Showing posts with label lizards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lizards. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

A.O.T.D. (Animal of the Day) Green Iguana


Another marker image for today. Green iguanas are huge. Few have been known to reach beyond 6 1/2 feet, but this is not common, as most grown to roughly 5 feet in length. They're found around Central and South America, but have also been introduced to Texas, Florida, Hawaii, and certain Caribbean islands. Hawks are known to be their nature enemy, and humans use this to their advantage to capture these lizards. Similar to a device that makes duck calls, one is used the imitates a hawk call. Hearing this the iguana freezes, and are thus easy to capture.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Draw Ya Later Alligator





Yeehaw, another fun day at the Oakland Zoo. It was so nice and warm in the Bay area this weekend, I had to get out. I decided it would be lizard day. I was about 3 ft from the alligator, which even though there's a small iron bar fence between, it gives you a rush. I get the feeling it could have easily crawled over it if it wanted to. AND now that this is done, we get to go to my other favorite zoo tonight...Zachary's Pizza!!!

Saturday, August 16, 2008

A Little Sketchy...

Here's a few sketches from a recent visit to the Oakland Zoo. Always a good time up there, beautiful zoo, beautiful day, all was good.