[00:00.000]Lizards are desert specialists.
[00:03.628]But here,
[00:05.125]their numbers are extraordinary.
[00:07.378]These crevices in South Africa
[00:10.377]contain the highest density of lizards in the world.
[00:13.628]They're called flat lizards
[00:16.626]for obvious reasons,
[00:17.877]and they flaunt their multi-coloured bellies
[00:20.627]in territorial disputes.
[00:22.624]He's made his point,
[00:25.876]and now it's time to find some food.
[00:28.619]As the day warms up,
[00:31.624]the lizards move away from their cracks
[00:34.128]and head down to the bottom of the gorge.
[00:36.622]Their goal is the river.
[00:39.877]There is no food at the edge,
[00:42.878]but this desert river holds a secret.
[00:46.617]Each day
[00:48.128]blackfly rise from turbulent stretches of the river.
[00:52.378]This is what the lizards have come for.
[00:55.868]Blackfly never land,
[00:58.621]so the lizards have to leap for their food.

Lizards are desert specialists.
But here,
their numbers are extraordinary.
These crevices in South Africa
contain the highest density of lizards in the world.
They're called flat lizards
for obvious reasons,
and they flaunt their multi-coloured bellies
in territorial disputes.
He's made his point,
and now it's time to find some food.
As the day warms up,
the lizards move away from their cracks
and head down to the bottom of the gorge.
Their goal is the river.
There is no food at the edge,
but this desert river holds a secret.
Each day
blackfly rise from turbulent stretches of the river.
This is what the lizards have come for.
Blackfly never land,
so the lizards have to leap for their food.