 Look at a mate for you here. So this is an Australian water dragon. Large dragons will appear confident and friendly. Watch out. Alright, go ahead. They'll appear confident friendly. They should not be a pro because they have very sharp claws. They can deliver a serious bite. They're a protected species in Australia. They're not allowed to be collected. They get eaten by brown tree snakes. They hunt for them in the tree branches as they sleep. So they tend to mate in the warm weather in spring, which is now their mating season begins in September. Males are thought to be sexually mature at 210 millimeters. Approximately five years of age. Males of similar size will fight each other when confronted. Male will first attempt to deter his opponent through intimidation by walking tall and puffing out the throat with the mouth open wide. They will try to appear as large as possible. So he's trying to intimidate me right now. This does not deter the opponent. Ritual combat will result. Male combat includes both animals siding up to each other on the ground so that each animal has its head next to the opponent's hip. Both animals will circle each other while taking short bites at each other's hip and neck regions. They repeat this over and over. They get wounds from the biting and scratching. These fights can last for up to 10 minutes. Females can reproduce twice a season. They hibernate in winter. They communicate through dominant and submissive signals including head bobbing, saluting, and substrate licking. So the water draget is more often heard rather than seen as it dies into the water when disturbed. Remains submerged for an hour. They forage underwater. They eat plants as juveniles, but as they grow they become more omnivorous with vegetable matter making up half of their diet. So they feed on insects such as ants as they grow up. As well as cicadas, mollusks, crustaceans such as yabbles, algae crabs, mosquitoes and they eat figs, lily, pilly fruits, and other fruits or flowers. They're usually active from September to June. And to survive during the low winter temperatures they enter a stublished burrow, scrape their own between borders, logs, packed dirt into the opening to seal themselves off. Once in tune they will slow their metabolism and enter a state, essentially hibernation until spring arrives. They are found in eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. From tropical rainforests to alpine streams. Very plentiful in Sydney.