I'm sure that only few people around the word have known this animal that I post above. Is this creature looks familiar to you? if not, me either. In fact, I just seen this animal on television in Animal Planet hosted by Jeff Corwin. On his episode title, "Jeff Corwin Journey" this show provides knowledgeable information that is beneficial to all the viewers. He (Jeff) explore in every continent of the world to introduce the different animals and reptiles and explain animals characteristic. Today he was visited in Kenya and Australia, and wandered around the desert of this two countries. When he turn his journey to Australia he introduce this very unusual looking animal name "The Thorn Devil" (Moloch horridus in Latin word) it looks like scary because of the thorn around on his body. That thorn represent for one purpose, it is designed for their best defense against the enemy (predator). When this lizard threatened by the predator, they perfectly alarmed by constant change on its colour. You can detected when this creature is cold because their color convert from camouflage into a dark olive. The most amazing behavior of this animal, is their adoptation in a harsh desert environment. Their body is covered in a system of tiny grooves or channel run between their scales. This channel grips the water and pass toward to its mouth. The lizard can suck the water and gulping through their mouth. Very interesting isn't it?
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