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Temps are mild and it gets dark early, but mid-day is a good time to get some warm sun in your bones. Especially if you're cold blooded. But this little guy is lost, as are most lizards when indoors.

Little lost lizard, he's trying to chill-out.
For a reptile, chilling-out means warming up - understand now? But he's indoors on a cold metal bathtub pipe. Huh? Doesn't sound warm...
Nature Girl (hers is the tub beside which this reptile rests) whispered a clue: someone was using the hot water so the water pipe is still warm, thus the Anole on a cold metal bathtub pipe in November. Rare sight. This same sight in the summer? Sure, all the time, especially under a sink, but it's a bit cool for lizards now days.
Check him out - getting some hot-tubbing action (in which "action" means "inaction"). He's got that special something known as "flair."

He's the image of relaxation. Rubbery bones, nap-time eyelids.
The only action they exhibit is a head-bobbing and push-up motion that says,"I'm a lizard, I'm a lizard. Are you a lizard? Wanna mate? I got Flair!"
Any further thoughts beyond that is: "Am I in danger? Is there anything to eat?"
Can a creature be considered dumb if it's maxing out its brain capacity?
The smarty pants Anole in the photo has located himself in a strategic venue - a lizard king or peeping perv would respect his line-of-sight placement by the tub. And that's all I'm sayin' 'bout dat (think about it... but don't dwell).

The Carolina Anole has a tail that's detachable but not reattachable; they regenerate new ones after they use their "detach and escape" ploy. An Anole lizard tail that has detached and regenerated is noticeable, there's a bit of a bump and the regenerated tail is never quite as agile. Stiff, but it can still detach again as needed and go through the detach and escape process again when clutched by a cat, broom, or kid. Anytime you see an Anole without a tail, ask it, "What happened lil' lizard?," and you're sure to hear a high drama tale with a climactic great escape. "Well, it was a day like any other day and I was halfway up the front porch column just warming myself in the sun, and then all of a sudden..."

They'll get inside a window or door by accident, but unlike their distant cousin, the Skink, Anoles admit their mistake right away and try to get back out, although they seldom figure out how. They seem to get confused after just turning around. Go figure. Coax them back outside by herding them - basically scaring them away from the inside while allowing access to the outside.

Lizards are cool. It's in their eyes. If Nature Girl can soak her birthday suit while he's glancing her way, well, admit it, this Amole is way cooler than most of us. Want more info & images? You got it thanks to wikipedia!