The Jesus Christ lizard

VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Mon 19 Mar 2012 23:56
This guy can literally walk on water. No, really.
 
 
He's a young banded basilisk lizard, Basilicus vittatus. He ran across the pond to get to this stick, but of course not when I had the camera ready. They can run on water for about 4-5 metres before they break the surface tension and have to swim. The science is fascinating; if you're interested you can look it up on Google, and if you want a giggle there are some lovely videos of water walking on YouTube.