anole stalks and catches butterfly

A wild green anole lizard stalks, catches and eats it's prey, a small brown butterfly.

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Pets & Animals

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• animals
• lizard
• anole
• predators
• wildlife
• lizards

[TheGoofyKidBand]

What lizard family are anoles in? (I've seen them being under Chameleon, Iguana and Gecko, but I'm not sure which one is right.)

[wildstar1]

They are more closely related to iguanas than chameleons or geckos. Scientific name, Anolis Carolinensis.

Thanks for watching them!.

[HordeFTL]

Nice, I remember seeing Anoles in Florida, local reptile store also sells Green Anoles =]

[wildstar1]

Well not my most artistic video, but it's interesting! This is one of the first times I filmed these guys. I've been hooked on them ever since. They are cute, intelligent and fun little reptiles.:D

[Mr5935]

my name is bob

[MultiCoolaaron]

he didn't eat the whole he only got a wing

[EmilyBearfan]

He got its wing!

[ARTONY92]

look closely, it escaped, but not without injury!

[Tigerpuffer]

Anole: Motion denied.

[mellowmutt]

HA ha ha he looks just like my anole <3 (:

[phillbo88]

@bdcmovie I don't receive my zoology degree until june but will i do?! Head bobs are used in territorial, defensive and reproductive modes, i think this anole knew it was going to attack and this is an automatic response to preparing to lunge.Just for additional interest you sometimes see two anoles locked together at the mouth where they have both lunged at the same time open mouthed, it looks like they are kissing!

[phillbo88]

@bdcmovie I don't receive my zoology degree until june but will i do?! Head bobs are used in territorial, defensive and reproductive modes, i think this anole knew it was going to attack and this is an automatic response to preparing to lunge.Just for additional interest you sometimes see two anoles locked together at the mouth where they have both lunged at the same time open mouthed, it looks like they are kissing!

[phillbo88]

@bdcmovie Don't get my degree in Zoology until june but will I do? Haha.

Anoles are known to use head bobbing in territorial and defensive modes and its also noted in reproduction where females may bob their head to acknowledge acceptance, however i think this may be subconscious during feeding as when using a head bob defensively it is usually followed by a bite or attack attempt, this anole knew it was going to attack, the question is did it know it was bobbing its head?!