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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jul 12, 2016 6:52:40 GMT 5
Ambitious
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Aug 2, 2016 22:25:03 GMT 5
nile monitor steals the food of a cheetah ant an endangered species center  hesc.co.za/2013/05/revenge-of-the-monitor-lizard/Martial eagle v nile monitor  "Yesterday has to go down as one of the weirdest coincidences I can remember! A few hours after posting a Martial Eagle pic with a warthog kill on this page, we were out on drive in the Linyanti trying to get photos of some Redheaed or Cardinal Queleas that had been sighted a week before. Anyway we got stuck in some soft sand and as we were digging ourselves out we heard a big crash next to us…we quickly swung around assuming it was an elephant sneaking up on us only to find a juvenile Martial Eagle had just caught a huge Nile Monitor right next to our car…the crazy thing about the sighting was that it was a stale mate…the eagle had the monitor and the monitor had the eagle pinned to the ground. After about 5 minutes they both gave way and the monitor took refuge in an open burrow. We then had a somewhat injured and bewildered Martial for more than an hour walking right up to us looking for his catch that got away…it eventually got dark and the Martial was still in the area…would be interesting to see what happened this morning, but one thing for sure is the Martial was not giving up!  17:42 we heard this massive crash! It felt like ages that the Martial was stuck in this position…we were thinking…is it dead There was this stale mate here as the Martial had the monitor but the monitor, using its tale, had the inexperienced bird pinned to the ground face down (see top pic) ! Eventually after maybe 5 minutes the stale mate is over and the eagle gets away and the monitor moves down into a shallow burrow. The eagle flew into a Kalahari appleleaf a few metres away from us allowing us to snap away. It wasn’t at all nervous and ignored us. Maybe because it was slightly in shock. After a few minutes we had this Martial running around us like a chicken on a sidewalk in Maun and posing nicely for photos. He was not scared and approached us within a few metres. This posing continued for more than an hour until after sunset. The eagle was doing its best to relocate the lizard but to no avail! Then the next day guides were in the area and the Martial was still there…whether it had caught the lizard again or not we can’t say but it definitely was playing the waiting game to try and catch its hard fought meal!" www.bush24.com/blog/martial-eagle-vs-nile-monitorNile monitor with small colubrid  a neat comparison  |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 3, 2016 3:30:26 GMT 5
That is big boy, an apt name if I say so myself, he is well and truly massive even for his species.
Quite gentle as well, there are is also a video of him trying to seduce that sav.
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Aug 3, 2016 7:18:56 GMT 5
i dunno why thats so funny to me but it is.
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Post by spinosaurus1 on Aug 3, 2016 8:29:02 GMT 5
yeah, i remember watching videos of bigboy. rest in peace you glorious reptile.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 3, 2016 8:35:34 GMT 5
i dunno why thats so funny to me but it is. Probably because his head is wider than that Sav's entire body. |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Aug 4, 2016 2:12:01 GMT 5
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 2, 2016 23:28:31 GMT 5
Brief interaction between a big water monitor and bearded pigs Just a neat photo  Young lace monitor eats a skink Bell phase lace being mobbed by birds |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Sept 3, 2016 8:07:30 GMT 5
I don't see how it could be a lace monitor if it was anywhere near Frenchman peak, is that not the wrong side of Australia?
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 3, 2016 8:42:26 GMT 5
Ugh yeah that's my bad, wasn't paying enough attention even though it was at the beginning of the video. i do think its Tristis.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Sept 3, 2016 8:59:48 GMT 5
tritis is a solid guess.
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 10, 2016 0:11:56 GMT 5
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Sept 10, 2016 5:40:36 GMT 5
Is using tongs so hard?
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 10, 2016 11:52:28 GMT 5
yes because reasons
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Sept 13, 2016 23:41:09 GMT 5
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