![Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa](https://www.naturepl.com/cache/pcache2/01434996.jpg)
Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa
![The armadillo lizard bites its own tail to roll up into a ball as a defense mechanism. : r/interestingasfuck The armadillo lizard bites its own tail to roll up into a ball as a defense mechanism. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/kpedja2taoa21.jpg?auto=webp&s=9cad922c8376ec8ad12a1664e19a35130ee05e1f)
The armadillo lizard bites its own tail to roll up into a ball as a defense mechanism. : r/interestingasfuck
Avantgardens - The armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus) The armadillo girdled lizard possesses an uncommon anti-predator adaptation, in which it takes its tail in its mouth and rolls into a ball when
![So I learned about this little guy recently. This is an armadillo lizard. And yes, they are legal. They live along the coastal areas of South Africa and are highly social with So I learned about this little guy recently. This is an armadillo lizard. And yes, they are legal. They live along the coastal areas of South Africa and are highly social with](https://preview.redd.it/y23c9jit7ai21.jpg?auto=webp&s=525a468e1654ba5dcc65d851f2d425133a0cca4c)