Frank Head Bobbing

[beardielover17]

so i finally witnessed my frilled dragon frank head bobbing (at magellan and boris)...it was feeding time and frank was eating his worms and veggies infront of magellan's tank when the 2 beardies went insane and i guess frank was tired of watchin them bob their heads at him so he did it back lol pretty funny i gotta say...wish i had it on video :'(

 

[DragonMom]

Thats hilarious, too bad no video! Frank apparently decided to show them how tough he was too! ;D If you can catch him on video doing that we'd love to see it!

 

[beardielover17]

every time i have him out ill have to hide a camera somewhere...hes camera shy unless i bring a pinky mouse out...then everything changes lol the head bob wasnt as aggressive as a beardie but it was still cute to see

 

[DragonMom]

Is headbobbing a common behavior with frillies? or is it something he's learned to copy by watching your beardies? Either way, pretty cool.

 

[beardielover17]

head bobbing is a natural behavior typically of male frillies for dominance and mating reasons...first time i ever saw frank react like that...although he did punk out my cat the other day lol

 

[ladyknite]

i'd like to see Frank all head bobby too. He's my fav.............. ;D

 

[crypticdragons]

i would love to have seen that. frank is so awesome

 

[beardielover17]

i promise next time ill do my best to get it recorded!

 

[DragonMom]

Would have loved to seen him freak out the cat too! Funny! Such a dominant male! Frank is too cute!
I knew they would flare and gape, but that is more of a defensive posture isn't it?

 

[beardielover17]

their whole flaring and hissing is basically a bluff...its an attempt to scare their predetors and to make themselves appear larger to predetors and even other males when fighting over territory...whats best is when they flare, hiss AND sway side to side...when he does it he looks like a drunken umbrella

 

[DragonMom]

*giggling* I now have this mental image of an umbrella with legs swaying side to side! LOL That is too cool! Their displays are awesome.

 

[beardielover17]

its easy for him to do his "drunken umbrella" display so ill try to record atleast THAT later on