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The Amazing Monitors

By Kira Monitor Lizards are big lizards that live in Africa, Asia and Australia and you can find them all over in the wild! You will learn amazing mind blowing facts about them and just one step will take you closer to the wild.

Big Scale Dresses Learn about what Monitor Lizards look like so you can recognize one when you see one. The name goannas was given to the Australian Monitor Lizard because the early European settlers thought they looked like South American Iguanas. Some grow to 7 feet and 2 meters! They are the largest lizards alive. Water Monitor Lizards are the second to largest Monitor Lizard in the world! Some of them have forked tongues. Goannas can unhinge their jaws. They swallow their food whole like snakes instead of chewing. If they bite it will be very hard to make them let go. If a Monitor Lizard loses its tail it doesn’t grow back. Their eggs normally have leathery shells. There are 2 types of Monitor Lizards the Nile Monitor and the Ornate Nile Monitor Lizard. The Nile Monitor Lizard has torso bands 5 to be exact and the Ornate Nile Monitor Lizard has 7 torso bands. All Goannas are dark grey, olive or brown and some of them show a unique pattern of lighter grey white or yellow. A tiny relative to the largest Monitor in Australia is the short tailed Monitor Lizard and it’s 20.cm.

In My Cozy Home Learn where the monitor lizards live so you will be able to find them. They are normally found across Africa to Asia. The Dessert Monitor Lizard lives in Africa, Asia and Australia. Goannas absolutely adore sand. The Nile Monitor Lizard is the biggest lizard of all Africa. They dig a fair amount of holes except water monitors. Small Monitor lizards can be kept in a terrarium, but adults need a house. There are over 20 different species that live in different environments Ready Set Go! Learn how fast monitor lizards go and how long they stay in water. Goannas can run very fast on their hind legs and are very good at climbing. They can run 10 miles an hour.

The Nile Monitor lizard lives near the water and can dive up to an hour.

The Amazing Monitors Meet & Meat ,Meet The Meat It is important to know what Monitor Lizards eat because if you want to know about them, food is one of the most important parts. Monitor lizards will eat anything from bird eggs to rotting meat.

They can swim and climb trees just for food. They aren’t very fussy about what they eat. One of Goannas favorite foods are crocodile eggs. Goannas eat a lot of dead and rotting things. They have vitamins in their meat. They are allowed to have red meat and raw eggs. They have small, sharp teeth for seizing and gulping down prey instead of chewing. Nile Monitor Lizards eat dead animals even if they’re small. Goannas eat lizards, snakes, insects, birds, eggs and some small animals and they often dig them out of theirs shelter. All Monitor lizards eat giant snails, grasshoppers, beetles, whip scorpion, crocodiles, shrew squirrels, crabs, small mammals, bird eggs, and fish, some eat vegetarian fruits.

We Like To Eat, But We Have Enemies And Sometime Get Eaten Discover what predators are harmful to Monitor Lizards so you can protect them when predators are near. Goannas are predators. If a Lace Monitor lizard feels threatened they will hide to the nearest tree. Insects, Rodents, Native reptiles especially toads can kill a Nile Monitor Lizard. They have a way to avoid predators; they roll over and play dead. They are illegally hunted to be made to lizard skin pocket books. Humans in tropical parts of the earth eat monitor lizards.

Live Die Live Die Reincarnate Live Die Live Die Reincarnate Look at how their life goes, read on to know. Though Monitor Lizards burry their eggs, only a few survive. Komodo Dragons are a type of Monitor lizard. Female Monitor Lizards burry their eggs and lay up to 30. There are over dozens of species of Monitor Lizards. They might be related to dinosaurs. The Ornate Monitor Lizard can live up to 15 years. If you have a pet Monitor lizard they will need a UVB bulb.

Other Stuff You Possibly Have To Know About Monitor Lizards Other facts about Monitor Lizards you should know, are extra stuff like this to begin journeys with them. Some species of Monitor Lizards can carry very weak venom. They are fierce hunters and biggest of all known Komodo dragon including Water Dragons. Monitor lizards don’t care if their prey escapes its mouth. Its mouth is so ripe with bacteria their bite kills them in a day or 2.

Legend says Monitor Lizards were a sign crocodiles were nearby, possibly due to standing on their hind legs to monitor their surroundings. They do this so they’re aware of approaching predators.

Monitor lizard normally use hours of sunbathing. They are thought very intelligent animals, with some people claiming they can count to 6 and that means their able to count! They use it in the wild surveying areas for danger and prey. See my bibliography at the end of the magazine!