I swear on my life this is 100% real. I was walking down the street looking for stuff to photograph and this guy is just sitting outside a coffee shop with this 80 year old woman and he is taking these little sofa things out of a bag. Then he opens another compartment in the bag and there are about five lizards like this guy. Then he would pose them and they would just sit there like this. Don't really know why.
He didn't really explain much but he did say they take about three months to train them to do this. I didn't bother asking if he only trained his lizards to sit in relaxing human posses or if there were other ones too. The whole thing was just to oddly perfect, I really didn't need him to go in to detail.
Also I like the surprising detailed craftsmanship of the sofa. Now I can say I've truly seen it all!
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ilovethirdplanet 66 months ago | reply
liked this one!!!
gyselinck2007 65 months ago | reply
This is actually a bit of animal cruelty. The reason that the Chinese Water Dragon pictured is sitting still is that lizards, like frogs, have a rib cage that will press against their lungs when they are placed in certain positions, such as on their back. The near-suffocation that they feel is what causes them to sit still in a sort of paralysis. This is why frogs will become "hypnotized" when somebody lays them on their back. Essentially, these poor reptiles are being asphyxiated for some street entertainment.
The Aly 64 months ago | reply
HAH! I love it! XD
SIMONE LODA BRIONA 64 months ago | reply
Fantastica!!!!!
Io ne ho due, ma non stanno mai in questa posizione!
Agamid 63 months ago | reply
this is brilliant! i used to get a reptile magazine sent to me from the states that always had a section with photos like this, but it still amuses me no end :D
mkgphotoatgmail 63 months ago | reply
i don't usually comment twice on a photo, but i still love this shot.
and to gyselinck2000...nobody asked you to comment on this picture. you don't even share your own pictures, so keep your pie hole closed. most of us are here to enjoy ourselves, not find the faults of others.
the icon of the user just below your comment is just perfect.
manmadepants 63 months ago | reply
Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm really glad this photo has been enjoyed by so many.
Like I said. I didn't make the lizard do this, I just took a picture.
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jantutu 62 months ago | reply
I looked, said "no way" looked at the title- and had a belly laugh! Brilliant!!!
Dave Malkoff 61 months ago | reply
No Way!
Tynan Phillips 61 months ago | reply
That is such an awesome photo. Bravo on spotting it and enquiring about it and its story however odd it was.
Stephie189 60 months ago | reply
Wow....!
(lounge lizard.... *snicker*)
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smellslikeb a b s [deleted] 58 months ago | reply
haha yessssss
littleREDelf 56 months ago | reply
what a great stumble!
Mr DoeyBags [deleted] 56 months ago | reply
Calssic. I suspect th lizard was cold and therefore a ittle dopey
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allyp73 52 months ago | reply
Made me laugh. :-)
Evaant14 51 months ago | reply
lol thats kool i did that to ma iguana check out ma picz... ADD A COMMENT
Kenny Lok 41 months ago | reply
Cute
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Bingeye 36 months ago | reply
: D.......
Luke_23 22 months ago | reply
This is probably my favourite photo on flickr tbh
RiKx... 12 months ago | reply
Really? Have you ever seen a man eat his own head? So then you haven't seen everything and neither have we..