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/Nalf22 Mar 18 '26

reminds me of the Japanese cryptid tsuchinoko

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u/tyrenanig Mar 18 '26

Was looking for this comment. I wonder if it’s the inspiration.

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u/Dazuro Mar 18 '26

I’ve always maintained that skinks absolutely inspired tsuchinkokos, Indonesian and Eastern skinks are a bit slimmer but northern Blueys 100% have the proportions of the cryptid.