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Monitor Lizards (excluding V. komodoensis)

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Beverly Joubert: " Eye to eye with a dinosaur. Craning its neck to assess any potential threats, this Nile monitor posed briefly before quickly fleeing the scene. These lizards are amongst Africa’s largest and, while they are at home in the water, they also spend much of their time on land, basking on riverbanks, raiding croc nests for eggs, or even using their sharp claws to climb trees. That impressive tail is ideal for propelling the monitor through the Delta’s seemingly endless channels and spillways, and it doubles up as a defensive weapon should any predators stray within swatting distance.⁣ "


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Jens Cullmann: " ‘Another mud monster’ ... but not as dangerous for us as it’s big brother ? This monitor lizard was looking for something eatable in the mud ...

Little explanation: On the last image you see the tail of the lizard in the mud in the golden light of the sunrise. "


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( This post was last modified: 05-05-2021, 11:41 PM by Ashutosh )

A monitor lizard from Kaziranga crunching turtle/terrapin eggs.

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