Mother nature has an endless cabinet of curiosities for the zoologist, from eerie camouflages to spider cannibalism, but some things are so strange, it stands out even among the freakish.
The horned lizard has a formidable defense system, its back covered with a shell lined with sharp spikes that would be painful for any predator to chew on.
When threatened, the horned lizard can also puff up its body to twice its usual size to scare off predators and leap up to make ferocious gestures.
