Jamaican Lizards’ Shows Of Strength Mark Territory At Dawn, Dusk

What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard?

Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That’s according to a new study showing that male Anolis lizards engage in impressive displays of reptilian strength — push-ups, head bobs, and threatening extension of a colorful neck flap called a dewlap — to defend their territory at dawn and dusk.

The lizards are the first animals known to mark dawn and dusk through visual displays, rather than the much better known chirping, tweeting, and other sounding off by birds, frogs, geckos, and primates.

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Tagged as: Anolis Lizards, Birds, Dewlaps, Frogs, Geckos, Jack LaLanne, Jamaican Lizards, Lizards, Primates, Reptiles & Amphibians

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