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This is an old monitor which serves as the base for the new bed. Muahahahaha. The story takes an evil turn to scrapping an old monitor.
A lovely encounter with a monitor lizard on the banks of the river in Gorongosa.
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The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator), also called common water monitor, is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and coastal northeast India to Indochina, Malay Peninsula, and Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The Asian water monitor is also called Malayan water monitor, common water monitor, two-banded monitor, rice lizard, ring lizard, plain lizard and no-mark lizard, as well as simply water monitor. The local name in Sri Lanka is kabaragoya, denoting a subspecies with distinct morphological features. The Asian water monitor is widely distributed from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the Chinese Guangxi and Hainan provinces, Malaysia, Singapore to the Sunda islands Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo and Sulawesi. It inhabits primarily lowland freshwater and brackish wetlands. It has been recorded up to an altitude of 1,800 m. Asian water monitors are semiaquatic and opportunistic; they inhabit a variety of natural habitats though predominantly this species resides in primary forests and mangrove swamps. It has been noted that these monitors are not deterred from living in areas of human disturbance. In fact, they have been known to adapt and thrive in agricultural areas as well as cities with canal systems (such as in Sri Lanka, where they are not hunted or persecuted by humans). This species does not thrive in habitats with extensive loss of natural vegetation and aquatic resources. Habitats that are considered to be most important to this species are mangrove vegetation, swamps, wetlands, and altitudes below 1000 meters. 16135
In the heart of Bangkok, You will see such signs in parks. Don’t be alarmed, Monitors are shy creatures.
The lace monitor or lace goanna (Varanus varius) is a member of the monitor lizard family, Australian members of which are commonly known as goannas. It belongs to the subgenus Varanus.
Lace monitors are the second-largest monitor in Australia after the perentie. They can be as long as 2.1 m (over 6.8 ft) with a head-and-body length of up to 76.5 cm (2.5 ft). The tail is long and slender and about 1.5 times the length of the head and body.
The maximum weight of lace monitor can be 20 kg (44 lb), but most adults are much smaller.
These common terrestrial and often arboreal monitors are found in eastern Australia and range from Cape Bedford on Cape York Peninsula to south-eastern South Australia. They frequent both open and closed forests and forage over long distances (up to 3 km a day).
They are mainly active from September to May, but are inactive in cooler weather and shelter in tree hollows or under fallen trees or large rocks.
The females lay four to 14 eggs in spring or summer in termite nests. They frequently attack the large composting nests of scrub turkeys to steal their eggs, and often show injuries on their tails inflicted by male scrub turkeys pecking at them to drive them away.
Their diets typically consist of insects, reptiles, small mammals, birds, and birds' eggs. They are also carrion eaters, feeding on already dead carcasses of other wildlife. Lace monitors will also forage in areas inhabited by people, raiding chicken coops for poultry and eggs, rummaging through unprotected domestic garbage bags, and rubbish bins in picnic and recreational areas.
They are preyed upon by dingoes and birds of prey, and like all Australian goannas, they were a favourite traditional food of Australian Aboriginal peoples, and their fat was particularly valued as a medicine and for use in ceremonies. (From Wikipedia).
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Back to the Dockyard now! This is a shot of HMS Monitor in her dock, with HMS Victory and one of the buildings I worked in in the background.
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HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy built in 1915. She saw active service in the Mediterranean during the First World War and in Russia during the Allied Intervention in 1919. She was used subsequently as a mine-laying training ship, fuelling hulk, boom defence workshop and floating office, being renamed HMS Minerva and Hulk C23 during her long life. She passed to Hampshire County Council in the 1980s and was restored to original condition and is now located at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. She is one of only three surviving Royal Navy warships of the First World War and the only surviving ship from the Gallipoli Campaign.
Lunchtime at the house, something rustles around the corner and a moment later the comrade comes around the corner.
He looks past, tongue flickering, in search of food. A good meter long and not at all shy, he tries to get onto our terrace. The broom is within reach and is easily used to direct the lizard in a different direction. A hiss is the response, but after several gentle pressures, the reptile clears the area and goes to the neighboring house.
The Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large species of monitor lizard capable of growing to 3.0 metres in length, with the average size of most adults at 1.5 metres long. Maximum weight of Varanus salvator can be over 25 kilograms, but most are half that size. Their body is muscular with a long, powerful, laterally compressed tail.
Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water.
Water monitors can be defensive, using their tail, claws, and jaws when fighting. They are excellent swimmers, using the raised fin located on their tails to steer through water. Water Monitors are carnivores, and have a wide range of foods. They are known to eat fish, frogs, rodents, birds, crabs, and snakes. They have also been known to eat turtles, as well as young crocodiles and crocodile eggs.
This picture was taken in in the Rimba (= Southeast Asian rainforest) of Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
De watervaraan (Varanus salvator) is een varaan die voorkomt in India, Sri Lanka, China en Zuidoost-Azië; en leeft in rivieren, moerassen en mangrovegebieden.
Het mannetje van de watervaraan kan maximaal 3 meter lang worden. Daarmee is het een van de grootste hagedissoorten ter wereld. Het gemiddelde volwassen exemplaar is zo'n 1,5 meter lang, waarbij het mannetje meestal groter en zwaarder is dan het vrouwtje. De varaan is meestal donkerbruin tot zwart van kleur met gele plekken aan de onderkant. Deze gele plekken vervagen naarmate ze ouder worden.
De watervaraan heeft een lange nek, met een grote spitse kop. De staart is afgeplat en ze hebben grote sterke poten, waarmee ze zich verbazingwekkend snel voortbewegen.
Wanneer watervaranen in gevaar zijn, kunnen ze met hun sterke poten zelfs in een boom klimmen. Watervaranen kunnen zo'n 15 jaar oud worden.
De watervaraan is een carnivoor en niet erg kieskeurig wat betreft zijn prooi.
De meest voorkomende prooien van de watervaraan zijn vogels, vissen, eieren, kleine zoogdieren, zoals ratten en muizen, hagedissen, kikkers, slangen, kleine krokodillen en schildpadden. De varaan kan bij de jacht in het water tot 30 minuten onder water blijven.
Deze foto is genomen in de Rimba, deel van Burgers Zoo in Arnhem met planten en dieren uit het zuid-oost Aziatisch regenwoud.
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Monitor Memorial
sculptor: Antonio De Filippo, 1938
dedicated: November 6, 1938
Monsignor McGolrick Park
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
inscription:
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE / STATE OF NEW YORK / TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF THE / MONITOR AND MERRIMAC / MARCH 9TH, 1862 / AND IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THE MONITOR / AND ITS DESIGNER - JOHN ERICSSON