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There
are lots of lizards in Texas, but the
"yellow spotted lizards", which
are mentioned in the story, don't exist
in reality. They only appear in books
from the author, Louis Sachar.
Nevertheless, he gives a lot of
information about this little nice and
deadly animal.
Each yellow spotted lizard has exactly
eleven yellow spots, but they're hard to
see because of their yellow-green body.
These lizards are from six to ten inches
long. They have big red eyes, but in
reality, they have yellow eyes, only the
skin around the eyes is red. Yellow
spotted lizards have black teeth and a
milky white tongue.
They like to live in holes because of the
shade and the protection of predatory
birds. Up to twenty lizards live in one
hole. Their favourite food are little
animals, insects, certain cactus thorns
and the shells of sunflower seeds. They
have strong legs and can leap out of
their holes very fast to catch their
prey. At the end we have to say they're
very poisonous, so don't get too close to
them.
Written by Maurits, Annika and Inka |
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