... smaller and territorial lizards practice polygamy, while the larger species and those with overlapping home ranges practice monogamy. The methodology adopted by Bull was random capture. For each capture, the lizard location, sex, weight and snout-vent length were recorded. Records were studied to figure out when pairing was observed. Further, mating in lizards was also studied by following individual lizards ... female for over 8 weeks when she was only receptive for 10 days as females were not passive partners. As a result, it was hypothesized that maintenance of monogamy in the sleepy...

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... , and the use of free verse and interior monologue suggests that the author has been abusing intoxicants. The author describes himself smoking "shiny horse chestnuts" in "green lizard silence." This bizarre imagery and description of events in the author's childhood support the ideas of both having a very young character in the poem and the drug abuse. It ... ...

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