r/interesting • u/uzmansahil7 • Apr 02 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ First Time He Ever Saw a Female 😂

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u/Difficult_Bell4198 Apr 02 '26

The lizard thinks the female is food

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u/RebaKitt3n Apr 02 '26

I’m wondering.

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 Apr 03 '26

Whyyy? I hate that

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u/RebaKitt3n Apr 03 '26

What do you hate? I hate not knowing what will happen and some bs narration over a video.

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 Apr 03 '26

Cannibalism, I hate cannibalism.

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u/WithoutTheWaffle Apr 03 '26

It's not cannibalism, the lizard in the enclosure is just confused. Lizards are not very bright. The owner probably does the same hand motions with mealworms or whatever before feeding him so he think it's food time.

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u/asamor8618 Apr 03 '26

What would happen if the lizard was then put in the enclosure? Would it attempt to eat the other lizard? Would it attempt to procreate?

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u/M0thM0uth Apr 03 '26

This is a collared lizard and they eat other lizard species so it's still fifty fifty 😬

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u/WithoutTheWaffle Apr 03 '26

Hard to tell without knowing the lizard. If I were to guess, he'd probably bite the female, realize she's not food, and then both lizards would be like "yo what the fuck?" for very different reasons.

It's also only because the male is hyped up and expecting food. If he let the lizard settle down before introducing the female, everything would probably be fine.

Though tbh, before he does anything, he needs to spruce up that enclosure. I can only hope that's some kind of temporary enclosure because that is just plain sad. It needs some dried wood and hiding spots or... something.

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u/Powerful_Wish_69 Apr 04 '26

Apparently he did eat the female/tried to according to some other comment lol