Fisticuffs

You gotta love National Geographic type moments. My favorite to experience in person, is mating. It's not everyday you get to see two creatures giving procreation the old college try. It was lizards who provided me with that voyeuristic joy the last time, so you can only imagine my excitement when I turned the corner yesterday and saw two Godzilla's going at it.

These guys were pretty big. If skewered and covered with satay sauce, they could definitely make due in a desert island type situation. They were a good 12 feet away and I was sure to approach slowly, not wanting to spoil the mood. As I moved closer I realized they were not mating at all. They were very close together because one of the lizards had the other lizard’s entire head inside his own mouth. I could see the heart beating and tail wiggling of the lizard being suffocated. He was very much alive.

I only wish my reaction was caught on film. I was screaming like a little girl and jumping around like my flip flops were on fire. Should I try to break it up? Would I be making a horrible mistake in survival of the fittest? My "I'm nervous dance" and yelling haven't affected the lizards at all. And, now that I was even closer I see that the other lizard actually has the same death grip. Pure, 50/50 your upper jaw is in my mouth, and my lower jaw is in your mouth. Now they are kicking each other with their hind legs, this is the craziest shit I have ever seen! Talk about bringing all your guns to the show.

After watching this go down for what seemed like eternity, the lizard who originally looked like his head was completely covered got away. He ran under a bush, I am pretty sure to die in shame. His face was pretty tore up. And so lizards, I hope she was worth it. Whatever little lizard hussy you fought over. Too bad I hadn't arrived at the scene for that part of the action instead.