When I was a kid, finding one of these guys was like winning the lottery 50 times. lol. We always let them go free.

Beautiful little creature. I love the way he seems content to just hang out in your hand. Maybe he's drawing a bit of heat off you, or getting something else out of the relationship!

i love how it just opens its mouth and leaves it open

That's very cool. As a kid, 50 years ago, I found one and kept a couple of weeks before I released it. This was in Southeast Texas. They are so colorful and pretty.

That is a straight up pokemon

It's so tiny and adorable

I loved catching these as a kid..beautiful creatures,,haven't seen one in 30 years

Thanks for letting him go. They don't keep well in captivity because they are extremely picky eaters and they're endangered. I love how they look like tiny dinosaurs 😄 I haven't seen one in about 15 years 😱 I hope they're not all gone.

Wonderful!! Thanks for sharing! I am hoping to see one someday in the wild. Love these special little creatures.

He was gentle in your hand but puffed up and jaws agape. My suspicion is that he may have been seeing his reflection in the camera lens which was reflecting a puffed up lizard. Likely the aggressiveness was more towards the reflection than you which is why he was content to sit in your hand. Just a guess.

Beautiful creature

I used to have one! His name was Spike. I was just walking down the country road when I thought I saw a toad. But then it hit me.....toads don't crawl they hop. I kept him for so long but when winter hit I had to let him go. They are such amazing animals!

I just got one at work too the other day about the size of a quarter its my sons new pet lol nice video

As a kid, I had one: so cute. If you rub their belly they fall asleep, LOL... I miss him/her a lot.

Always loved to play with them as a kid. They love to be petted on the head.

I have some that live in my backyard and i sometimes catch them to say hi and then release them. We have a lot of black ants in the yard so whenever I feel like saying hi I’ll go to the mounds around noon on warm days and I’ll usually see one feeding. I know exactly where they live too. My backyard pets

We only found a few of these wonderful critters in 17 years (Nuevo Mexico)

what a special little creature. hes like 8V

He was adorable

We have brown lizards and green lizards here too😍😍😍

I have see horned lizards in (North Carolina triangle area) as invasive species.

4:18 thats a lizard on a mission right there

That's so funny when it opens it's mouth, I think they do it to regulate their body temperature.

He was just :D the whole time

I found a baby one probably the size of my thumb. From the knuckle of my thumb to the end of my finger nail. A really small toad. I want to keep it so badly but I think I should set it free. I've been feeding it. Idk what to do.. it is so cute tho. I picked it up on my finger and it was wagging its tail like a puppy. What does that mean when they wag their tails? I don't know if it was happy or scared.

i live in the dessert, so when I was a kid, so I found them a lot! but now i havent seen them for a ling time.. :(

Just cought one the other day. Same head but totally different body. It was wide and longer red and yellow speckled. Mojave desert.

It's a baby boy💖

💞💗so cute

i appreciate this video

My gramps was talking about catching these things when he was a kid.

What places are they all in dangerd

You could just buy ants at the pet store

Me wishing I was to ever see one. Around were I live, in Los Angeles, there are only Aligator Lizards. Coastal Horned Lizards live around santa monica mountains... Iwhish I would ever herp one...

Oh my god his little mouth. Let's make a meme :0

I love horned toads

Where do these animals live

why only red ants?

Nice, I have always wanted to see one myself. I read these guys are suffering because the invasive Argentine ants have pushed out the Harvester ants, their main food source.

The Texas Horned Toad. It is a beautiful lizard, if you do find one don't hurt it they are going extinct. It is a harmless animal. They love to eat ants. If you catch it please release it.

Savage for touching it

You should have let him go where you found him. Cool lizard nice video!

things fat as hell for only eating red ants ahaha

I loved holding the horny toad when I was little. Now their never seen, and valued at around $2000 or more.

forrest gump

rare not in texas lol i see then i. my back yard all the time

Thats not a toad

Its a lizard not a toad actually, but congrats 😀😀😀

I wonder it they like red ants do they like red doritos LOL JK I know that's not true

Greedy people are responsible for the disappearance of this iconic creature. All they saw was a way to make a couple of dollars. Caught everyone they could and sold them for pennies thus driving them into near extinction. See one be privileged that you saw it and leave it be. Let others enjoy seeing this ant eater.

Aww that's a male