The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is a species in the family
Agamidae. It is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It
is the only member of the genus Chlamydosaurus. Its common name comes
from its large neck frill, usually folded against the lizard's body. It
is about 90 cm (35 in) in length and can weigh 600 g (1.3 lb). Males
are larger and more robust than females. The lizard is generally grey,
brown, orangish-brown, or black. The frills have red, orange, yellow, or
white colours. The lizard is largely arboreal, and its diet is mainly
insects and other invertebrates. It is more active during the wet
season, when it spends more time near or on the ground. In the dry
season, it seeks shade in the branches of the upper canopy. It breeds in
the late dry season and early wet season. The lizard uses its frill to
scare off predators and to display to other individuals. The species is
considered to be of least concern by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_lizard>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1958:
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a
mob in Caracas, Venezuela.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Richard_Nixon%27s_motorcade>
2000:
An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in
Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately
€450 million in damage.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster>
2008:
Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown
terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, India,
killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
passerine:
1. Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which
are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one
back, which facilitates perching”).
2. (archaic) Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately
the size of a sparrow.
3. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half
of all bird species.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/passerine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Each brotherly compassion that man hath on his fellow Christians,
with charity, it is Christ in him.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>
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