Why is my bearded dragon so scared of a car?

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Hazel_Basil10

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Hazel my female two year old beardie
So I let my bearded dragon out yesterday and my brother was just riding his spider man car. When he stopped riding it, she went to go check it out and my brother was about to drive it again and she flattened out, her beard was black/gray and her mouth was open and we weren't sure why until we picked up the car and put it away from her and then she stopped. She goes up to it again and Hissing at the car,Biting the car, opening her mouth, and Beard puffing occurred. We tried other cars and nothing seems to scare her, We hold up the car again and she starts to open her mouth. We even tried my brothers other motored cars(Dont worry, we didn't hit her and injured her.) and she was fine with them but that one car. Why is she scared of one specific motored car and not regular cars or other motored cars? I try to put it up high were she cannot see it, but my brother ends up taking it back out and when she goes out, she ends up going up to the car and shows aggression to the car.

Edit: We also tried other motored remote control things and she just looks at it like ¨What the heck girl¨ so I am very confused of why should be terrified of one car that won´t hurt her
 

CooperDragon

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She probably doesn't really understand any of the cars. They are just big unknown objects. There may be something about the color or shape of the one car that is triggering a defensive response. I'm not really sure there's a way to determine what about that car is causing the response, but since it stresses her out, probably best just to keep that one away from her. These little ones can be quirky sometimes, and I think you just found one of her quirks =)
 

Hazel_Basil10

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Hazel my female two year old beardie
It is bright red and blue and I was thinking since it has a person on the car, she's scared of the person on it and was trying to defend her loved ones from it? I am keeping it away from her though.
 
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