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What to do if there’s a blue-tongue lizard in your backyard (www.environment.sa.gov.au)
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For any non-Aussie reading this, I'd like to confuse & inform you that we affectionately call this lizard a 'Bluey'.

They're pretty iconic and different species of Bluey live in many parts of Australia. This article is from South Australia but the general information applies to all blueys. I used to have one in my backyard when I lived in Sydney. It got used to seeing me walking around and was happy just to relax on a rock. Where I live now I've got bearded dragons and I'll do a post on them sometime soon.

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[–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

To make matters more baffling we have blue heeler cattle herding dogs (which is the breed that cartoon Bluey and her family are), and we also call hard-working rural people blue heelers and have called an Aussie police drama "Blue Heelers'

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