The Ouroboros Exists!

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"The Armadillo Lizard adopts a curious defensive posture when threatened by rolling itself up like an Armadillo, with its tail tightly held in its jaws, presenting a spiny ring to the predator and protecting the softer, vulnerable belly area."


Bonus: Plato described a self-eating, circular being as the first living thing in the universe — an immortal, perfectly constructed animal: the Ouroboros. (via reddit comments)

And there are more pictures of the Armadillo lizard here, with the benefit of scale.

via we-travel-spaceways

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8 comments:

Unknown said...

es una mandrágora!

Unknown said...

Però la mandràgora no es una planta?

Unknown said...

sí, sí que lo es... pero es una planta con mucha leyenda...

Anonymous said...

This is a wierd thing. I've never seen something like this and I wish I will never see.

Anonymous said...

Haha he thinks he's firefox

Mireia Querol said...

qué preciosidad!

por cierto, acabo de descubrir tu blog vía fogonazos y me ha encantado, creo que volveré por aquí sin duda...

puedo usar algunos temas con enlaces a tus posts¿? el del parásito del pez también me ha parecido fascinante...

saludos

xenmate said...

hola kissu,

por supuesto!

x

Mireia Querol said...

gracias! cuando lo haga ya te avisaré

saludos