Blue Tongue Skink, Cairns
One of the coolest denizens of the Cairns Wildlife Dome was this blue tongue skink. Apparently, predators are generally wary of eating blue things, so the lizards stick out their tongues when threatened.
Taken on October 11, 2009 at 01:10PM with a Olympus Imaging Corp. - E-620 f/4 at 1/160sec (iso 320), focal length: 70mm
