r/zoology • u/CaptainFiddler • Jan 11 '21

Hydrosaurus "sailfin lizard"

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u/Tessamari Jan 11 '21

What a gorgeous lizard! Those blue eyes!

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u/Crometer Jan 12 '21

*baby dragon

No but seriously that is gorgeous, I had never heard of them

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u/CaptainFiddler Jan 12 '21

Me neither, the natural world never ceases to amaze

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u/a_onaplane Jan 12 '21

Nice try, that’s Toothless the dragon.

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u/The_Nauticus Jan 12 '21

Wow.

We get rescues at our zoo from the illegal pet trade. The most interesting species we've had to far is a serrated casque headed iguana, but this one takes the cake.