A "Horny" situation...but cute. ;)

[curious kat]

....been seeing these little "short horned lizards" (horned toads) more & more lately. They're very sweet & slow, this one was in the back of the house near bird feeder...I do adore them.







...and this one (same one?) was in the front, found it when I went to take pictures of the blooming cactus flowers.





...and interesting cloud formation...

...forgot to add this baby one we found last year.......maybe it's the big one all grown up!?

 

[Meadow]

Those are very sweet little...things! I can see why you like them.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Anybody that doesn't like horny toads has no soul. Gotta like those mini-dinosaurs. I've found them at 7,000' in both Idaho and Wyoming. Nice pics!
Jim

 

[tamrock]

I wanted one of those for a pet when I was a kid.

 

[old digger]

I have found them up here also.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

When I was a kid I used to catch them all the time and something that is neat if you turn them over in your hand and rub their belly like you would pet a cat you will put them to sleep.That cloud pic is cool.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice photographs! Thanks for sharing...

 

[texasred777]

Gee, I'm impressed! I can't remember the last time I saw a horned toad. It musta been back in the 60s or 70s, in central Texas. They were very common when I was growing up there. One year we visited my mom's brother and his family out in Sweetwater, Texas. That year there was an over population of the critters. In a field beside their house, the ground was just 'littered' with them. I remember my cousin and I counted over 40 in less than 30 minutes. We were just walking/running all around the field (about 10 acres) spotting them. Of course, when I was young there were tales of them 'attacking' people and spitting blood into peoples' eyes, blinding them. lol I did 'tease/aggravate one of them once enough that it was looking at me, just rocking back and forth like it was going to jump at me. I 'backed off' and left that critter alone!!!

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

"Great horny toads!"

...Yosemite Sam.

 

[3xflyfisher]

As a kid, traveling to well sites with my dad through Wy and Utah, I have very fond memories of catching horny toads - Awesome memory, thanks kat!!

 

[curious kat]

Lot's of Horny toad lovers out there ...thanks everyone!

Yup Meadow...they're lovable alright!

old digger those are some super pictures...very detailed when you zoom in, almost like a "beaded lizard" (Gila monster)...which we did find once on the highway but sorry to say, not alive ...such a beautiful animal.

vpnavy & JunkShopFiddler....thanks guys.

Oh yeah...I'm sure you boys out there loved to catch them when you were little...what fun! They do like to sit in your warm hands....but rub their belly's eh...maybe will try that sometime Back-of-the-boat...

Yes texas, we've seen the babies ones all over in certain places sometimes, know what you're talking about. Not nearly that many on our place though.

They are like little Dino's Jim!

And tamrock...sorry you didn't get to have one.

Your always welcome 3xflyfisher.

 

[old digger]

I like to refer to them as miniature dinosaurs.