The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is a species in the family Agamidae. It is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the only member of the genus Chlamydosaurus. Its common name comes from its large neck frill, usually folded against the lizard's body. It is about 90 cm (35 in) in length and can weigh 600 g (1.3 lb). Males are larger and more robust than females. The lizard is generally grey, brown, orangish-brown, or black. The frills have red, orange, yellow, or white colours. The lizard is largely arboreal, and its diet is mainly insects and other invertebrates. It is more active during the wet season, when it spends more time near or on the ground. In the dry season, it seeks shade in the branches of the upper canopy. It breeds in the late dry season and early wet season. The lizard uses its frill to scare off predators and to display to other individuals. The species is considered to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1958:
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Richard_Nixon%27s_motorcade
2000:
An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster
2008:
Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, India, killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_bombings
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passerine: 1. Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching”). 2. (archaic) Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately the size of a sparrow. 3. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/passerine
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Each brotherly compassion that man hath on his fellow Christians, with charity, it is Christ in him. --Julian of Norwich https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich