The horned Lizard is a type of reptile. They are preyed upon by a number of creatures such as hawks, snakes, dogs, wolves, coyotes and other lizards. When a predator attacks, it inflates its body to look like a spiky balloon. If the aggressor/predator does not stop then the horned lizard squeezes its eyes to squirt blood. This method of defense id done allowing the arteries behind their eyes to close. As pressure is built the eyes bulge and blood is sent into the capillaries at the inner corner of their eyes. Just as the predator tries to wrap his mouth around the lizard it squirts the blood in it. They can shoot up to 50 times in two minutes. The length of one blood squirt could go up to 4 feet. The predator gets confused and doesn't like the taste of it's prey or the size and so the lizards survives. It is amusing how most creatures would fight back trying to keep their bodies intact and their blood inside them while the horned lizard squirts it around as an appetizer.
In the last decades the horned lizard's population have been in decline throughout their range. Their native habitats are being destroyed and the pet trade have all been influencing it's numbers. The price for one shockingly is only about 20.00 $. 
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