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Solly Mack

(92,775 posts)
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:11 AM Jul 2024

No respect for personal space

My idiot spent the morning bush hogging and was taking a break when this happened.



A baby green anole jumped onto his work boot.

Got comfy.



Climbed up his pants and right into his hand.



Up his arm to his shoulder.



Up his face.



Into his sweaty hair







From there the friendly little thing jumped to the back of the bench and off to parts unknown.


Critters like my husband. Hummingbirds will even land on him.

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No respect for personal space (Original Post) Solly Mack Jul 2024 OP
Oh my dear Solly Mack! OMIGOD. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #1
Thanks, CaliforniaPeggy. He was thrilled by the lizard crawling on him. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #3
I love anoles! Bayard Jul 2024 #2
I do too! They are a joy to observe. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #4
I used to get meal worms to feed mine Bayard Jul 2024 #5
I sometimes sit on the porch just to watch them. They hang out in my flower beds during the day. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #6
I love weird. Dem2theMax Jul 2024 #7
That's kind of you. Thank you. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #13
Your kind of weirdness could save the planet.. Permanut Jul 2024 #8
Our goals aren't so grand. Just keeping our teeny tiny part of the world as critter friendly as possible. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #14
All of that sounds really cool. ShazzieB Jul 2024 #21
Autocorrect is a scourge. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #22
I see about 200 of them, every day, come take all you want. jaxexpat Jul 2024 #9
If I could, I would. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #15
Amazing! mnhtnbb Jul 2024 #10
Thanks, mnhtnbb. It's hatchling time around here. Why there are so many baby anoles about. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #16
Your photos made me smile! Thanks! Callalily Jul 2024 #11
You're welcome, Callalily. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #17
Pretty cool! 2naSalit Jul 2024 #12
Now, that's a cool story. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #18
Both are... 2naSalit Jul 2024 #19
We created a wood pile for the voles, and we did so knowing it would attract owls, hawks, eagles and snakes. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #20

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,071 posts)
1. Oh my dear Solly Mack! OMIGOD.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:16 AM
Jul 2024

Your husband is a remarkably tolerant man!

And those are great photos!

Thanks so much.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
5. I used to get meal worms to feed mine
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:30 AM
Jul 2024

Fascinating to watch--like little velociraptors. I took one to school a few times, hidden under my collar.

Solly Mack

(92,775 posts)
6. I sometimes sit on the porch just to watch them. They hang out in my flower beds during the day.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 01:40 AM
Jul 2024

I have water features for the butterflies and bees and the anoles enjoy them too.

I took a branch from a downed tree and placed it in one of my flower beds for the anoles to sun themselves on.

I purchased tall native shrubs to replace the invasive ones just to give the green anoles somewhere to climb and hide.

I placed terracotta pots around outside for the brown anoles.

We're very pro-anole here.

The Geckos come out at night. We keep a few lights going outside that have enough lumens to attract bugs for them to eat.

We're weird.

Solly Mack

(92,775 posts)
14. Our goals aren't so grand. Just keeping our teeny tiny part of the world as critter friendly as possible.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 11:15 AM
Jul 2024

ShazzieB

(18,646 posts)
21. All of that sounds really cool.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:49 PM
Jul 2024

We're too far north to see anoles (or any lizards, as far as I know) in the wild. I would love to be able to watch baby anoles frolicking!

BTW, autocorrect just proved how stupid it is by trying to change the word anoles to angles.

Solly Mack

(92,775 posts)
22. Autocorrect is a scourge.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:53 PM
Jul 2024

Except when it's not.

The adult ones fight a lot. Competing males. I tell them to "Behave". Doesn't work.

jaxexpat

(7,785 posts)
9. I see about 200 of them, every day, come take all you want.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:00 AM
Jul 2024

We have the invasive and the native species available at a discounted price of $0.00 per dozen.

mnhtnbb

(32,060 posts)
10. Amazing!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 04:03 AM
Jul 2024

Great shots.
I've been watching several anoles in my yard recently. I see them when I sit outside for coffee in the morning, or when I'm out watering the yard. But climbing on me? Um, no thanks.

Solly Mack

(92,775 posts)
16. Thanks, mnhtnbb. It's hatchling time around here. Why there are so many baby anoles about.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 11:27 AM
Jul 2024

He said the anole barely tickled his arm hair. lol

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
12. Pretty cool!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 07:13 AM
Jul 2024

A friend called me, last week, to tell of his unusual wildlife interaction, an up close and personal one kind of like your hubby's. My friend was at a storage unit, a big one, and was lying back in his truck with the back opened yet inside the building. Said he was asleep when something landed on his chest, fluttering and then held still for less than a second. It was a fledgling peregrine falcon! Flew right in the back of the truck and landed on his chest. Once he was awake enough to figure out what was going on it was gone. He figured out what kind of bird it was by the upset parent circling above outside.

These unexpected moments of wildlife interactions are usually amusing.

Great picks and story!

2naSalit

(92,669 posts)
19. Both are...
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:04 PM
Jul 2024

I am a fan of birds too, I figure they eat what they eat to balance the ecosystem, even if they have to eat the cute ones.

Solly Mack

(92,775 posts)
20. We created a wood pile for the voles, and we did so knowing it would attract owls, hawks, eagles and snakes.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:34 PM
Jul 2024

We didn't want to use poison on the voles - and there were a lot of them - so we tried to create a balance.

Some of the land was wild and we've been shaping it to keep the critters happy and us happy.

We watched a day owl grab a vole from inside the pile. I don't enjoy the killing but the balance is what allows for the survival of as many critters as possible.

Got a dead tree I refuse to cut down out back. If it falls it won't land on any buildings. Right now, that's where the predators hang out scouting the land.

Vultures group together there as well.







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