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October 18, 2002

Thorny Devil, Australia, 1998

Photograph by Frans Lanting

"With the profile of a dinosaur and the texture of a rose bush, a thorny devil in Alice Springs Desert Park looks like trouble, but this slow-moving, six-inch [15-centimeter] lizard eats only ants. When alarmed, it tucks its head between its legs and offers the lump on its neck—a false head—to predators."

—From "The Variety of Life," February 1999, National Geographic magazine