Bearded dragon lizard playing Ant Crusher on cellphone

December 14, 2011 10:59 AM

Bearded dragon lizard playing Ant Crusher on cellphone. (SLYT)
posted by swift (31 comments total)

I almost feel bad because she's so clearly like, "WHY DON'T THESE TASTE GOOD?" But I'm sure she gets treats afterward. So cute!
posted by WidgetAlley at 11:00 AM on December 14, 2011 [6 favorites]

the delights me far beyond my capacity to express with mere words. prancing needs to be involved somehow.
posted by elizardbits at 11:04 AM on December 14, 2011 [11 favorites]

I love that she keeps looking like 'This is what you want, right? I'm doing okay, right? This is really weird.'
posted by shakespeherian at 11:05 AM on December 14, 2011 [19 favorites]

YES
posted by beefetish at 11:14 AM on December 14, 2011

It even avoids the bees! (for the most part)
posted by Think_Long at 11:23 AM on December 14, 2011

"Where the fuck are my tasty ant guts, mammal? What is wrong with these ants??"
posted by Jilder at 11:23 AM on December 14, 2011 [3 favorites]

LCI - Lizard-computer interaction.
posted by carter at 11:24 AM on December 14, 2011

This is correct.
posted by KHAAAN! at 11:24 AM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

That's nothing, I made an angry bird play Angry Birds. OK it was just a pigeon that pecked at my screen until it shattered and then flew away, but whatever.
posted by naju at 11:28 AM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

I tried to get my gardenia to play Plants vs. Zombies, but she's just terrible at it.
posted by oulipian at 11:39 AM on December 14, 2011 [15 favorites]

My beardie used to attack my character on World of Warcraft, or any actress with dark hair if I was watching a TV show.
posted by Drumhellz at 11:41 AM on December 14, 2011

This is the saddest thing I've ever seen. That's me. That lizard is me!
posted by dirtdirt at 11:42 AM on December 14, 2011 [20 favorites]

There are games I play and things I do every day involving a touch screen and I had an existential moment watching this where I realized that this bearded dragon lizard could play those games and do those things just as well - nay, better - than I do.

I've become George Jetson.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:50 AM on December 14, 2011 [8 favorites]

This is the best thing that has ever been and will ever be on the internet.
posted by phunniemee at 12:03 PM on December 14, 2011 [3 favorites]

this was my final lesson to never, ever crap "I just wanted to say that I can't bring myself to click on that" into a thread.

That was the best thing I've seen.. on this rectangle, anyway.. all month.
posted by herbplarfegan at 12:19 PM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

It's interesting how she keeps zapping away, no matter how often she doesn't actually get to eat an ant. It feels like I should say that this is epitomizes some human behavior, but I can't choose just one.
posted by benito.strauss at 12:29 PM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

Honey badger would just eat the phone. Honey badger don't give a shit.
posted by not_on_display at 12:34 PM on December 14, 2011 [11 favorites]

It's interesting how she keeps zapping away, no matter how often she doesn't actually get to eat an ant. It feels like I should say that this is epitomizes some human behavior, but I can't choose just one.

...you say as another FPP appears and you click all the yummy links inside.
posted by swift at 12:41 PM on December 14, 2011 [2 favorites]

That's great!
posted by sfred at 12:48 PM on December 14, 2011

my bearded dragon did not seem to find the humor in this video but he is a dour sort
posted by beefetish at 12:53 PM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

This is like watching my one-eyed, bi-tailed genetic affront to God play Spore.
posted by Navelgazer at 12:56 PM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

I swear one of my opponents on Words With Friends is a lizard.
posted by orme at 1:13 PM on December 14, 2011 [2 favorites]

Very, very best of the Web.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 1:36 PM on December 14, 2011 [2 favorites]

My day just got so much better. Gosh, beardies are the best.
posted by emilycardigan at 1:41 PM on December 14, 2011

Oulipan said I tried to get my gardenia to play Plants vs. Zombies, but she's just terrible at it

and I favorited his comment because I thought it said grandma not gardenia.
posted by Lou Stuells at 2:00 PM on December 14, 2011 [4 favorites]

Who else was rooting for her to get that fat bug that was buzzing all over the place? She was clearly hella keen on it but it was too wily.
posted by tumid dahlia at 2:26 PM on December 14, 2011

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posted by 0rison at 4:52 PM on December 14, 2011 [1 favorite]

This was posted on my herp society's forums, but I did not watch it until now. And oh, I should have! That was adorable!

See, I can't get my snakes to do anything that cool at all.
posted by Because at 7:15 AM on December 15, 2011

Well, might as well go to bed right now. That's clearly the best thing that will happen to me today.
posted by troublewithwolves at 10:44 AM on December 15, 2011

Do not taunt the African Bull Frog
posted by homunculus at 1:31 PM on December 21, 2011 [3 favorites]

Came here to add the frog link, beaten to it by homunculus ! RESPECT TEH FRORG.
posted by The otter lady at 4:50 PM on December 22, 2011