FEB 5, reptiles: brown (Bahaman) anoles

verse in honour of 'Dr. JJ', whose love of life included comedy, satire, and the music of poetry ...

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Herpetologic Verse: Limericks about Reptiles' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

Further reading? See this interesting article: 

Y. Stuart et al., “Rapid evolution of a native species following invasion by a congener,” Science, doi: 10.1126/science.1257008, 2014.

Incidental Photo:

two hippy-haired bros, Dec 1976