THE THORNY DEVIL AND HORNED LIZARDVarious modern lizards have armor with frills, spikes and horns like the ancient Triceratops, Ankylosaur or Stegosaurus. Some chameleons, for example, have three prominent horns while girdle-tailed lizards have overlapping scaled armor. Both kinds of armored lizards shown to the right sport scales bearing spines. Each can consume vast amounts of ants every day. Found largely in the western United States and Mexico the well-camouflaged Regal Horned Lizard will seldom attempt to hide but may defend itself if provoked by puffing up its body and squirting blood, sometimes as far as a few feet, from a reserve behind its eyes. Below is the Moloch Horridus or "Thorny Devil." Because it is so well armored from head to tail it is seldom challenged by predators. This spiked lizard lives in dry or desert areas of Australia. In the harsh desert environment, the Thorny Devil collects water when dew forms on its skin and thousands of tiny grooves allow the dew to spread quickly over the lizard's body. Once the water reaches its lips, the lizard sips it easily.