desert short-horned lizard

[YayGreenDay000]

I love these lizards! ^_^

[catfishking1996]

sadly he died on the 16 of october 2011

[NYCBiGDEAZ718]

@catfishking1996 whyy?? :(

[kitkat39]

how long were you able to keep it alive for?

[epiclove1102]

awwww

[chevellegirl7]

@231coolas I have caught and released TONS of these in my life and only one actually squirted blood from its eyes. This one looked different than the others i had caught. The eyes seemed to swell up for awhile then it shot out about two feet from each eye. So it does indeed happen but may depend on the breed or species.

[channingreece]

@231coolas only 4 of the 14 species of horned lizrds squirt blood

[BoyCary]

Horned toads will die without a diet of ants. The particular ants in their area. If you are still near where he was caught. Then let him go. I have only been able to keep desert horned lizards in AZ one time. When I have a red ant pile in my yard to feed them from. : )

[Psyck2006]

@BoyCary thats accually false. The species that need ant to survive is the thorny devil (People often get it mixed up with the horned toads for some reason). they have successfully kept and bred horned toads in the UK with a diet of crickets, meal worms etc.

Also they don't squirt blood often and it is often very hard to get them to squirt blood. They do it when they feel REALLY threatened.

[spinycheek]

I've never seen a horned lizard wag it's tail like that, very weird! Hope he was a successful pet, of all the horned lizard species, that one is the least dependent on harvester ants, although they still eat a lot of ants and beetles.

And to clear up the incorrect statements about blood squirting, this species can, but probably won't. It's a much more common behavior in other horned lizard species. Even those rarely use this defense on people though.

[madasnave]

@moneyishappiness read some more, thorny devils are from down under and are compeatly spereate creatures from horny toads/horny lizzards whlie simular in nature this is a product of evoultion with in the americas. zoologist need to hit the books son or fess up to 12 year old nature

[madasnave]

truth be told they are all albe to squirt blood when agrovated but due to the long process of makeing blood they dont do it unless they feel 100% threationed and you should be careful tring to have horned lizzards as pets as most in america are endangered species and there for illegial with out perments and must be bread in captivity or have even more perments to get them from the wild.

[0thecorner0]

HoOfLe NiM NiM

[catfishking1996]

ponies is right we changed his name

[poniesFTW7]

Actually his name is GRIM!!

[caley1992]

There are many varieties of horned lizards, and though I don't know about this particular kind, there are several that do shoot blood. [The regal horned lizard is one, I believe.]

[multipas5]

eww dirty fingernails.

[RussianGirl1994]

OMFG ITS SO EFFING CUTE!!!!!!! haha he likes to be pet x3 love it

[chinikipaka]

yes they do squirt blood. I owned one.

[heydiahrea]

ive seen them squirt blood at coyotes trust me they squirt blood the australian 1s dont you mixed them up

[tw1stedgrudge]

I've never heard of a Horned Lizard taking mealworms. Only taking ants and small crickets. There's close to zero nutrition in mealworms unless they're gutloaded with food of their own. Kindof a weird diet for a Horned lizard if you ask me, but he seems a mid-way weight in this video, which is okay I guess. Most petstore sales have very thin specimens.

[KENAMAN75]

no they dont squirt blood ther is one kind of lizard that looks exactly alike the other one is the one that squirts blood from its eyes

[Michellerooster6]

Hahaha the tail wagging made it look like a tiny scaly dog. Cute lizard. :)

[MrCoolaaa1]

i love these things . i use to have one but i dont have im any more . i remember he use to burrow

[catfishking1996]

that's the thorny toad

[fable205]

@catfishking1996 no its not desert horned lizards shoot blood out of their eye if their being bothered look it up

[7H3541N7]

@catfishking1996 Horny toad is another name for the desert horned lizard and they can squirt blood if they feel threatened.

[xAK47x247]

i live in cali how many meal worms a day

[catfishking1996]

@xAK47x247 2 to 5 a week he dosn't eat every day

[427DiegoAviles2536]

he will squirt blood from his eyes

[catfishking1996]

no that the ausraln thorny toad

[LizardsInMyHouse]

@catfishking1996 no, its this guy. is he dead yet? 

[LizardsInMyHouse]

@catfishking1996 no.. thats this lizard. wow. have you killed this thing yet?

[catfishking1996]

they are 5.00 dollars and eat small meal worms as to where you get them im not sure he was a gift

[didleedidlee2]

where can u get one of these?? i am from ireland..

and how much r they??

wat do u feed them??

if u could answer that i wud greatly appreciate it thanks:)

[MrFreak1323]

@didleedidlee2 you cant buy horned lizards it is illegal to capture them because there going extinct

[ReptilesRewind]

@MrFreak1323 its actually not most people just cant take care of them