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How does such a spiky creature reproduce? With great care! The male lizards have hemipenes (a pair or male sexual organs), one on either side at the base of their tail. | Definitive Proof That Dragons Are Real And They Live In Australia Thorny Devil, Interesting Animals, Chameleons, Unusual Animals, Australian Animals, Crocodiles, Reptiles And Amphibians, Bearded Dragon, Unique Animals

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How does such a spiky creature reproduce? With great care! The male lizards have hemipenes (a pair or male sexual organs), one on either side at the base of their tail.

They align their tail beside the female and employ whichever penis is closest.

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What a cutey - the thorny devil lizard or Moloch - features a spiny "false head" on the back of its neck, and the lizard presents this to potential predators by dipping its real head. The thorny devil's body is ridged in structure, and this enables the animal to collect water from any part of its body. That water is then conveyed to its mouth. Sometimes seen standing in a puddle of water sucking it through it's feet and then licking it's lips. Thorny Devil Lizard, Thorny Devil, Chameleons, Reptiles And Amphibians, Lizards, Amazing Animals, Amphibians, On The Ground, Snakes

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What a cutey - the thorny devil lizard or Moloch - features a spiny "false head" on the back of its neck, and the lizard presents this to potential predators by dipping its real head. The thorny devil's body is ridged in structure, and this enables the animal to collect water from any part of its body. That water is then conveyed to its mouth. Sometimes seen standing in a puddle of water sucking it through it's feet and then licking it's lips.

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EARTHOFFICIAL on Instagram: “Exploring the Australia’s desert 🦎 | Photography by © (@sabowden) #earthofficial #molochhorridus #centralaustralia #desertwildlife…”

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It might be thorny, but it does not need to be thirsty. This is thanks to “their microstructured skin surface, with channels in between overlapping scales, [that] enables them to collect water by capillarity and passively transport it to the mouth for ingestion.” Article: Comanns et al. (2017) “Adsorption and movement of water by skin of the Australian thorny devil (Agamidae: Moloch horridus).”

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Top 10 Thorny Devil Facts - A Very Spiky Lizard From Australia

The Thorny Devil is a lizard from Australia that is covered in sharp, hard spikes. Want to learn more? Click on to our article to keep reading.

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