Desert Wildlife ?

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    So I had a week off in the USA & spent a day at Red Rock Canyon just ouside Las Vegas. Its looking quite lush at the moment, depsite a distinct lack of rain:
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    and I spotted these cuties which makes a change from the normal Lizards & Beetles:
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    Strangely much cuter when safely out of nibbling range of my garden !

    Not that lizards arent cute too:
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      A beautiful lizard, a Purple Backed Spiny Lizard and cute Mule Deer.:dbgrtmb:
      It was 42c when we went to Vegas a few years ago, too hot to venture out of the strip!
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