Mo - we have some lizards out here in Southern California called Alligator Lizards and they really do kinda look like little gators. The Western fence Lizard looks a like a gator too and they will snap at you if you pick them up.

I know this of course because of my marmalade cat who I call a variety of names depending upon my mood. Today she's fatso but I mean that in the most endearing way! She's not so much fat as she is simply gigantic.

She went through a phase where she was smacking the tails off all the lizards in the neighborhood. When she got all their tails off, she'd sometimes grab the lizards themselves to play with and bring the terrified fellas into the house. I learned about the fence lizards tendency to snap by having to rescue a few of them from Fatso's eveil clutches.

At least Inky doesn't go for lizards. he restricts himself to mice, rats, large water bugs and his evil nemesis, Clarke The Cat from the next street over. Clarke is distantly related to Freddy Krueger and once nearly succeeded in ripping Inky's left ear off. Thankfully, our heroic Vet was able to sew it up and Inky's no worse for the wear.