flunafloon:chaostearkitsune:ragingconservative007:spookygeiszlers:kiggor:Uromastyx likes her belly r
flunafloon:chaostearkitsune:ragingconservative007:spookygeiszlers:kiggor:Uromastyx likes her belly rubbedthis is a fucking lizard getting her belly rubbed if you don’t think that’s the cutest shit then get out of my blogLOOK AT ITS LIL ARMS FLAPPING AWWWWWWWWThis animal is not happy! ): This is a panic/defence mechanism, this is probably really freaking the poor thing out. i’ve seen multiple reblogs of this post informing people of that, so I thought I’d let you know.This is a Uromastyx, their defence mechanism is to INFLATE their bodies and move them as if they were “belly dancing” as they release air through their mouths letting a “haaaaaaaaaaaah” kind of sound until you leave them alone. If you don’t they’ll HIT you with their spiky tail.This Uromastyx is exposing its belly on their own will, what it’s doing first is smell the hand to see if it’s someone they know. Since it is (remember the belly is the most vulnerable part of their body) and knows the person won’t harm them, it exposes the belly for the rubs.And I talk from experience, I have an Uromastyx Acanthinura. It took me forever to get mine to trust me enough to allow me pet him and let me pick him up (and then teach him that my mum (he used to react aggressively towards her presence just by smelling her hand) that my mum was to be trusted).TDLR; the Uromastyx in the gif trusts their owner and allows the owner to rub the belly, that isn’t how Uromastyx defend themselves -- source link