<![CDATA[*squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana!]]>*squeeeeeeee!!!*
New iguana! The smaller one in the background. The one in the front is Donna.

I'm out of mealworms, so I went to the fridge and got some greens. Donna was about 20 feet away and took a couple steps toward me when I whistled, but stopped. The little one, on the other hand, kept coming right up to me and eventually took some of the green leaves out of my hands. Very unexpected! It makes me wonder if maybe the fact that Donna was being so chill led the little one to feel safe enough to approach. Or maybe it was just so hungry it didn't care.

I also observed something I've never seen other lizards to: on several occasions, the little one lightly licked the tip of Donna's tail. I'm presuming this is some sort of courtship behavior. I'm thinking it may turn out that Donna is actually Don.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4d4b20b9-aa70-4e2a-911f-63611867a8c9/squeeeeeeee-new-iguanaRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 07:46:24 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 21:24:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:18:48 GMT]]>@Mikal That's a lot of mealworms. How long will that last?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/955_36/statuses/116412457192731604https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/955_36/statuses/116412457192731604Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:18:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:15:08 GMT]]>@Mikal

Maybe they can smell it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tomjennings/statuses/116412442741711464https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/tomjennings/statuses/116412442741711464Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:15:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:10:22 GMT]]>OMG The lizard antics are so adorable.

I ran out of mealworms yesterday, but I told everybody — my lizard frens — that a giant box of them was arriving today.

Last fall, Bill used to regularly come strolling into the house looking to be fed if I were sitting at the kitchen table instead of on the front porch. But he hasn't done that at all since coming out of hibernation a couple weeks ago. But today, minutes after the FedEx person dropped the box of mealworms on the porch, he ran up there, almost like he knew what was inside 😆

Bill is a smart lizard, but I don't think he can read or understand me when I speak English.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116412424022243510https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116412424022243510Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:10:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:54:59 GMT]]>@Mikal I am deeply envious. I've long wanted to see these.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/sennoma/statuses/116412127608086502https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/sennoma/statuses/116412127608086502Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:54:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:56:05 GMT]]>@MHowell

Yes. But I don't whisper to them. I talk out loud. The neighbors probably think I'm a little loopy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116411660055689031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116411660055689031Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:56:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:54:08 GMT]]>@Catawu

Their union contract says 10 meal worms each per day.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116411652406985444https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116411652406985444Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:54:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:53:58 GMT]]>Protégeons notre splendide faune et flore sauvage !

@Mikal

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115576233382690234/statuses/116411651781911393https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115576233382690234/statuses/116411651781911393Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:53:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:46:55 GMT]]>@Mikal fantastic shot of two beautiful lizards… are they by chance paid models? Perfectly posed!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Catawu/statuses/116411624000269607https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Catawu/statuses/116411624000269607Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:46:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:58:46 GMT]]>@Mikal I don't know, I think that you might have lesbian lizards is pretty cool.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/955_36/statuses/116411434678820385https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/955_36/statuses/116411434678820385Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:58:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:09:32 GMT]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pixelfed.social/p/Xover0/950168287108525051https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pixelfed.social/p/Xover0/950168287108525051Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:09:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:29:43 GMT]]>@Mikal Those are two fine iguanas.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/joncounts/statuses/116410848607261718https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/joncounts/statuses/116410848607261718Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:29:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:29:20 GMT]]>@VWDasher

I can't get enough of them.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116410847084592712https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116410847084592712Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:29:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:29:06 GMT]]>By the way, the first part of the desert iguana's scientific name, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, means "thirsty lizard."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116410846169797586https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/Mikal/statuses/116410846169797586Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:29:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to *squeeeeeeee!!!* New iguana! on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:27:08 GMT]]>@Mikal look at those beautiful dinosaurs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mymasto.com/users/VWDasher/statuses/116410838455950241https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mymasto.com/users/VWDasher/statuses/116410838455950241Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:27:08 GMT