We end the series on reptiles with a human interaction with a reptile – a Cobra snake!
Snake charming is the practice of appearing to hypnotize a snake by playing and waving around an instrument called a pungi. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand. We found this snake charmer on a street in New Delhi, India.
A different and unique version of a reptile – a colorful display of reptile lanterns, an iguana at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
A colorful display of reptile lanterns – a chameleon and an iguana – at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – Colorful Chameleon
Chinese Lantern Festival – Colorful Iguana
Ecuador Amazon – Perfectly Camouflaged
This colorful lizard hides among the foliage of plants in the Amazon jungle
Galapagos Tortoise in the Wild
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise and 13th-heaviest living reptile, reaching weights of over 400 kg (880 lb.) and lengths of over 1.8 meters (5.9 ft). With life spans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates.
If you enlarge this image, the designs on the shell are interesting.