Mr Monitor Lizard
Feb 20, 2024 22:45:25 #
vooda
Loc: Bribie Island,QLD,Australia
Comes to my back door most days to be fed... Haven't tried to pat him so far ... He is about 5ft long, not game to put a tape measure over him yet... This is on Bribie Island, Queensland Australia..,
Feb 20, 2024 22:55:10 #
Holy cow!!! He is a big boy/girl!!! Do they have a tendency to be friendly and want human attention?
Nice photos of your reptilian friend!!
Dodie
Nice photos of your reptilian friend!!
Dodie
Feb 20, 2024 23:13:46 #
Feb 21, 2024 02:21:20 #
Feb 21, 2024 04:56:43 #
vooda
Loc: Bribie Island,QLD,Australia
Quality minced beef....... He will eat anything he can get his claws on, snakes, birds and rodents... He is quite timid and will take off if surprised, but once I throw meat at him he will let me come quite close..
Feb 21, 2024 08:19:23 #
Feb 21, 2024 10:00:45 #
Great shots. We visited New South Wales over 50 years ago, for our honeymoon. We spent all but two nights in Sydney then roamed around for the next 8 days seeing some beautiful country. My wife would have freaked out if she saw one of those. She did have an encounter with an emu at a preserve but a ranger came to her rescue and chased the bird away. Only many years after that trip did she learn about some of the other critters down there!
Feb 21, 2024 10:19:15 #
Feb 21, 2024 12:55:39 #
BurghByrd
Loc: Pittsburgh
vooda wrote:
Quality minced beef....... He will eat anything he can get his claws on, snakes, birds and rodents... He is quite timid and will take off if surprised, but once I throw meat at him he will let me come quite close..
Perhaps he's hoping for an even larger meal? I'd keep my distance; even a little nip would likely start a nasty infection.
Feb 21, 2024 13:04:53 #
Beautiful shots!!! If he should ever bite you (even a tiny nip), get medical attention immediately. Monitor lizards secrete venom that is not fatal to humans, but most often causes bacterial infection and that could turn to Sepsis which can be deadly.
Feb 21, 2024 13:43:10 #
Nice capture, they can whip their tail very fast. Thus, be careful.
Feb 21, 2024 16:59:21 #
vooda wrote:
Comes to my back door most days to be fed... Haven't tried to pat him so far ... He is about 5ft long, not game to put a tape measure over him yet... This is on Bribie Island, Queensland Australia..,
Is this a komodo dragon or relative of it
Do these guys not have a mouth full of razor sharp teeth Just asking out of curiosity - and in addition, fine shots 
Feb 22, 2024 02:09:49 #
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Feb 22, 2024 21:38:23 #
vooda
Loc: Bribie Island,QLD,Australia
I take NO CHANCES with this bloke at all... If you get bitten, the sore will continue to break out for a very long time...
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