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Hi! I'm Roscoe. I'm a Sudanese Plated Lizard (aka Gerrhosaurus major). I live with Chris. I'm looking for a
cute female Plated Lizard to be my friend. As you can see, I'm extremely handsome. I'm also big and strong.
I'm about 19" long [It says on the internet that we reach 20"]. Hobbies: I like to bask in warm light; I like to
sleep in my cave; I like to eat. Cute females can write to me Roscoe in care of Chris at cbennett@fhsu.edu.






As I said, I like to eat. I like strawberries. I can eat a strawberry bigger than my head and two big worms
in one meal. Chris says I'm a gourmand. I say I'm an omnivore. Raspberries are okay, too. I like worms.
I like crickets. They run fast. I like to chase them. I like grasshoppers, too! Big ones are really crunchy.
The ones that Chris brings me are stupid. They don't move. They think I won't find them if they hold still.
But I find them by smell and sight. They're easier to catch than crickets. They're crunchier, too!.






I'm a neat eater. I lick my lips clean after eating. Some websites say we eat greens like iguanas and
bearded dragons. I don't because bearded dragons are wussies. Chris offered me all kinds of greens.
I don't eat them. Why eat lettuce when you can eat worms and strawberries?




  Chris had me post this:

"August is grasshopper season in Hays, and on 11 August 08 I was watching Roscoe hunt down grasshoppers when he displayed a behavior I had not seen before. I had dumped five grasshoppers, including one large winged adult about 2½ inches long, into Roscoe's cage. Roscoe hunted down three of the smaller grasshoppers and stopped to bask in the lamplight and lick his lips. Meanwhile, the large winged grasshopper was motionless on the gravel near the water dish in the dimly lit corner of the cage about 33-36 inches away from Roscoe's head. Roscoe was alert with his head elevated and stayed that way for a few minutes. Suddenly Roscoe jerked his head up another quarter inch and it was obvious to me that he had suddenly recognized the motionless grasshopper. He dropped his head, quickly moved forward about fifteen inches to peek at the grasshopper while largely hidden behind a large piece of driftwood. Immediately, Roscoe began excitedly twitching the distal five inches of his tail side to side in a cat-like manner. After perhaps a second of twitching, he sprinted to the grasshopper, which tried to get away, but landed in the water dish and was quickly caught by Roscoe. I found the combination of the flash of recognition that that motionless green blob over there was a grasshopper followed by the almost cat-like stalking and pounce behavior remarkable."



Mmmm, grasshoppers!



  


More pictures later.



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