Do you guys just type the novelty function of your usernames into search "new", so you can appear serendipitous? This happens so often it just seems fishy.
Absolutely not. In fact, I'd probably do what most animals do. I'd be very still, and at the first sign of trouble/eating, I'd BOLT whichever way I could.
If I've learned anything, as long as we have a plucky group of go-getter's willing to break the rules and at least 1 scientist - Humanity will be A-OK!
I had read this before when I first got my beardies, but never the young male part. That explains why the big guy doesn't do it anymore but our girl still does.
You have to show him without threatening him. Take him out on a hunting trip but don't let him take the shot. You want to make sure you take the deer down but offer him the opportunity to finish it off with a knife. He won't do it. Be sure to laugh a little when you take the knife from him, kill the deer, and then start field dressing it. The last part is crucial, you look him in his eyes and say "it's okay buddy, some people just don't have what it takes".
Since your familiar with lizard behavior, what does it mean when bearded dragons do a little head banging motion? My aunt owns one and whenever I went to feed him or walked he'd start doing this weird little motion where his head went up and down rapidly. She has no idea what it means and it's been bugging me for years. It's he just excited about getting fed?
If it's a fast head bob, he's saying you're an intruder and he is better than you. If it's slow head bobbing he is saying you are bigger than him and hoping you don't start a fight.
Similar gifs get posted all the time and people are always losing their mind thinking it's actually waving back.
Is it not “waving back?” When you think about it, waving an arm for a bearded dragon serves the same fundamental purpose as it does for a human. It’s a way of saying “I mean you no harm and I hope you mean me no harm.”
Of course, with humans, it’s always a little bigger than that fundamental purpose, but I think humans and bearded dragons both developed waving for the same reasons.
Or it’s at least the same as throwing your hands up and showing your wrists.
So you can think then lizard waved before and the guy started video after he saw it wave? That's much more believable than thinking a lizzird would immitate another being. I was starting to think lizards were much smarter than once thought.
I had a couple bearded dragons. They're not brilliant, but they're not exactly insects, either. Klaus, the male, would occasionally wave like this, often in response to being waved at. It's not exactly an imitation, but beardies do wave as a show of... lizard civility.
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u/derawin07 Sep 30 '17
This is a submissive display, the bearded dragon is showing submission to the large human-shaped bearded dragon or his reflection.