Intruding Orange vs Blue: "I Am So BAAAD: Really, I Am"

When you put an Orange on a Blue Males Turf, the Blue is intimidated by just the color. Orange is a "badge of status" the signifies to the blue that the lizard is pretty tough in battle. Thus, Blues take a long time to work up the "courage" to come in a pick a fight. This male bobbed for nearly 10 minutes before finally coming in to pick a fight. The slow action of Blues is in stark contrast to the rapid fire attacks of oranges against blues, or oranges against orange.


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