“...it’s getting so you’ve got to strap a board across your butt to keep from being swallowed by some damned critter that can’t understand English”.
What kind of board can we strap across our butts to keep from being swallowed up by some collectivist beast?
Ans: One from an ammo box.
;-)
The hand waving is part of their breeding behavior, they get up high and wave at the lady lizards.
They are forcing the little Carolina Anoles out.