VS5 Male Varanus Salvadorii

Male Crocodile Monitor Lizard being hand fed chicken drumsticks and protecting its eyes with its nictitating membrane. The nictitating membrane (from Latin nictare, to blink) is a transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye from the medial canthus for protection and to moisten it while maintaining vision.

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