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Yes, this Lizard is real, alive, and not stoned.

laist.com — And - you guessed it - found in Hollywood, where everyone (and everything) is laid back.

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  • Enochyang, on 10/10/2007, -28/+6"Now I can say I've truly seen it all!" ditto
  • CMaff24, on 10/10/2007, -0/+213I wonder where lizard psychiatrists get such small furniture?
    • DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+71IKEA
    • clothmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26You should see the lizards he trained to MAKE the furniture. :)
    • kushed, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13For some reason i thought of Pinky when I read your comment
  • jumbalia, on 10/26/2007, -6/+467well that does it, now I HAVE to switch to Geico
    • usherzx, on 10/10/2007, -35/+11except that is an iguana
      • shiv68, on 10/10/2007, -5/+64Nobody likes a know it all.
      • da_bradler, on 10/10/2007, -3/+34This is America! things are what we say they are.
      • hiPpymIck, on 10/10/2007, -12/+2except this is Digg - so we always like the truest facts
        • zengonzo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21I prefer truish facts. Facts that sound good to me and my existing sensibilities.
          • j3one, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Hell yah, It's Friday. Now someone say it's 5pm...
          • MellerTime, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14It's always 5:00 somewhere...
      • n0t0kayipr0mis3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Now i want Geico just to piss you off.
    • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -41/+6Geico is owned by Rupert Murdock (aka News Corporation and MySpace). It is marketed to 20-somethings with mediocre driving records and is expensive compared with other insurers. So have fun paying extra while supporting MySpace.
      • emjaymj, on 10/10/2007, -1/+35Don't know where you get your info, but Geico is owned by Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, and has car insurance rates that are below average for the industry. Nice try though.
        • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3oops, must have missed my coffee this morning ::kicks self::
        • rarson, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Sorry, but "better than average" is a pretty blanket statement when it comes to insurance.

          Some things that will affect how much you pay:
          Age of the driver
          Members of the household
          How many cars they insure
          Whether you have homeowners insurance with them or not
          Driving record
          What kind of car you drive

          There's a lot more, but the point is, Geico can save some people money while costing other people more money. No one insurance company is always the cheapest, that's just a myth they like to perpetuate so that they can suck you in based on one low rate that they give you.
          • emjaymj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Of course it's a blanket statement, and some drivers will be paying more. I didn't mean to imply Geico is better across the board. But samples taken from hundreds of different people across different insurance companies places Geico at a better than average rate for a majority of drivers. It's not a perfect analysis, but short of looking at the rates of everybody in the world and coming to a conclusion without any summarizing, you're not going to arrive at a much sounder conclusion.
          • jmorrin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6why did I read all of these
        • Nihilady, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1And the multi-line discount they are offering is NOT from the same company, they are basically acting as an independent agent in that respect. Most people have no clue what company is actually doing the insurance on their house when they sign up for Geico.
    • Mark4483, on 10/10/2007, -2/+34wow guys, this was a joke..
    • paulofmandown, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3I thought it was funny
    • ndawg25, on 10/10/2007, -9/+215 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance.
    • elainemak1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0yeah, but then to get anything done, you have to wait on hold for like an hour.
    • indescription, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Haha I did and I saved $200/yr. I thought it was so hilarious that I called my friends and said "Hey, I just switched to geico and saved $200 a year"

      I had to convince them that I was in fact, real, alive, and not stoned.
  • HottisHiatus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+88That's an amazing little sofa
  • Haidoken, on 10/10/2007, -4/+26do they never let the Geico mascot rest? He'll end up the same as the Taco Bell chihuahua
    • Reziarfg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+42Dead in a back alley, nose encrusted in cocaine?
      • j3one, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Dont forget the Detroit hooker on end of that leash...
    • clothmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Castrated?
    • whymanwhy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Make a run for the border
  • quomen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+81Is that Simon Cowell in the background?
    • louiemantia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Simon Cowell is not the _only_ one that wears a black t-shirt.
    • tw12lve, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1haha, I read that comment and said "holy *****, that did look like simon cowell"
    • boredallas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nope, the man boobs are too small.
  • has2k1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+93That is one bad ass lizard.
  • JenadaeXX, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3After just showing this to my parents I've come to learn that this is a piece from an artist that does full sets of many different animals in human like poses. Does anyone know the name?
  • Shootfast, on 10/10/2007, -17/+14If the internet says it's real, It MUST be!
  • thailand1972, on 10/10/2007, -1/+83A real lounge lizard
  • purewwfrage, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3that lizard's neck looks like Yasser Arafat's keffiyeh.
  • psuth1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28....with my mind on my money, and my money on my mind.
  • ballitis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28...and here we have Raptor Jesus's sermon on the chase lounge...
  • tizz66, on 10/10/2007, -11/+1It's law #78 of the interwebs that if something says 'This is 100% real, I promise!', it's the biggest crock of them all.
  • Ifligus, on 10/10/2007, -37/+3Ahhh! Attack of the lol-lizards!!!

