is coming up on his 5th Gotcha Day.
This has triggered the annual Ordering of the Replacement UV-B Tube, and I've ordered some of his favourite foods and a spare basking lamp while I was at it. Meanwhile I've topped up the leaf litter layer in his enclosure, but I think I need to replace at least a couple of his plants too. The ferns down the cool end aren't quite dead yet, but they are not doing well.
Jerry himself has been antisocially hiding away for most of the past week, which I think was preparation for shedding his skin. He seems to be all done with that now, but is still just lurking in his beloved hollow log today.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard
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Jerry the blue tongue is coming up on his 5th Gotcha Day.
This has triggered the annual Ordering of the Replacement UV-B Tube, and I've ordered some of his favourite foods and a spare basking lamp while I was at it. Meanwhile I've topped up the leaf litter layer in his enclosure, but I think I need to replace at least a couple of his plants too. The ferns down the cool end aren't quite dead yet, but they are not doing well.
Jerry himself has been antisocially hiding away for most of the past week, which I think was preparation for shedding his skin. He seems to be all done with that now, but is still just lurking in his beloved hollow log today.
#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard
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Look at my ENTIRE lizard again. #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #Chonk
Setting up this shot, I put the tape out, then put the food down, assuming Chonk would walk alongside the tape, and give me a good shot for scale. He immediately grabbed the body of the tape measure in his mouth, and we had a tug of war over it. Eventually I had to distract him with the food, and put the tape down AFTER he started eating.
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Look at my ENTIRE lizard again. #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #Chonk
Setting up this shot, I put the tape out, then put the food down, assuming Chonk would walk alongside the tape, and give me a good shot for scale. He immediately grabbed the body of the tape measure in his mouth, and we had a tug of war over it. Eventually I had to distract him with the food, and put the tape down AFTER he started eating.
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Look at my ENTIRE lizard. #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Chonk
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Look at my ENTIRE lizard. #LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Chonk
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The lizard is wearing his ramp as a hat this morning.
Why? I have no idea.
#LizardPosting #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #SkinksOfMastodon #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueSkink
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The lizard is wearing his ramp as a hat this morning.
Why? I have no idea.
#LizardPosting #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #SkinksOfMastodon #BlueTongueLizard #BlueTongueSkink
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I'm pretty sure that Jerry is watching the TV. He's come to the cool end of his enclosure and is just sitting there with his head raised. Intrigued by the sound and movement, I guess.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard
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I'm pretty sure that Jerry is watching the TV. He's come to the cool end of his enclosure and is just sitting there with his head raised. Intrigued by the sound and movement, I guess.
#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard