On the way to the garden, a funny thing happened. I saw a lizard sunning itself on the large volcanic rock under the plum tree. One fat ripe plum splatted on the rock next to the startled lizard. He scuttled under the protective ledge of his formerly safe and cozy sunning place. A moment later, as I watched in fascination, he scuttled back up top - perhaps to get more sun, perhaps to satisfy his curiosity and sample the sweet juice now dripping down the surface of his rock. In either case, the lizard first did some push-ups, making sure all around knew he was king of this rock and nobody better mess with him!
I certainly wasn't planning on messing with the creature. His black striped back and blue belly reminded me of ones I'd caught as a child in and around the wood pile, back of the stand of bamboo in the open field adjacent our hillside home in Echo Park. We saw a lot of Blue-bellies there sans tails. I'm not saying it was always us kids, but maybe the plentiful cats who tried to catch the reptiles. Those crafty lizards knew well how to distract predators by leaving their tails behind, offering up a tasty snack to a wily cat, fox or kid. We marveled at the wriggly squiggly remains of a tail. We never thought of tasting one.
This current li'l blue belly is a welcome visitor in the garden. I'm glad the plum didn't hit him, though it would have been fun to see a tail left behind. How long does it take to grow a new one?
Dr. Robert O. Becker, Orthopedic Surgeon introduced the idea in his book,"The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life" (with Gary Selden) that using Direct Current electricity, we can help mammals regenerate bone, nerve, muscle, skin and fur - complete regeneration! Astounding as it sounds, his ideas have helped footballers and basketball players recover rapidly from injury. Direct current helps the body line itself up to replicate all the cells that got damaged. Becker watched a salamander in laboratory do that... which is not uncommon. What was uncommon was the complete regeneration of a rabbit's foot when it had been surgically removed from the unlucky rabbit. That caught the attention of the United States Government. That could offer huge benefits for soldiers in war.
US Navy called Dr. Becker in to testify on another matter for the Department of Defense - namely, the safety of the radar screen buried under the state of Wisconsin as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative, derisively dubbed 'Star Wars' by Teddy Kennedy during the Reagan Era.
Dr. Becker testified that it was not a good idea to subject humans or any other mammals to the high intensity of microwave emissions coming off radar cables- even underground. Further, he said that the arbitrary assignment of a number deemed 'safe' for emissions from radar and cell towers was a gross underestimation of the damage said emissions could do to our neurons, eyes, nervous systems, and individual cells. Our flesh can literally cook when exposed to microwave emissions. The huge increase in cataract surgeries is testament to the unsafe emissions to which we are exposed from our computer screens, televisions, sunlight, microwave ovens, ambient electricity, and radio waves with which we're constantly surrounded. Time to build a Farraday Cage? Maybe so. The US Government did not like Becker's responses and, according to Dr. Becker, all funding for his research in bone regrowth was pulled.
Mr. Lizard has real soft plums falling on his sunny rock. Humans have invisible rays bombarding us unawares. It's time we wake up to the invisible and take appropriate defensive actions, before we lose our tails!
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