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COURIER MAIL (Brisbane, Australia) 03 May 08 Partly digested skink springs back after fish regurgitation
This little skink had been swallowed by a fish in a remote Cape York river, and was already partially digested when the fish was caught by a fisherman.
But, fortunately for the skink, the fish, a saratoga, is much sought after by sports fisherman because of its willingness to attack anything that moves and its fighting qualities.
While they were taking photographs the fish started regurgitating its last meal _ the lizard _ which clearly should have been dead and looked dead with its lifeless eyes.
But as Simson continued taking photographs a miracle happened.
"As I was looking through the lens of the camera I noticed that the once-glazed over eyes of the skink were now black," he said .
"I said, `hey John, the skink's alive'. John said, `wow man, it just blinked at me, and look, it's breathing'."
The lizard began to struggle and with a little help from the fisherman it crawled from its captor's jaws. There were some teeth marks down its back and the tail was partially digested, but when they put it back on the river bank it happily scurried off.
"We witnessed the ultimate will to survive," Simson said. "The skink had probably slowed down its heart rate in order to stay alive for that length of time underwater without air."
Partly digested skink springs back after fish regurgitation
