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navigate by keyword : shovel snouted lizard meroles anchietaeis another many desert adapted creaturesof namib prevent their feet burning have thermal dance tolift off hot sanda front leg opposite hind lifts rotational basis should get too will dig dune sand run shadedside where temperatures cooler namibia

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Shovel snouted lizard on sand, Namib desert, Namibia
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
The shovel-snouted lizard (Meroles anchietae) is another of many desert-adapted creatures of the Namib. To prevent their feet from burning they have adapted a thermal dance to lift their feet off the hot sand – a front leg and opposite hind leg lifts on a rotational basis. Should it get too hot, the shovel-snouted lizard will dig into the dune sand or run up the dune to the shaded side where temperatures are cooler.

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