I did not give these little guys enough credit, they are clever and have impressed us.
Click here for the first shot of this one, taken two days ago.
Each summer Carolina Anoles are hatched somewhere on our back porch. They are tiny at first and after the first year we discovered how entertaining (and easy) they are as visitors.
I’m sure their brain is miniscule so how bright can they be.
Turns out they had us fooled.
We don’t give them names but we have identified them by size. Currently this one is called ‘mid-size’. The old mid-size is now the ‘big one’.
He had survived and grown by catching things we can’t even see, or want to see. But now he’s too big for that.
He has by necessity discovered hunting, and all the dangers, in the wide world outside the back porch where it as safe.
Except he is clever enough to leave the porch by day, hunt, and return to his spot each night. After dark we can find him climbing back up into the catch all shelves. At the top shelf he climbs on the old dime store thermometer, grabs hold, and sleeps better than anyone else in this house.
He will start the day hiding in the brackets until awake enough to brave the dangerous world once again.
Oh yes, he has discovered watching people is entertaining and easy.
You never know what you might find out here.
That is a clever one! Amazing what they can pack into that small cranium. Guess it is true in the animal world, only the smart ones get big ha!
This one has added ‘insult to injury’. I have a small guppy net to catch and release tree frogs and anoles from my porch. He has discovered it’s a great hammock and sleeps in it at night 😂😂