Chicken-eating lizards

Lizard-eating chickens are conspicuous, but there is a type of lizard that eats chicken. In South America there is a large type of lizard, the scientific name is Tupinambis teguixin, the adult has a body length (including the tail) to more than one meter. They often live in dense, dense vegetation and are often found in areas of forest bordering rivers.

Despite being a wild animal, this large lizard also likes to live close to humans. People often see them hiding around villages.

This is a voracious reptile, they like to eat invertebrates and small vertebrates. Local people often find out that they are thieves who eat chicken and eggs. In particular, they are very fond of frogs, large insects, worms, worms, and some fruits and leaves. They hunt during the day, night or in cold weather, they hide in their caves.

This kind of large lizard likes to live on the ground, but they are also great climbers and swimmers.

They are similar to the house lizards which are very wary: every sign of danger is to run away. However, when they are attacked and out of the way of recession, they will return to fight extremely heroically. They will suddenly attack with their tails, inflicting enemies with powerful tail smashes and they also hurt. However, always knowing "the book", this cunning lizard will quickly run out of danger when it can run.

The type of "thanks to your children" of the Tupinambis teguixin lizard is very unique. The lizard digs into the nest and lays in it about 4-5 eggs, termites "innocent

poetry "will seal lizard eggs when repairing their damaged nest. Complete clans have no idea how to do that, they are protecting the descendants of the one who broke their nest. The line is protected from dehydration, and it also helps to prevent animals from hunting eggs during the development of eggs, and when hatching, young animals must destroy the termites themselves.

The lizard Tupinambis teguixin is worthy of being one of the largest lizard types in South America. The large head is covered with evenly spaced horns, the healthy body is supported by 4 strong legs. Young healthy lizards can run only on the hind legs.

The tail is round, much longer than the rest of the body, with white strips at the end of the tail. Scales on the back are rough, the abdomen is larger and square. Usually, their bodies are dark brown or black with small white or yellow spots on horizontal stripes.

Distributed in the eastern Andes (South America), tribal aboriginal people often catch reptiles that steal these chickens and use their yellow fat to treat inflammation.