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J. Rodgers -1940
Utastanoburiana
Feb.29 Mrs.Vert ZooL, Univ. Calif.,Berkeley,Alameda Co.Cal.
which it was standing, then it drew back
to a more alert position. I disturbed it by
reaching toward it, and it ran 6 or 8 inches
ahead. During the next 5 minutes it moves
around the cage about as the other lizards
did, but tried 3 times to scrape the piece of the
bee from its mouth. The bee evidently stung
the lizard an eighth of an inch ago inside
its mouth.
3:55 The Uta seems perfectly normal, but still
has the piece of the bee sticking out of its mouth.