Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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The western fence lizard seems like a pretty regular lizard, until you find out that its blood can cure Lyme disease in ticks

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Sources:
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diving-anole-lizards-use-natural-scuba-tank-breathe-underwater-180977839
nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mayfly-like-chameleon-lives-mostly-as-an-egg
cdc.gov/lyme/stats/tables.html
baynature.org/article/biodiversity-and-the-spread-of-disease
ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/34/5/article-p925.xml
Clover & Lane 1995 in jstor.org/stable/3284524?seq=1
jstor.org/stable/3284524?seq=1
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Images:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/iguana-close-up-portrait-of-a-resting-vibrant-lizard-bfhse0trqjp336xeg
pixabay.com/videos/gecko-lizard-reptile-tropical-50041
nature.com/articles/ncomms7368#rightslink
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00575-3#secsectitle0015
eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/8907.php
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189573#pone.0189573.s009
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3399875/#
storyblocks.com/video/stock/komodo-dragon-varanus-komodoensis-a-species-of-lizard-found-in-indonesia-schk6_radkj6keum2
storyblocks.com/video/stock/eye-of-gecko-gecko-close-up-beautiful-color-combination-brnilm3qokm9t3wcf
storyblocks.com/video/stock/chameleon-sensing-its-surroundings-5ajxdtl
youtu.be/Cits44paZs4
youtu.be/yfsvr9nHQ2U
youtu.be/7DTJXfZ1Zh4
pixabay.com/videos/western-fence-lizard-lizard-insect-48013
istockphoto.com/photo/adult-tick-gm477993007-26872249
phil.cdc.gov/details.aspx?pid=6631
microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.000027#supplementary_data
flickr.com/photos/niaid/34119388355
flickr.com/photos/blmoregon/27702113560/in/photolist-JcWzeA-8MehJb-TAgjTJ
istockphoto.com/photo/western-fence-lizard-gm92079724-7768392
flickr.com/photos/jkirkhart35/3514238991
flickr.com/photos/jkirkhart35/3514238531
flickr.com/photos/niaid/37713471976
istockphoto.com/vector/ticks-gm483451797-25886976
flickr.com/photos/jkirkhart35/3428103516
istockphoto.com/vector/ticks-gm483451797-25886976
istockphoto.com/photo/autumn-landscape-of-the-vacha-reservoir-rhodope-mountains-plovdiv-region-bulgaria-gm1062947352-284172562
istockphoto.com/photo/lizard-head-macro-shot-showing-eye-gm104214693-12794902
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0127900
istockphoto.com/vector/mus-gm1068307150-285754008
flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/448459612
flickr.com/photos/californiadfg/22658381044/in/photolist-c3VtFy-c3Vvmu-4HYGob-4HYG99-4HYGjQ-4HUsbz-eghzAd-Awf8h9-2iHXcyS-2iHXcw2-jKRL1m-oqPFdN-2iHYMMf-2iHYMFP-f4oA8W-2hhL9q3-29rBwfM-Ry1HPS-SfGb8G-5pgm9t-aEe9JC-ay8ZdT-2d2p9ka-2dj9VzA-JPdAFs-9ZY7Bd-cmGVrJ-HVTgZG-JSh8RZ-aEe9JJ-cmGVUf