There are some interesting ways that animals behave in the wild. Whether it’s communication, attacking, or defending, it can ...

FITZROY CROSSING, Australia, June 2 (UPI) --An Australian man who encountered a frilled-neck lizard on a dirt road attempted to usher it off of the roadway but instead caught the irritable reptile ...

Then, while the startled foe decides whether to flee or fight, the lizard turns and skedaddles for the nearest tree. Right from an early age, frilled-neck lizards use their frill.

In the footage, the man approaches the frilled-neck lizard, which is casually sitting on an empty road. As the man moves closer, the lizard immediately inflates its neck, flaring up the ...

The frilled lizard, also known as frillnecks, comes down the trees to eat. The usual items on their menu include small lizards, ants, termites, cicadas, spiders, and even small mammals.

These lizards live in northern Australia and New Guinea. Upon seeing the raised neck frill of this lizard, some people think it’s venomous or that it spits poison at predators.