Had a visitor into my yard yesterday so I thought I'd share a couple of pics with you all.

He's a Bearded Dragon, only a young one, and measures about 18 inches long, nose to tail tip. A full grown one can be up to 24 inches or more long. They are pretty docile and will only bite if you are silly enough to pick them up or get too close to their mouth. Its a pretty nasty bite too....I know from experience.

Cheers, Vince

Aah...He's sooo cute...Right...Looks like he has an attitude...

He looks like he could get a little crappy if he felt like it I think I would have to leave him be
Joe

the sis in law had one as a pet here for a couple years.. hers was as docile as a house cat! thing would walk across the table dive to the couch crawl up and sit on your shoulder...

Bushmaster wrote:

Aah...He's sooo cute...Right...Looks like he has an attitude...

They are a nice looking lizard. The "attitude look" is natural....I suppose it helps protect them.

shrpshtrjoe wrote:

He looks like he could get a little crappy if he felt like it I think I would have to leave him be Joe

They can get REAL crappy if'n they take a mind to. It is easy to pick though.....they flatten out their body and spread it out round on either side, then they open their mouth as if to say...I dare ya!!

As Morax says, they tame down fairly easily when young. I've even had wild ones the size of this fella go to sleep laying on my hand and arm....you lay them on their back and stroke their belly....ZZZZZZZ

Cheers, Vince

Vince, you ever laid a Croc on his back and rubbed his belly?

That's good Glockman55...Well Vince? Have you???

glockman55 wrote:

Vince, you ever laid a Croc on his back and rubbed his belly?

glockster.....you gotta be kiddin' mate !!! A man would have to have rocks in his head to get that close to a croc !!!!
It don't matter how small they are....they will try to eat ya. I've seen baby crocs, fresh out the egg fasten onto a finger.....why....cause they are aggressive buggers that want to eat everything in sight. That is how they have survived for millions of years.

Cheers, Vince

Well?...Soo?... Have ya???

Come on Vince..Did Ya? Good thing I didn't grow up over there. I'd be missing a few body parts. We did some stupid things as kids..LOL

glockman55 wrote:

We did some stupid things as kids..LOL

I have to ask. Did you stop doing stupid things when you reached adulthood?

A17Shooter wrote:

glockman55 wrote: We did some stupid things as kids..LOL I have to ask. Did you stop doing stupid things when you reached adulthood?

Nope..

Good, neither did I.

Bushmaster wrote:

Well?...Soo?... Have ya???

No way in the world mate.

The closest I have every been to one of them there "barking lizards", "flat headed dogs", "underwater goanas", "snappin' logs" is about 1.5 metres, but he was only a small fella...about 2.5 metres long. As for getting near a biggun'.....I've been to within about 10 metres of a big croc, about 5 metres long, but let me tell ya just lookin' at him scared about 11 sorts of crap outa me. I could read his thoughts...."hm, long pig, nice, 2 maybe 3 good snaps and I'll be full.....of him !!"....no way I was hanging around.

I'm not sure how aggressive the alligators are that you guys have over in the USA, but let me tell ya....the crocodiles over here are BIG, mean, aggressive and CONSTANTLY hungry. They have developed a taste for human meat and will quite happily chow down on us.

So, nope....ain't every rubbed one's belly. Now if we were allowed to hunt them it would be a different story.

Cheers, Vince

The Gators we have will hurt you but most of them won't hunt you. We do have saltwater croc's here which are more aggressive.. Gators here have killed people before and ate a lot of pets, but if you leave them alone they'll leave you alone.. I guess something that has been around for 5 million years do what they have to to survive,,LOL

Take care Vince. If you choose to pet one use your left hand...