    I'M ON UR SOFA, MACKIN YOUR GRANNY
  • SohailKhanifar, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7http://laist.com/attachments/la_zach/lizardlean.jp ...
    • SohailKhanifar, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Wrong link. Digg me down, the correct one is below.
    • psmonteiro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Lizard Lean is a good name for a bad rap song
  • brianmario, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24wait, did you just refer to LA and "laid back" in the same sentance?
    Clearly you've never been there...
    Let alone driven a car there ;)
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+6LA is pretty laid back until you get on the freeway.
    • enginbeering, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Still more laid back than Boston or New York. Those drivers are crazy.
  • SpyderZ, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4o.O Assuming it is real... I wonder what the Lizard's "Thinking"... ;P
    • drachemorder, on 10/10/2007, -3/+49Lizards have no capacity for any thoughts more complex than "what will I eat next?" "Who will I have sex with next?" and "How fast can I run away from danger?"

      Much like the French.
  • SohailKhanifar, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4www.todaysplanet.com/pg/beta/lizardlover/
  • leighmac, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1That guy spent 3 months teaching 5 lizards to lay on a tiny couch... that's 15 months well spent.
    • Mizuno, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0He does that for a living. And why would you think he trains one lizard every three months, and not all 5 lizards at once?
      • leighmac, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1He would have to have at least 10 arms to train them all at once.. think about it. You'd need 2 arms to catch each lizard. I think it's really cool what he does for a living.. how funny is that photo amazing!
        • AgentMull, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I doubt he trains each one 24 hours a day for 3 months. Its probably an hour a day. So he spends 5 hours a day training 5 lizards for 3 months.
    • audaciousgenre, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I don't know what you're talking about, that is definitely the coolest way to get paid for 15 months.
  • lalanis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5IKEA?
  • lynx77, on 10/10/2007, -2/+159This is real, the guy does this for a living.

    I've seen these lizards dressed up with shades on in all kind of poses (riding bikes, hoovering etc).

    You gotta bring the body temperature of the lizard down to make them sleepy and then with a bit of training you can mold them into any position you want.

    If only women were like that.
    • disc, on 10/10/2007, -3/+122"You gotta bring the body temperature of the lizard down to make them sleepy and then with a bit of training you can mold them into any position you want.

      If only women were like that."

      You and I are clearly not picking up our women in the same places... Every chick I've met at the morgue has been like the lizard.
  • OlaV15, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26Is that just me, or does the lizard has a very self-pleased expression on its face?
  • HumanRecall, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1To bad they aren't real as i have owned 2 of these in my life time as well as friends and they are very skittish !!


    You look at the pic where the women is holding up the basket and the position of the lizard has changed
    http://www.todaysplanet.com/pg/beta/lizardlover/pi ...

    Sorry that thing would have been zinging off that basket in a flash
  • jojamo, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2That looks like a female Asian Water Dragon. They are extremely high-strung. I can't believe this one is so chilled out.
  • davidwasman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11backup on his Flickr - http://flickr.com/photos/borrowed/1415360678/
  • zango, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9as seen on the Ripley's Believe It Or Not tv show.

    its real.
  • polkadotdotdot, on 10/10/2007, -7/+5It is real. I saw them and took pictures myself!
    more: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogchick/tags/igua ...
    • Frecklefoot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5FYI: Correct URL has "iguana" at the end, not just "igua".
  • MerryMortician, on 10/10/2007, -12/+9does it blend?
  • monkeyspearfish, on 10/10/2007, -6/+30Bit cruel. You can manipulate lizards by lying them on their backs. By doing so their breathing rate slows and they enter a sort of trance like state due to a reduced amount of oxygen. Effectively they become paralysed and can be made to do anything. It's like date raping a lizard. I sicken my self with my analogies sometimes...
    • yfguitarist, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Complete myth. He explains why on his site.
    • sipsyrup, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3youre confusing them with sharks. if you flip over a shark it will go into a trance. i know this, shark week told me.
  • Dhalgren, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Cold blooded creatures get their energy from outside sources. If you lower their body temperature, they have less energy. My dad used to do this when he caught a snake he wanted to get pictures of. He'd throw them in the ice chest for awhile, take them out, and then take a bunch of pictures before they warmed back up.
  • hangtown2004, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Whats the lizards stage name? Cool Breeze?
  • RedHerringHack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Hey, hand me the remote, will ya. And bring me a beer.
    • mozillaman0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Sudo bring me a beer.
      That might work better
  • Rfriaz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Gex?
  • catfish182, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I guess pimping is easy after all.
  • ucuntu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Thats a Chinese Water Dragon, not an iguana. Had like 3 water dragons when I was a kid, so I should know.

