Contrary to what you may hear in the news, violence and crimes against persons are not a recent phenomenon. Even back in the Mesozoic Era, some concerned citizens took to wearing body armor full-time. In the epochs following most have become one with their protective hides. Meet a few of the pragmatic survivors.

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Cyrano de Beardi, a young bearded dragon is my pet. I got him as a gift from Michelle. His pastime of choice is doing nothing. He makes an exception at feeding times: his larger T-Rex relatives must have behaved thus at meal-time.
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Unlike his illustrious namesake, Cyrano is far less vicious than his jagged looks would suggest. Most of the spikes are quite soft. Fortunately for him, he's sure of regular meals and fanatical loyalty from his people.	[90mm macro]
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Cyrano has excellent vision. His independently articulated vision ports can pick up a cricket as far as a meter away. Unfortunately, not unlike knights or tanks, he spends much of the time buttoned up.	Hi-res [90mm macro with 58mm reversed]
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In practical terms that means that he must rely on his mediocre ears and scary but thin armor for survival. Fortunately for him (and unfortunately for the cat), I take the dragon's side.
Hi-res [90mm macro]	Lately, that feeling of safety has gone to the lizard's head. He began lurking above the cat's probably paths, much like Robin Hood had once loitered in hopes of scoring confirmed kills. The ultimate outcome of such an encounter must be left to imagination...for now.
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While de Biass the Monitor appears melancholic and relaxed, his thought process is anything but. Currently he is regretting the need to tolerate humans feeding him...but only until he grows to 1.5 meters and can tear them limb from limb, shredding their soft skin with claws and ripping tasty guts out. In short, he'd make a perfect public office holder.
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The skink, comonly known as Hey, Butt-ugly!, shows that Toulouse-Lautrec was far from the worst visual effect Nature can produce. The plate-armored iguana, Nobunaga, is little better -- but few dare to comment.

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