Indiana Jones the Lizard!

If you know me, you know I detest bugs. I have found that that the farther south I move, the more bugs there are, and they are BIGGER. Yet, for some reason lizards don't bother me. Possibly because they eat bugs. Or it might be because I think they are cute. I like them a lot when they are outside. Which is a good thing because there are a lot of them in Florida.

However, once in while they get in the house. I have this butterfly net I use to catch them and release them back outside when that happens. For some reason they really like our back door. They somehow get in the door jam area while the door is closed. Then when you open it, BAM, they are in the house before you can do a thing about it. For a while they were on the top of the door jam and if you weren't careful they would fall and land on you as you opened the door. Like them or not, when that happens there is a loud girly scream. And it isn't always me (don't tell Gary I shared that).  :)

One day a lizard got in the house when we opened the back door. Right below the door is a lip like thing that is hollow from one end of the door to the other. Like a little tunnel or something. The PERFECT size for a lizard to sneak in and hide. That is exactly what this particular lizard did. Gary got something to poke in one end and hopefully drive out the lizard on the other end. Right into my waiting net. It worked!

The lizard, that was a nice light brown when it when the tunnel/cave, came out black as the ace of spades. At first we thought it was dirt but when I released it, the original color came back. I went back in the house and found Gary picking up what I thought were little sticks that somehow got stuck in the tunnel. Turns out they were lizard skeletons. Apparently our little friend wasn't the first one who tried to hide in there.

I laughed when I thought about this lizard running in the tunnel to find himself face to face with skeletons of those who had gone before him. Distant cousins perhaps. Scenes from Indiana Jones movies ran through my mind. It was really funny.

Gary has plugged up both ends of the tunnel to prevent any future lizard traumas. They still sneak in but I've been able to continue my catch and release efforts. Florida adventures...to be continued.