This is the head of a…
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• thorny devil
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• Javan rhinoceros
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• gray parrot
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• Komodo dragon
The thorny devil, Moloch horridus, looks alarming in
close-up but is a docile lizard that you can hold in the palm
of your hand. It really has little to do with devils or with
Moloch, an ancient Middle Eastern god to whom children were
sacrificed. It poses a threat mainly to ants, its favorite
and almost exclusive food, which it seeks in the Australian
desert. Its method is to sit by an ant trail and gobble up the
ants as they come along. The acorn-shaped protuberance on its
neck is a decoy head that it presents to predators.
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