herbiehancock

Charley the Lizard is my younger son's pet.  He's not very cuddly, and, unfortunately, he's not very bright either.  He is entertaining though.  I made a couple of videos of Charley and his lunch time adventures.  In this first video, Charley discovers that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Poor Charley.  He tried four times to catch the same cricket and missed every time.  Then he went back under his flower pot house to sulk...or so I thought!  Actually, he was incorporating a cunning stealth move into his lunchtime adventure by lying in wait for his prey. CRUNCH!   Mmmm...tasty!!   What do you know, maybe Charley is brighter than I thought he was!   I guess it's true that good things come to those who wait.    (Well...if you consider a cricket for your lunch a GOOD thing.)  

Escapee The cricket taunted me from the corner of the living room. I couldn't tell if he was under the couch or under the chair. He stopped his singing whenever I got close. I knew he was there...I just wasn't sure where. I went to the kitchen to get a broom, and from the bathroom, I brought a paper Dixie cup. Then I swept the broom under the couch, chasing him out so I could scoop him up. I hereby give formal notice to all crickets who come to live here, that if you escape from the cricket box, you are considered to be a volunteer. That's right, you're next up as lizard food. Thanks for bravely stepping to the front of the line. Snapped up by the lizard's jaw with a defining CRUNCH , YOU are the next lizard lunch, when it's time to dine.