Asian Water Monitor vs. Giant Snakehead

[dinosauria101]

Asian Water Monitor - Varanus salvator

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Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Length: 1.75 meters
Mass: 19 kg
Diet: Fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals
Killing apparatus: Slicing jaws
One of the most common monitors. Has been known to reach weights of 75 to 90 kg as record sizes.

Giant snakehead - Channa micropeltes

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Order: Perciformes
Family: Channidae
Length: 1 meter
Mass: 20 kg
Diet: Fish, amphibians, and birds
Killing apparatus: Slicing jaws
Has the ability to breathe air and can travel across long swaths of land in its native Asia. Is an invasive species in the Americas.

@ophiophagushannah, here you go!

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I favored the smaller croc monitor so yea I favor the larger water monitor

[dinosauria101]

I think this match is probably around 50/50 - the monitor is more durable, but the snakehead is a better swimmer.

I did favor the croc monitor too, due to its more lethal bite.

[kekistani]

Jan 2, 2020 0:14:33 GMT 5 dinosauria101 said:

I think this match is probably around 50/50 - the monitor is more durable, but the snakehead is a better swimmer.

I did favor the croc monitor too, due to its more lethal bite.

The monitor would wipe the snakehead lol. I've seen monitors take snakeheads similar in size (and sometimes wider in breadth) to themselves. The monitor is an adept swimmer, has good armor (for its size) and has the better weaponry. This is more like a predator-prey interaction than an actual fight.

The giant snakehead is not an invasive in the US, BTW. There is no evidence of an established population. It's about as invasive in the lower 48 as the boa constrictor is in Hawaii: Individuals are occasionally released and then found, but no population actually exists there.

[6f5e4d]

Tough fight, but I see the Asian water monitor winning, a bit more armored and it's still close in weight to the giant snakehead.

[dinosauria101]

Jan 2, 2020 8:04:14 GMT 5 kekistani said:

Jan 2, 2020 0:14:33 GMT 5 dinosauria101 said:

I think this match is probably around 50/50 - the monitor is more durable, but the snakehead is a better swimmer.

I did favor the croc monitor too, due to its more lethal bite.

The monitor would wipe the snakehead lol. I've seen monitors take snakeheads similar in size (and sometimes wider in breadth) to themselves. The monitor is an adept swimmer, has good armor (for its size) and has the better weaponry. This is more like a predator-prey interaction than an actual fight.

The giant snakehead is not an invasive in the US, BTW. There is no evidence of an established population. It's about as invasive in the lower 48 as the boa constrictor is in Hawaii: Individuals are occasionally released and then found, but no population actually exists there.

Ah. Yeah, snakehead does not have as good chances as I thought, then.

And yes, it's NORTHERN snakeheads in the US.