The Water-walking Lizard
- Fauna and Kara blogs
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min read
The Basilisk Lizards are a distinct species of lizards that can walk on water! Amazing right?
Before diving into the water walking abilities of the basilisk lizard, Let's go through the 3 species:
Plumed Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
Western Basilisk (Basiliscus galeritus)
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
So, How do these lizards walk on water?
These Omnivorous Reptilians walk on water thanks to 3 characteristics:
Speed
Wide feet
Fringes
Now a basilisk's foot is fascinating, It's wide and has fringes at the bottom. A basilisk can run on water for 24km/h, roughly 15mph, That's as fast as we can run!
However if we tried to run on water we would just sink.
I could go on, but I think that would be a little boring so I hope you enjoy this video below!
It's not the best quality, but I hope the knowledge will be worth it!
If you're still hungry for more check out the big wide web!
Stay Curious and Blessed!
~Fauna
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Wait isn't this also called the Jesus lizard cause it can walk on water. I mean it looks cool but they way it walks on water is kinda funny