    They do get pretty relaxed when theyre facing that way, but only because their oxygen supply cuts off, so its pretty cruel doing that I think.
  • psiloinc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It's not an Iguana, it's a Chinese Water Dragon. I guarantee you that.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Water_Dragon
    I used to have dozens of them when I ran a petstore. He's right, when their body temperatures are low they can be manipulated endlessly.

  • DariusMDeV, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nice Cloaca
  • shinedout, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Awesome shot...but
    Did the terrible grammer in the paragraph below the photo bother anyone else?
    • filefly, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Did the terrible spelling in the paragraph above this comment bother anyone else? ;-)
  • marcomman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3His name is Henry Lizardlover and he does do this for a living. He had it changed according to this page: http://www.todaysplanet.com/pg/beta/lizardlover/
    • With, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I just checked out the photographer's site. I suppose he's a legitimate reptile keeper, to my surprise. I'd hate to think that these guys are being exposed to temperatures outside of their required temperature gradient day after day. According to anapsid,org, for a water dragon that's at least 84 F ambient with a basking spot of 90. Reptiles need to be able to thermoregulate for overall health, and especially digestion. Without the opportunity for the animal to bask, food can rot right in the gut. Stress and cooler temperatures will affect the immune system. Sudden extreme changes in temperature can cause respiratory infections. Reptiles can be extraordinarily hardy, but proper temperatures absolutely should be at the top of every keeper's list. Otherwise, your pet hasn't got a prayer.

      Reptiles shouldn't be considered throwaway pets. They can accept you as a neutral part of their environment, and therefore act tame and even inquisitive. But they don't "like" you, and I still don't buy that they like to "chill out" on miniature couches. I just incurred $900 in vet bills for my skink because I THOUGHT he MIGHT have a problem. (He's fine, but I'd do it again in a second if his health were in danger.)

      Dude's message is nice, but I don't really agree with the approach. It just perpetuates the attitude that reptiles are fun novelties. It's great if people start to think they are cute. Maybe animal advocacy groups will start to care about them, too. It's not so great if people continue to buy "cute" iguanas and believe that they won't grow if they keep them in a 20g terrarium. Or if they buy that "sweet" beardie and end up with its "sweet" entrails boiled on a malfunctioning hot rock.
  • TheKarmaPolice, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18does anyone else see the new fad other than me?

    lolizards.

    "Lizzard r not amused."
    • staffrocket, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Sat back and roflcoptered for a second and came to the same conclusion.
  • OniDracula, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Actually police here:
    It's actually an iguana
  • chowderdick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2"And - you guessed it - found in Hollywood, where everyone (and everything) is laid back." -Douchebag
    • joessandwich, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Hey, I live in Hollywood and I take that as a compliment! Being laid back is much better than being high strung.
  • SmileZ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0anyone know his number i need to get car insurance
  • motherwell, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Everyone in Hollywood is definitely NOT laid back. There is nothing laid back about the film industry. It is a hectic, stressful, demanding job that will suck the life out of you and leave you jaded and soulless. The pay is also excellent.
    • Lyght, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1There are film studios in Hollywood?

      Most are in Burbank. Common misconception.
    • joessandwich, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0That's not true, I'm paid pretty crappy.
  • papavb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5"Now I can say I've truly seen it all!"

    Have you ever seen an ant eating its own head?
  • Jadix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15hollywood is NOT "laid back".

    if by laid back you mean coked out, then yes...its "laid back"
  • identifiedlogo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1great!!! now we made lizards Lazy!!!
  • nappymonster, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0"I swear on my life this is 100% real"

    Get me a knife then...
  • tooweighmirror, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I guess the Geico Gecko has some competition.
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