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Bearded Dragon Running Away
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[QUOTE="ChileanTaco, post: 2045637, member: 118921"] Pretty likely you triggered your dragon's "run away" instinct. Yes, the grey spot on top of the head is exactly that. Here is more info, including photos, on this special photorezeptor: [URL unfurl="true"]https://dragonsdiet.com/blogs/dragon-care/yes-bearded-dragons-have-a-third-eye-here-are-the-facts[/URL] By bending over and grabbing him you very well simulated a predator grabbing him... It's an instinct to then run away (I would imagine it feels for them somewhat like it feels for us humans when there is something we consider as a sensation that frightens us, e.g. somebody clapping near the ear and we react immediately without thinking first). Some older dragons understand there is actually never something bad happening and just don't do that anymore - my dragon, when I accidentally pass my hand over him or bend down, looks but does not appear to be frightened and doesn't run. When he was younger, he did. (I would imagine this being similar to when a human gets used to a sound, movement, touch that initially triggered the "drop everything and move your head in that direction!" reaction.) [/QUOTE]
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