Lizards Overcome Lack of Mirrors to Find Rocks That Match Their Colors

Think about the last time you stood squinting in front of a full-length mirror, trying to decide whether the colors in your outfit went together. Now imagine you're a reptile, and you wouldn't even understand a mirror if you saw one, but somehow you need to find a rock that matches your skin color. Otherwise you might get eaten by a bird today. Oh, and the skin color you need to match is on your back. Certain lizards in Greece manage to pull this off every day, though how they do it is a

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