Now, then, if you were a Mwanza Flat Headed Agama and wanted to dominate your little group of mates, what would you do? Why, you’d dress up as Spiderman, of course!
Well. wouldn’t you?
And… our hero:
Knows how to strike a pose, doesn’t he?
So, is this art imitating life, or life imitating art?
A remarkable coincidence. Not that I believe in coincidence, but we’ll leave that bit out.
This is not cryptozoology at all… as this fellow, spotted in the Masia Mara National park near the Rongai river by photographer Cassio Lopes is pretty well known it would seem.
Apparently you can even buy them in pet stores. I really need to get out more, I guess.
Yes, I know I’m slow out the gate and I’m quite sure you’ve all seen this on your Facebooks and such. I saw it a couple of days ago myself at this ATS post but my head’s just not torqued down properly these days, as you may recall from my last post.
Maybe someone will see our little buddy for the first time! Or not. Sigh.
You can get some more details at The Daily Fail, er, Mail. They have more details and a pic of the photographer, too. Here’s an excerpt.
What a MARVEL! The blue and red lizard with a striking resemblance to comic book superhero Spiderman
PUBLISHED: 14:00 EST, 1 July 2012 | UPDATED: 16:56 EST, 1 July 2012
One has to wonder whether this lizard’s spider-senses are tingling. For the reptile bears more than a passing resemblance to the Marvel comic superhero Spiderman.
The lizard’s amazing red and blue markings are strikingly similar to the suit worn by the crime-fighting, web-weaving daredevil.
And – as the reptile was captured crawling around on his rock – he appeared to strike an identical pose to Spidey’s favoured crouching pose.
[…]
Ha! Will wonders never cease…
I just hope Marvel doesn’t try to sue the little creatures.
Peace.
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