Sand "Surfing"

quildarling · Sep 27, 2019

Hello! I read in a screenshot from another thread that beardies sometimes "surf" on sand dunes in the wild to get down them. I can't find anything online to substantiate this claim. Does anyone have any links to videos or other references to them doing this?

CooperDragon · Sep 27, 2019

I haven't heard of this happening. While their native habitat is quite large, I don't think much of it (if any) includes areas with dunes. From what I've seen, a lot of it is scrub areas with tall grass, leaf litter, rock outcrops, and some trees. In the southern part of their habitat they are found hanging out in vineyards basking on the grape vines.

williamk34 · Sep 28, 2019

In bearded dragons I have never heard of that sort of behavior in the wild that's more common with sand monitors and different species of snakes. I know sand monitors will do it as an ambush tactic they will use their powerful tails to shoot themselves out from the sand in Africa and ride down the sand dunes kind of like surfing but I have never actually heard it referred to as sand surfing.

AHBD · Sep 28, 2019

There are sand monitors [ goannas ] in Australia and there are desert monitors in Africa . Both live in sandy areas , as do many beardies but I'll have to search for a desert monitor in Africa surfing a dune !

Drache613 · Oct 2, 2019

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