h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Because I see one on the balcony almost every day so I'm assuming it's the same one. I've no idea if they're nomadic or territorial but it seems a bit too coincidental for there to be a different one in the same spot(s) each day. It's one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anolis_carolinensis and it's a male because I've seen it doing that head-bobbing dewlap-extending thing, like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCBneT-oGA Which is a territorial thing, it says here, so that settles that argument.

Most of the time he's brown, some of the time he's green.

I will name him George and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him and give him security*

*Same gratuitous Bugs Bunny reference as in the other conversation

Oh, the responsibility.

Those are the ones that Dewey, er, shall we say, used to play with until they stopped moving, then he'd go and find another one

I'm a bit jealous. I quite like lizards, but I haven't managed to adopt one yet. I was adopted by two species of slug today (one yellow-y, one large and dark brown), but it's not really the same as being adopted by your own personal lizard.

I'd take a picture of it, but a) my phone has a crappy camera, and b) because of (a) I'd have to get up close which would scare him off (they're very skittish), and c) getting up close would mean opening the screen door which goes SCREEEEEECH and would also scare him off... probably. Do they have ears?

And now there's a little jumping spider on the coffee table

I suddenly feel like humming this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwxsaTaVhC4

There are scads of anoles around here. And you can sometimes approach them. When I was a kid, we would catch them. You gotta be a bit careful because if you just grab the tail, they'll break it off leaving it wiggling behind them as they make their escape (they do grow back). Anyway, once we'd catch them we'd let them bite our earlobes and walk around with anole earrings. [Google search for anole earrings.]

Does he have a name yet?

Oh, and speaking of jumping spiders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLosEnZ-ms0

More info: http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-species-peacock-spider-described

Blimey, all that for a bit of rumpy pumpy Mind you, it's cheaper than dinner and movie, but a bit more convoluted than than "Get your coat darlin', you've pulled".

If spiders were like that all the time we'd have no trouble the blighters, would we. Or black and red and handsome like Mexican red-kneed tarantulas. But no, they have to be all leggy and hairy and brown and poisonous.

Er, 2legs, you haven't been paying attention have you. Go back and re-read post 1

I did read that... I now remember reading it... but, I didn't remember reading it earlier when I need to remember that I'd remembered I read it, so I must have forgoten to remember to remember I 'd read it, adn then so I didn't remember it when I needed to remember it was soething I'd remembered. Myh mind does that a lot soemtimes

The CRS disease is spreading virally throughout hootoo.

Oh dear. Sorry I'm ignorant. What's CRS? I assume it's nothing to do with lizards.

Google has given me (so far)

Catholic Relief Services
Congressional Research Service –
Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité
Country Radio Switzerland

CRS is Can't Remember Stuff*


*Another word starting with S is usually used instead

*thinks* Susan? sugar? semaphore? Sebastian? semicolons?
Seratonin?
sneezing? ahh... *click*

Oh. dear. oops> I is tired.. entirely forgot where I was... hence the inappropiate smileies

Oh 2legs

I've only had a bit under 9 hours sleep now. in err, no, I was going to say hours... but I can't add up three days worth of hours. err, three or four days.. or whatever it is now

Hmmm, you're definitely not a jumping spider, although you don't look much like a biting spider either.

I think a blue jay has eaten George

There will be other Georges.


There probably were multiple Georges.