How flattering that my name has been invoked as highly unofficial fact-finder.  

Obviously, the only "evidence" is the photographer's statement that he did 
exactly what wildlife photographers typically do: find a subject and wait for 
it to do something interesting.  You can disbelieve it if you like, but unless 
you know far more about the habits of dragon lizards than I do, you have no 
basis for your opinion, other than an assumption that the photographer killed 
two lizards and posed them, which seems like a lot of trouble, requiring 
considerable taxidermical skill; the posture in the second picture seems like 
it would be really hard to achieve with a dead lizard.  But what do I know?

The leaf-lute shot looks like a curious basking behavior.  Maybe the lizard 
likes to warm its leaves.


---- Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote: 
>    Well, the presumption or, as you prefer, conjecture (that it may be a
>    posed dead animal) might be not to your liking and be unacceptable to
>    you. But without evidence so is a contrary view that a live animal was
>    suddenly discovered adopting this pose........  We're surely all not
>    unaware of set-ups these days - often for the 'entertainment' industry.
>    Personally I think the my presumption is by far the most likely.
>    MH
>      __________________________________________________________________
> 
>    From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>    To: Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
>    <[email protected]>; John Mardinly <[email protected]>
>    Cc: Dan Winheld <[email protected]>; Ed Durbrow
>    <[email protected]>; lute list <[email protected]>
>    Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2015, 14:03
>    Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: green lute like instrument
>    That is unacceptable conjecture, in absence of any evidence, as will
>    surely be demonstrated by our own Howard Posner.
>    RT
>    On 3/5/2015 8:46 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> 
>    Well, I presume the photographer posed an animal which was already
>    found dead so I suppose it might appeal to some - but if he/she killed
>    it for the sake of a pic then perhaps it's no so funny....
>    MH
>      __________________________________________________________________
> 
>    From: [1]"[email protected]" [2]<[email protected]>
>    To: [3]"[email protected]" [4]<[email protected]>; John
>    Mardinly [5]<[email protected]>
>    Cc: Dan Winheld [6]<[email protected]>; Ed Durbrow
>    [7]<[email protected]>; lute list [8]<[email protected]>
>    Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2015, 13:09
>    Subject: [LUTE] Re: green lute like instrument
>    Well, the overwhelming majority on this list has a sense of humor!
>    As Brazilians say: Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!
>    RT
>    On 3/5/2015 7:14 AM, [9][email protected] wrote:
>    > Horrible photo, what a shame, poor animal, why post something like
>    this? Where is there any fun? How is it related to the LUTE? Think
>    about it and refrain in the future.
>    > Ernesto Ett
>    > 11-99 242120 4
>    > 11-28376692
>    >
>    >
>    >
>    > Em 04.03.2015, A (s) 16:32, John Mardinly <[10][email protected]>
>    escreveu:
>    >
>    > And nails, not flesh....OK, claws?
>    >
>    > A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
>    > Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer
>    > EMail: [11][email protected]
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>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: [12][email protected]
>    [mailto:[13][email protected]] On Behalf Of John Mardinly
>    > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 12:14 PM
>    > To: Dan Winheld; Ed Durbrow; lute list
>    > Subject: [LUTE] Re: green lute like instrument
>    >
>    > Fan bracing as well!
>    >
>    > A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
>    > Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer
>    > EMail: [14][email protected]
>    > Cell: 408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) Titan Lab:
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>    > -----Original Message-----
>    > From: [15][email protected]
>    [mailto:[16][email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Winheld
>    > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 10:09 AM
>    > To: Ed Durbrow; lute list
>    > Subject: [LUTE] Re: green lute like instrument
>    >
>    > Green thumb out!
>    >
>    > On 3/3/2015 12:52 AM, Ed Durbrow wrote:
>    >>
>    [17]http://www.boredpanda.com/dragon-lizard-playing-leaf-guitar-aditya-
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>    >> mana-indonesia/
>    >>
>    >> Ed Durbrow
>    >> Saitama, Japan
>    >> [18]http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch
>    >> [19]https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow
>    >> [20]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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