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00:00 This is a male lizard.
00:02 It looks like a tropical creature, but it does live in the dunes of Great Britain.
00:11 It is looking for food.
00:20 A burdon that doesn't suspect anything.
00:28 This doesn't happen very often.
00:30 The lizard must approach without being noticed.
00:34 Fortunately, the burdon is too busy to go to the toilet.
00:39 The powerful jaws of the lizard immobilize the prey.
00:47 Its tongue retracts to avoid being stung.
00:55 A meal of this size deserves to take some risks.
00:58 Like all reptiles, the lizard of the strains depends entirely on the outside temperature to produce heat.
01:12 It cannot generate it itself.
01:14 A sun bath in the dunes allows it to warm up and digest its meal.
01:22 Its cryptic patterns have two functions.
01:24 The camouflage marks that run along its back allow it not to be seen by predators.
01:28 While its flanks of a bright green indicate to the rival male that it is in good shape.
01:34 And that's a good thing, because it's breeding season.
01:38 To find a partner, it will have to get out of its hideout.
01:45 Slow and exposed, it's an easy prey on the sand.
01:48 But it has spotted the smell of a female and it knows it's on the right track.
01:56 Even when you live in the sand, climbing the dunes is not easy.
02:04 It's a little bit like a mountain.
02:09 In the wild, climbing the dunes is not easy.
02:12 Especially when they are more than 30 meters high.
02:17 Among the herbs, it sees the source of the detected smell.
02:31 A female that is lurking in the sun.
02:37 It's not her luck, but something is waking the female.
02:41 A falcon kressrell, the lizard's biggest predator.
02:47 In the face of its worst nightmare, the female runs to shelter.
02:53 The falcon kressrell approaches and the male is still undiscovered.
03:05 Even the fastest lizard in Great Britain does not weigh in front of this aerial athlete.
03:09 Its only chance is to shelter.
03:13 While gliding, the falcon kressrell tries to stabilize its sight to locate its prey.
03:33 The fugitive must remain still.
03:35 It worked.
03:40 But it's not today that our lizard will find the prey.
03:45 [Footsteps]
03:47 (electronic sounds)