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Moloch horridus
How could anyone call this horridus? An absolutely stunning lizard that eats only ants. It is very slow moving and as a result has evolved large, tough spines that cover its body and make it difficult for predators such as birds to eat. Shame the spikes arent quite big enough and strong enough to burst car tyres as this may help the estimated 10,000 of these lizards that die each year on Australia's roads.
It inhabits arid scrub and desert over most of central Australia.
Spotted on Jul 17, 2010
Submitted on Mar 17, 2012
28 Comments (1–25)
Cute creatures, I love them! Great shot!
Very nice facial expression! The sly eye. Nice shot!
Stunning picture...
These are my favorite lizards from Australia. I missed it as spot of the day a number of months ago. Great job!
Amazing image, Congratulations on the SOTD.
great shot. he seems irritated with the whole photography process.
Wow, Gorgeous!
Congratulations! Wonderful photo!
Congratulations, Kristian ! - I love these guys and the frilled necked lizard - yet to see both in the wild.
Wonderful..! Congrats..:-)
congrats!
congratulations !!!
Congrats. Nice spotting Kristian Bell. Fabulous iconic creature.
not only a fantastic animal but a freakin beautiful shot. way ta go mayne.
I have held two, they are soft to the touch. And quite docile. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/279... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/274... Their spines actually funnel water from the night-time dew to the edges of their mouth.
congratulations on your SOTD!
Thank you for the info. Sendind this web site to my sister she will love it.. Glad I came across it.. will visit often.
April, the Horned Lizard you speak of is only morphologically similar to this Thorny Devil. Although they look similar, they're actually not closely related at all.
Congrats on your spotting of the day award.
In Tx. this is called a Horny Toad and is an endangered species.
Wow!!! great spot, Congratulations Kristian!!!
Congratulations Kristian! This gorgeous Thorny Devil has earned you Spotting of the Day honors! Thanks for all the awesome submissions and we hope to see many more.
"The Thorny Devil is covered in an intimidating array of spikes and can eat thousands of ants in a day."
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Wonderful look. Great portrait. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice!
Nice close-up!