This Woman’s “Child” is a Dog-sized Lizard Named MacGyver

One woman upped everyone’s ‘Gram game with her infamous dog-sized lizard that lavishes in Netflix and salmon. Which made us start thinking, is this lizard the new Grumpy Cat?

MacGyver the Lizard - current mood

Well for one, this one’s special – it’s Instagram’s favourite dog-sized lizard, MacGyver (@macgyverlizard).

MacGyver biologically originates from a species of lizard called Argentine Giant Tegu. Deviating from its reptilian roots, we acknowledge that MacGyver is the owners’, Scott and Ice’s, “scaly baby” as you can see from their cute family portraits or through their Instagram accounts – namely MacGyver’s Mommy (@macgyvermommy) and Mac’s Daddy (mac_daddy_himself).

Met some interesting lizards and their pet humans at the @macgyvermeetup

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Here’s a glimpse into the Internet-famous giant lizard’s life:

Was once a smol thang #MajorThrowback

Tag someone with an opinion on orange babies who love human attention

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But now a big boi

Tag an elf

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And a cherry-popping predator

Slides into your DMs

Tag someone who uses Instagram

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He thirsty

Please remember to stay hydrated (applies to lizards, humans, and you)

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And also… (self-explanatory)

Tag someone in need of Saturday night tongue 👅👅👅

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Can be extra clingy

Anyhow, MacGyver is just your typical Millennial

Tag someone who orders animal style

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But is more famous than us and goes for meet-ups 

Just had a lot of fun meeting all the cool peeps at @macgyvermeetup

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Maybe because MacGyver is in Games of Thrones?

Tag some people who like dragons

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Quite the meme too

Tag someone who likes sexy guys on boats

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McGyver is a “Very very very very very good dog”

Last but not least, MacGyver is an opinionated creature and has a political view

#babiesforbernie has some competition from #lizardbabiesforbernie

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In a VICE-Broadly interview on ‘What It’s Like to Live with a Famous Giant Lizard’, it is known that:

“Mac supports Bernie because of Bernie’s human-friendly policies, especially his stance on campaign finance reform. He thought about supporting Hillary or Trump, because rising global temperatures and the extinction of humans might benefit his cold-blooded brethren, but he finally decided to give humans a second shot.”

Should lizards become more acceptable as pets of the 21st century? Tell us in the comments section.