Smoke is absolutely right about the peacock feather scaring away lizards. But I doubt whether this will work here in the desert. Back home where peacocks are quite abundant and prey on small reptiles and insects , lizards are terrified of them. This is because the mama lizard and papa lizard teach their young uns " Stay away from this monster bird otherwise..........". But here, no peacock so the Qatari lizards are all spoilt brats. But if you start eating them they will definitely fear you.