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September 22, 2007
Yes, This is For Real.
Tony, or by his Flickr sobriquet manmadepants, submitted this amazing photo to our Featured Photos Pool. In his own words...
I swear on my life this is 100% real. I was walking down the street looking for stuff to photograph and this guy is just sitting outside a coffee shop with this 80 year old woman and he is taking these little sofa things out of a bag. Then he opens another compartment in the bag and there are about five lizards like this guy. Then he would pose them and they would just sit there like this. Don't really know why.He didn't really explain much but he did say they take about three months to train them to do this. I didn't bother asking if he only trained his lizards to sit in relaxing human posses or if there were other ones too. The whole thing was just to oddly perfect, I really didn't need him to go in to detail.
Also I like the surprising detailed craftsmanship of the sofa. Now I can say I've truly seen it all!
Photo by manmadepants via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
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That's so funny. We always see that lizard on Larchmont!
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Larchmont and what...id like to check this guy out as well
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My question is, can he also give me a quote for my car insurance?
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LOL that's awesome, I love water dragons, I used to have one of dem meself
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I'm pretty sure that's an iguana, not a water dragon. I had one, they're very intelligent and with the proper training can be taught to do many things.
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You can make lizards do whatever you want... i saw a little girl on Letterman put lizards into a "trance" and then dress them up like dolls. Rad!
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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2005/12/16/a1e_lizard_web_1216.html
Basically if you rub a lizard's stomach, it goes to sleep or goes into a trance. At that point, you can pose it any way you want.
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lol! maybe i should add this video in my prank video website. http://www.prankvideoz.com
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I wonder what "train them to do this" really means. Maybe force them into certain poses? Tie them up? Sure, it looks cutes, but I'd like to know the lizard's take on this.
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Actually this guy does not put them in a trance, and just trains them as you can read on his website, which has many broken images and links, but does explain it and have some cute pictures:
http://www.todaysplanet.com/pg/beta/lizardlover/index.htm
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When you place a lizard on his stomach or hold him upside down. his lungs collapse and he cannot breathe.
"Lizards do not have diaphragms to help them breath. Their ribs moving in and out actually cause their lungs to inflate and deflate. When a dragon is held upside down or on their back their stomach pushes on their lungs making it difficult for them to breath and will eventually result in suffocation. Please do not do this to your dragon. "
http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/faq.htm
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the NEW geico spokesman
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Have you seen a man eat his own head?
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He just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance! Hahahahaha
Locke
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Oh Tony, you are as indie as Pinkberry.
8)
-Jimmy @ Napster
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DIGGNATION! LONDON! KEVIN! ALEX! DIGGNATION! cool lizard
-Nathan Foster
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Hi
Wow!
I know this guy. He is Henry Lizard Lover. I have known him for years. You can always find him handing out on Larchmont in Los Angeles or at the Urth Cafe. He has a website
http://www.henrylizardlover.com
I have seen his lizards walk down the stairs of his old home, sun themselves and walk back upstairs again. They did not run away. Never would have thought they would do that.
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that's just ridiculously cool... I had a few of those lizards when I was a kid, but they were pretty lame compared to these ones.
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Look, it's Gex! :P