4/1/2024 0 Comments Baby armadillo lizard![]() ![]() With these lizards, the eggs develop in the mother’s body, where the young hatch and are born.” A defensive position of an adult South African armadillo girdled lizard in the Vienna Zoo in Austria. He added: “There have been two young animals since September 27th. That the offspring are successful is something very special.” Zoo Director Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck said in a statement: “In Europe there are currently only five zoos in which armadillo girdled lizards live. ![]() The baby lizards are endemic to the desert areas on the western coast of South Africa, but these newborns have been born at Vienna Zoo in the Austrian capital, which claims to be the oldest in the world. A defensive position of an adult South African armadillo girdled lizard in the Vienna Zoo in Austria. The reptiles instinctively do this to protect their soft underbelly from potential predators. The footage shows a newborn armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus), that looks somewhat like a scaly, wingless dragon, biting its own tail and curling up into a ball while resting in the palm of a zookeeper’s hand. These giant armoured lizard babies that bite their tails and curl up into a ball to protect themselves from predators have been born at the world’s oldest zoo in Vienna. ![]()
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