{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Animals with Aimee","title":"Horned Lizard: The Desert's Spiky Squirt Gun","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":489,"description":"Episode Title: Horned Lizard: The Desert's Spiky Squirt Gun 🦎🌵Grab your sun hats and plenty of water, explorers! ☀️ Today on Animals with Aimee, we are hiking into the hot, sandy deserts of North America 🏜️ to find a tiny reptile with a defense mechanism that is straight out of a comic book!Meet the tough, the spiky, the armored Horned Lizard! 🛡️ In this wild episode, junior herpetologists will uncover the unbelievable science behind this desert survivor:🩸 The Ultimate Squirt Gun: Discover the mind-boggling science of \"Autohemorrhaging\"! When a predator gets too close, this lizard can build up pressure in its head and squirt a stream of blood right out of its eyes! 👁️💦🐜 Ant-Eating Machines: Learn how these little lizards can eat hundreds of ants a day! We'll find out how they use their sticky tongues and a special immunity to gobble up venomous harvester ants without getting a tummy ache. 👅🪨 The Living Rock: Find out how their bumpy, spiky scales provide perfect \"Camouflage\" to help them blend right into the desert sand and rocks, making them practically invisible to hungry hawks! 🦅💧 Rain Catchers: Did you know they can drink water with their backs? We’ll explore how the tiny channels between their scales catch the morning dew and funnel it straight to their mouths like built-in straws! 🌧️It’s a spectacular desert safari that proves big surprises come in small, spiky packages! ✨Thank you for listening!Don't forget to rate and follow Animals with Aimee for notifications about our new episodes! Join Aimee's Animal Lovers Club for activity sheets, birthday shout-outs, and more!Help the Horned LizardThe Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is listed as a threatened species in Texas and is protected by state law, making it illegal to take, possess, transport, or sell them without a permit. While not federally listed, they are considered a species of special concern or \"greatest conservation need\" across much of their range due to a 30% population decline caused...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/82bQVOD5bOQdBpJioFxh2QWxndn2wb4w203dTTUqP04/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jYWFm/N2VjN2RiNWE4YzVj/MzY0OGFlZTY3Zjk4/MTBjNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}