The Texas horned lizard is a vicious little critter with the greatest defense mechanism known to lizardkind—as a last resort, they'll strike their enemies with a stream of blood shot straight from their eye. | Great Big Story

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The Peyote sanctuary of deep South Texas horn toad | Benito Villarreal

Baby Horned Lizard 🦎 also known as horny toads or horntoads, are a genus of North American lizards and the type genus of the family Phrynosomatidae. The Horned Lizard has an interesting defence mechanism. By closing off certain blood vessels, the horned lizard abruptly increases the blood pressure in its head. This ruptures capillaries near the corners of its eyes and a jet of blood squirts from each, as far as 1.5 metres (five feet). In a single squirt, the lizard can lose a third of its total

The horned lizard gets its name from the crown of spikes on its head — but that’s only the beginning. From camouflage magic to blood-squirting defenses, it’s one of the desert’s most remarkable little creatures. #WildlifeFacts #NatureWonder #DesertCreatures #DidYouKnow #HornedLizard Text – factual information Voiceover & visuals – AI assisted | Earth Unreal