Photo by Chris Brown (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs you may have guessed the Yellow Throated males are the weakest of the three, however, there is an old saying about “Brains over Brawn”.\u00a0 Well my friends, these little lizards have used their brains.\u00a0 They have been able to successfully mimic the females in colouration and size.\u00a0 This allows them to sneak in and mate with a real female while the Orange Throats are fighting off other males.\u00a0 Cunning little lizards, aren’t they?<\/p>\n
This has to be one of the most interesting mating strategies of all the animals I am aware of.\u00a0 Obviously it works though since these lizards are still around.<\/p>\n
Thanks for reading today’s fact.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You know what I love about this Wild Facts Mimicry week?\u00a0 I love how you can find these imitators in every type of animal.\u00a0 It doesn’t matter if you are an insect, bird, fish or as we will see today, reptile.\u00a0 It is obvious that if you can use mimicry successfully you will not only survive but actually thrive in this harsh world of ours.\u00a0 Today we are going to look at yet another different type of animal mimicry.\u00a0 To do this we need to explore the intimate lives of the Common Side-Blotched Lizard. You can find the Common Side-Blotched <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1675,1682,1680,363,4025,1681],"yoast_head":"\n
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