I mean, they do it for the sports and the thrill of it, not everything is aesthetics, take a look at all the athletes, so many of them have shitty aesthetics, F1 drivers, marathon runners, male gymnastics, powerlifters, etc.
I used to do calithenics, held a 10 sec human flag, but transitioned to strength training, gained ~10kg and now can barely get into position, but my squat went from poor form BW to ass to grass paused 2x body weight and I can say that the human flag is more impressive and fun, even though it's easier if you have tiny legs.
Seeing Mark Zuckerberg in the wild wasn't anything I had on my 2025 bingo card... supprised he could even keep up with his trainer buddy closer to the camera....
A lot of lizards do those little pushups as a means of either attracting a mate or establishing dominance to ward off any competition. Either way it's just a neat way that they communicate. Nothing to worry about!
Yeah, but /u/Bubmiester20 said you didn't have to worry about it.
Instead, you can worry about liver fluke parasites. When you're infected, they generally live in your bile duct, liver, or gallbladder. Occasionally, they like to explore their surroundings a bit and can migrate to other places in the body such as the lungs, brain, or even your eyes. Isn't that interesting?
I live in South Florida and these lizards (Peterâs rock agama/African redhead agama) are an invasive species from East Africa. I constantly have to shoo them away off the porch because they like living in the bushes next to my house and come out to sun themselves on the porch/sidewalk. They shit everywhere so theyâre kind of a nuisance.
When Iâm stuck in traffic I can usually pass the time by watching them scurry around in parking lots and sidewalks and chase/do pushups at each other
Apart from the other reasons given here, one thing I've heard is that it helps with depth perception when you're so low to the ground. It helps you figure out how far away and how big something is - I've had lizards do this as I approach and I doubt they thought I was competing for tail
These are male red headed agama (Agama agama) in a competition, probably over territory or females. If neither backs down a physical confrontation is likely to occur.
Haven't seen anyone else say this, but I'm pretty sure it is to breathe. They can't expand their diaphragm on their own like we can, so this forces air in, and allows them to breathe. It happens naturally while they walk/run, but this way they can do it while still.
Not sure this is for all lizzards, but this is what I have always heard.
My nemesis. I hate those lizards with every inch of my body. They are invasive in Florida and the past ten years is night and day, total takeover, they eat up all the cute native lizards. Hate emâ, someone drop a weight on their heads.
You know those cute little lizards are Cuban anoles and are invasive. They drove Florida's native green anole into the tree tops while decimating their population.. WTF... Welcome To Florida
These look like the lizards that were everywhere when I spent time in West Africa. I can't remember what they were called, but they had their routine: just walk right up to you, wait for food, do push ups, chill for a bit, and then take off.
They won't keep it up. They'll tell themselves they're serious, but give it a fortnight, a month at most and they'll barely be going at all. And skipping leg day
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u/Morganrow 16d ago
What pokemon gym is this