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This baby Asian water monitor (varanus salvator) was a perfect, miniature representation of its species, right down to its camouflaged markings. Adults can grow to over 6 feet long but this little guy was closer to 6 inches. Photographed from a stream near Takua Pa, Phang Nga, Thailand.
The lace monitor or tree goanna is native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight. Lace Monitors eat insects, mammals, reptiles (including snakes), eggs and nestling birds. They become used to humans and have wandered through some of the campgrounds we have stayed at, where they will forage for food that may be left around.
Despite their size they are adept at climbing trees - this one was disturbed on one of our hikes, staying quite still while we watched, and upon our return an hour later it scuttled up the same tree again.
(Enlarging the photograph will show the leathery textured skin and the very sharp claws.)
I have lots of photos of the Lace monitor lizards at the zoo, so here is another one. This is the male, he is bigger than the female and amazingly agile for his size and weight. When I took this shot he was climbing up an almost vertical rock wall to reach a ledge where he likes to sleep.
We came across this medium sized Water Monitor (about five foot long) in the hotel grounds. Seemingly they hang around in the vicinity of the kitchens in the hope of finding a few scraps of waste food. It moved off when it saw us so wasn’t totally at ease in human company.
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.
Conservation status: Least Concern
The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack took place on March 9, 1862 during the Civil War. The battle became famous because it was the first battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was referred to as the Merrimack because it was rebuilt into an ironclad warship from the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimack. While the Merrimack looked larger in the water and had a metal ram attached to the front of the ship, the Monitor had a low profile in the water and had a rotating gun turret that housed two 11 inch cannons. All day the two ships shot cannon balls at each other at close range without inflicting much damage to either ship. The battle, though inconclusive,
received worldwide attention and made it clear that ironclad ships were the future of naval warfare.
If you look at the likeness of the old ships, their shapes bear a striking resemblance to the shapes of these two buttes. The Merrimac Butte (the large rock to your left) and the Monitor Butte (on the right) are composed of Entrada sandstone. This Entrada sandstone is composed of three “members” or components—Dewey Bridge, Slickrock and Moab Tongue. The different “members” of the Entrada layer erode at different rates. The Dewey Bridge “member” erodes more quickly, causing the Slickrock cliffs to collapse. The process has created the Monitor and Merrimac Buttes.
This overlook is situated in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and gives a wonderful view of the wall of giants which is the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains.
Visitors in the Dome (Cupola) of the German Parliament (Reichstagsgebäude), designed by Sir Norman Foster.
On the lookout for a meal . The Lace Monitor is native to Eastern Australia and grows to 2 mts .
Varanus Varius
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
FTP . Brisbane
Full-size replica of USS Monitor
Source: Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
The first ironclad warship commissioned by the US Union Navy during the American Civil War. Built in only 101 days and launched on Jan. 30, 1862 with a design of revolving turret, enabled to fire nearly 360 degrees with 2 cannons inside.
Played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads to fight against the CSS Virginia, Confederate ironclad warship on Mar. 9, 1862.
Sank at sea with 16 men on stormy, Dec. 31, 1862. Discovered in 1973, the wreck site was designated the first National Marine Sanctuary in 1975.
Gun turret, cast iron propeller, and more than 250 artifacts have been recovered.
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in–6 ft 7 in) in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m (10.5 ft).
In Thailand, the local word for a water monitor, hia (เหี้ย), is used as an insulting word for bad and evil things, including bad persons. The word is also thought to bring bad luck, so some people prefer to call the animals 'silver-and-gold' (ตัวเงินตัวทอง) to avoid the jinx.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
Conservation status: Least Concern
The water monitor lizard is a common sight in the most nature parks of Singapore, they love to hang around and in the ponds and creeks looking for an easy meal like fish, frogs and birds.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore
Monitor Lizard
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Another time, on the beach near SAF Yacht Club, I saw a Clouded Monitor Lizard wandering about. Upon seeing that Reptile, I quickly kept a wider distance from it. It seem harmless, but yon never know. Better safe than sorry!
More pics in The Wake Board Training Sessions album.
The Wake Board Training Sessions album
*Note: More pics of Mammals, Reptiles and other Vertebrates in my Fauna ~ Vertebrates Album.
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"We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact."
Steve Jobs