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This sand lizard is interesting, and scares off predators by revealing its "big ears"

In the desert, there are many animals that are hidden in the sand pile, jumping out of the sand pile at any time to attack passing prey, which looks like a snake hiding in the sand!

This sand lizard is interesting, and scares off predators by revealing its "big ears"

But jumping out of the sand, you can see the whole picture, not a snake, but a lizard-like animal, in the desert should be said to be a sand lizard, the full name is the big-eared sand lizard, but this sand lizard ears are not big, how to call it a big-eared sand lizard? This is what many people wonder!

This sand lizard is interesting, and scares off predators by revealing its "big ears"

People name animals, there must be a reason, the big ears of the big-eared sand lizard will be attacked, feel threatened, the big-eared sand lizard feels angry state, will immediately open its mouth, open the skin folds, but the most frightening is not its mouth, but the flesh red "big ears", relying on this state to scare off the opponent, immediately slip away!

This sand lizard is interesting, and scares off predators by revealing its "big ears"

Seeing this angry big-eared sand lizard, so fiercely preparing for a battle posture, and constantly fanning those big ears, making a "whoosh" sound to intimidate, so that many animals will retreat and dare not fight!

This sand lizard is interesting, and scares off predators by revealing its "big ears"

The ear-shaped skin wrinkles of the big-eared sand lizard have many functions, with auxiliary attack to scare off the enemy, while also assisting in the predatory insects and their larvae and other functions, of course, the big-eared sand lizard is not a militant, because the big-eared sand lizard runs very fast, and when it encounters danger, it quickly burrows into the sand dune and disappears, and it is the best strategy!

This sand lizard is interesting, and scares off predators by revealing its "big ears"

It's just that the big-eared sand lizard can scare off many animals, but it can't scare away poachers, and the big-eared sand lizard is now very rare in number, and has been listed as a "list of beneficial terrestrial wild animals protected by the state or with important economic and scientific research value", protected animals!

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