A crested anole eating a caterpillar. Not the subject of this blog post described below. Photo by Pedro Lastra.
The Green Ogre provides a first-hand account of an anole with a surprisingly tough battle to capture a caterpillar. In the end, the anole triumps, but should it have been so difficult?
Professor of Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative at Washington University in Saint Louis. I've spent my entire professional career studying anoles and have discovered that the more I learn about anoles, the more I realize I don't know.
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Cool: thanks!