If all else fails, some horned lizards have a remarkable — and truly bizarre — defense: they shoot blood from their eyes. It’s not just an act, either. It’s an actual, biological technique ...

The short-horned lizard is often referred to as ... kingdom’s most bizarre defensive mechanisms: they shoot blood from their eyes. The ominous squirting blood emanates from ducts in the corners ...

Opossum uses its defense mechanism of 'playing dead' when it feels threatened. It collapses, emits a foul odour, and becomes ...

The horned lizard has developed a bunch of amazing ... This lizard can actually squirt blood out of its eyes, shooting it up ...

It’s time for this column to retire to the beach under a shaded umbrella (although we still harbor hopes of producing a book ...

Base color is tan, orange-brown, or reddish brown and typically matches the sand on which the lizard lives; the back is marked with rows of dark, circular blotches. HABITAT: The flat-tailed horned ...

Their “triangular” heads have yellowish eyes and a “blueish gray” tongue. A row of “dagger-like spines” runs down their backs. A close-up view of an Acanthosaura cuongi, or Cuong’s horned tree lizard.