Bearded Dragons Facts

Bearded Dragons Facts

1. Bearded Dragons are often describe as iguanas or lizards.

2. These gentle beasts are from Australia but are now readily available due to their willingness to breed in captivity.

3. These beautiful creatures are highly recommended for families with small children also due to their seeming love for attention.

4. Bearded dragons are appropriately named because of their beard, an expandable throat pouch with spiky scales. The beard is for both mating and aggression displays.

5. They have a broad, triangular head, round body, stout legs, and a robust tail. Their color depends on the soil of the region they live in, ranging from dull brown to tan with red or gold highlights.

6. The beard is intended to make the lizard look larger to enemies.

7. This lizard has a stocky build. The sides of its body are lined with spines and narrow into a triangular shaped head. More spines cover a pouch around its jaw, which when swelled up, looks like a beard. Their coloration ranges from brown, grey, reddish-brown and even bright orange.

8. Bearded Dragons in the wild will often stand up on their hind legs to run from danger.

9. They have a limited ability to change their color (they can change color).

10. Bobbing the head rapidly and a slightly curved tail tip show aggressiveness.

11. Beardies are common pets and are very docile.

12. Beardies originally come from Australia. They are very cute, but when they are mad they can be scary.

13. Bearded dragons eat veggies such as kale, squash, etc.  They also eat bugs such as crickets, wax worms, super worms, etc.

16. Bearded dragon feces is the size of chihuahua poop.

17. Bearded Dragons are cold-blooded.  They bask under the sun to regulate their body temperature.

18. Bearded Dragons use their muscles to move their limbs.

19. Bearded Dragons are Vertebrates. 

20. That means that they have backbones.

21. Bearded Dragons are very fast. It helps with catching prey. They snatch up the food and devour it quickly.

22. Bearded Dragons have  sharp spines to defend themselves. They puff up their beards to look bigger.

23. Bearded Dragons are the most popular house reptiles in the U.S.  They are exceptionally good with people, too.

24. A baby could even fit in your palm. 

25. Bearded Dragons give birth and then abandoned the babies. They lay 4 batches of eggs

26. Bearded dragons “wave” as a friendly gesture by standing on three legs and moving the fourth one in a circle.

27. Bearded dragons protect themselves from overheating by changing to a lighter color.

28. Bearded dragons’ eggs hatch in 1 to 3 days.

29. Your bearded dragon needs vitamin A and D3 supplement.

30. They’re nicknames are “ Beardies “.

31. Bearded Dragons’ life span is 7-10 years.

32. Beardies are very rare and live in rainforests .

33. Since the 1960’s, Australia has strictly prohibited exports of any native wildlife.

34. They are able to survive on nutrients and fat reserves stored in their large abdomens. They use very little energy in search of food. 

35. During long periods of unfavorable conditions such as when unusually hot or cold, they will dig into the ground and remain dormant (inactive) until conditions improve. 

36. They can lose part of their tail if bitten off, but they can’t detach the tail to avoid predators like some other lizards. 

37. Fireflies are poisonous to bearded dragons, other reptiles, amphibians, and birds.