Is it a large insect, or a small lizard? I haven’t a clue.
In my youth I should have paid more attention in science class. Then I would be able to classify this creature I crossed paths with on Monday.
Perhaps I could have figured it out if I had examined it more closely, but I was trying not to be intrusive. Picking it up could have triggered a heart attack – though I don’t know if insects or lizards have hearts.
Whatever it is, it was colorful.
[…] Last week, when I ran across what I think was a lizard, at least the animal was moving at a reasonable pace. With a snail though, progress was at what I can only describe as a snail’s pace. Which is why I wonder if it has actually managed to cross the path yet. […]