Meet Darla by bkbinthecity

Meet Darla

Today while walking through West Edmonton Mall I met Darla. Darla is part of the Marine and Animal Education Program at the mall. It is is designed to help young people learn about wildlife.
Darla is a Blue Tounged Skink and is native to Australia. It was quite interesting learning about her and being able to pet her as well. Yes she does have a blue tounge which acts as a defensive near sure as it leads predators to think she is poisonous. Apparently coloured tounges on reptiles usually indicates that they are poisonous
Fun shot, Brian! She looks pretty agreeable!
February 8th, 2015  
Whoa.....very nice
February 8th, 2015  
Awesome picture.
February 8th, 2015  
First, I love when you take photos of West Edmonton Mall. I was there on a business trip many years ago and loved it. Very unique mall. Love this shot and the story. Darla is pretty coll. great find and capture!
February 8th, 2015  
What an interesting lizard. Great capture.
February 8th, 2015  
You really got a close shot of her!
February 8th, 2015  
Great close-up Brian.
February 8th, 2015  
Bev
Nice shot. Great close up. I wouldn't have gotten that close! I'd prefer if it were behind glass or something.
February 8th, 2015  
Awesome shot
February 8th, 2015  
so cute - I will look at the color of the tongue before I kiss any reptiles.
February 8th, 2015  
Great capture.
February 8th, 2015  
What a cutie
February 8th, 2015  
aw how cute! what a fragile face
February 8th, 2015  
Amazing! Don't think I have ever seen anything like that.
February 8th, 2015  
It is kind of scary and cute at the same time. I don't know if I would be that brave to have it in the hands.
February 8th, 2015  
Amazing shot and animal
February 8th, 2015  
very cool!
February 8th, 2015  
A fantastic shot
February 8th, 2015  
One of our lovely blue-tongued lizards! Nice shot.
February 8th, 2015  
Beautiful blue tongue lizard. We have one in our garden who visits regularly every year. She lives in our wood shed during the winter and in summer regularly leaves about 12 babies each year. Blue tongues give birth to live young (they don't lay eggs). They can be very tame and definitely keep down our snail population.
February 8th, 2015  
She is huge! Our skinks are all little things. Great shot.
February 8th, 2015  
What a wonderful looking beast. Lovely that they are doing educational visits to malls
February 8th, 2015  
Wow, he is impressive looking. Great capture of him.
February 8th, 2015  
He's great
February 8th, 2015  
Oooo, cool! A good idea to get people interested in wildlife - Lucy
February 8th, 2015  
Darla is a darling (I think!) :)
February 8th, 2015  
Great shot - and a good idea to educate young people about reptiles.
February 8th, 2015  
I love any kind of lizards. Darla is a biggie and what an absolutely delightful shot! Interesting info, too!
February 8th, 2015  
oohp. I know they aren't cold , but give me the shivers all the same
February 8th, 2015  
I am sure she is a lovely girl but not for me holding I'm afraid! I like to look from afar!
February 8th, 2015  
Facinating!
February 8th, 2015  
Very cool shot, but I'm outta here on this one lol
February 8th, 2015  
Mm don't know if I would hold Darla
February 8th, 2015  
Great shot of this interesting and beautiful Lizard
February 8th, 2015  
nice closeup, good detail
February 8th, 2015  
Lovely detail in this closeup of Darla.
February 9th, 2015  
Awesome little pet!
February 9th, 2015  
Lovely little girl. Maybe you can take her home.
February 9th, 2015  
@tstb They did not allow people to hold her just pet her
February 9th, 2015  
@pyrrhula Thank you
February 9th, 2015  
@hjbenson Thanks Harry
February 9th, 2015  
@tristansmum Glad you enjoyed it Stephanie
February 9th, 2015  
@ladydi53 She was quite nice
February 9th, 2015  
@kathiecb Melody would move out if I did
February 9th, 2015  
@cathieg She really was
February 9th, 2015  
@eyesmile She really was
February 9th, 2015  
@agedrunner Thanks Richard
February 9th, 2015  
@susanalena Thanks Susan
February 9th, 2015  
@anazad511 Thanks Ana
February 9th, 2015  
@cejaanderson Well they were standing behind a table so she was very close
February 9th, 2015  
@paulam Thanks Paula
February 9th, 2015  
@prttblues It was quite interesting being that close
February 9th, 2015  
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri
February 9th, 2015  
@myhrhelper Good idea
February 9th, 2015  
@sabanford Thanks Shirley
February 9th, 2015  
@777margo Yes she is
February 9th, 2015  
@annika82 She was quite nice
February 9th, 2015  
@congaree Glad I could show you
February 9th, 2015  
@czechinjapan Well they allowed people to pet her but not hold her
February 9th, 2015  
@hjv Thanks Hubregt
February 9th, 2015  
@nicoleterheide Glad you like it
February 9th, 2015  
@thresheg Thanks Graham
February 9th, 2015  
@bella_ss Thanks glad to share this one
February 9th, 2015  
@onewing Wow that is interesting to learn
February 9th, 2015  
@mbemis Thanks Mannie
February 9th, 2015  
@salza It is very educational
February 9th, 2015  
@mittens Thanks Marilyn
February 9th, 2015  
@julienne1 For sure
February 9th, 2015  
@fishers It is a great idea for sure
February 9th, 2015  
@ivan She really is
February 9th, 2015  
@dolphin A great idea
February 9th, 2015  
@cimes1 Glad I shared this one
February 9th, 2015  
@june Melody can't even look at them
February 9th, 2015  
@happypat They did not let people hold them just pet them
February 9th, 2015  
@sianb Glad you liked it
February 9th, 2015  
@miata2u Good thing it is just a picture
February 9th, 2015  
That's pretty big
February 10th, 2015  
Very cool close up!
February 10th, 2015  
Very cool shot Brian. I've never seen one of those before
February 10th, 2015  
@jnadonza It certainly was
February 11th, 2015  
@harbie Glad you enjoyed this Harbie
February 11th, 2015  
@helstor Glad to share this one with you
February 11th, 2015  
Good shot! It's good to know that about reptiles, although finding me close enough to one so that I could tell if its tongue was colored or not will probably not happen within the 1,000 years!
February 12th, 2015  
@olivetreeann You and Melody think alike
February 12th, 2015  
How interesting, don't think I've ever seen one of those.
February 12th, 2015  
@paulaw Glad I shared this in that case
February 13th, 2015  
Cool
February 14th, 2015  
@miley89 Glad you like it
March 6th, 2015  
what a cool creature. Thanks for sharing this with us. She looks like she'd be fun to touch because her skin is so smooth.
March 13th, 2015  
@creativeaddict Her skin was quite hard not as smooth as one would think
March 13th, 2015  
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