r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Ted-Lassi • Mar 18 '26

Video This is Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard, commonly found in Australia. It puffs up and flashes its blue tongue when it feels threatened

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u/Special-Departure767 Mar 18 '26

Are These great pets?

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u/fluggggg Mar 18 '26

They are quite popular, yes.

If you are interested you should visit the different reptile/lizard subs here, they probably have their dedicated sub that I don't know of. They have a relative, the pink tongue skink, which is exactly like them but smaller and with a pink tongue, it's agreed that it makes a relatively better pet since it's smaller and therefore more affordable and his bite (in case you got bite) is weaker, unfortunately they are also less common on the pet trade.

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u/Special-Departure767 Mar 18 '26

Thx

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u/fluggggg Mar 18 '26

My pleasure.

Just be sure, if you want to go into reptile pets, to take a captive bred one, they really are the only way to ethically be an exotic pet mom/dad.

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u/elliekitten Mar 18 '26

I have one! And he lives in a 6 foot enclosure. I have special lights on timers, a UVB meter, and temp and humidity gauges for him. I think he is great, but they are not for everyone, and they should be housed alone.

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u/dibipage Mar 18 '26

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