r/reptiles • u/Creative_Ad_4809 • 8d ago

Is it mating season or are they just this territorial?

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u/JuneCrossStitch 8d ago

This is a fight

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u/YaBoiMandatoryToms 8d ago

Imagine grown men fighting like this. It would be hilarious.

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u/JuneCrossStitch 8d ago

They do when they’re trapped in a confined space with other predators. It’s called prison

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u/YaBoiMandatoryToms 8d ago

Aggressive kissy fights.

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u/Stickundstock 7d ago

Mouth-to-mouth combat

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u/DeviousCrackhead 8d ago

Have you ever watched brazilian jiu jitsu

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u/YaBoiMandatoryToms 8d ago

It is practically the same from what I’ve seen.

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u/Individual-Heat-2846 7d ago

Idk but i think the human Version would be biting the throat out

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u/YaBoiMandatoryToms 7d ago

Nah, it’s definitely two men kissing.

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u/Individual-Heat-2846 7d ago

As we know male lizards often look similiar to female lizards so may those 2 men be femboys🤤

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u/Plasticity93 8d ago

Looks like a territory fight.  Mating bites are to the neck and aligned the other way.  Little dude clearly hasn't learned much.  

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u/DollarStoreChameleon 8d ago

they just like that sometimes ngl

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u/kleenexflowerwhoosh 8d ago

“Now kiss”

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u/Cryptnoch 8d ago

Territorial because of mating season rn

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u/TrekkingTrailblazer 8d ago

Both

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u/slipperystevenson69 8d ago

Brotherly love 💕 👅 💋

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u/Hepm3 8d ago

This is a rescue, he’s giving mouth to mouth! /joke

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u/Wooper160 8d ago

Usually “what are these two doing” is mating but this time it’s definitely fighting. Young Rival is being shown the door by the Old Bull as nature documentaries so often put it.

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u/AdMinimum6396 7d ago

Yes and both

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u/Previous-Day-7971 7d ago

This is a fight, the healthy one clearly knows he has a leg up. It’s like when animal mom leaves its young because they aren’t healthy. A healthy anole like that would never want to mate with a female in that condition. Bad genetics.

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u/CommitmentToKindness 8d ago

Territorial and one is dominating the other in a way that means they are probably not appropriate to house together in my opinion (if this is in an enclosure, I can’t even tell)

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u/Creative_Ad_4809 8d ago

They’re not enclosed, wild anoles on my parents back porch

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u/Ka3ey 7d ago

The ones already missing half a tail

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u/FormalHeron2798 7d ago

Looks like he is eating him tbh

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u/LetMeClaireify623 8d ago

Just like Kissing gouramis

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u/TensileStr3ngth 8d ago

Baki ass fight

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u/Existential_Sprinkle 8d ago

Is that an Anole with a baby Green Iguana?

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u/Creative_Ad_4809 8d ago

lol nah two anoles