Damn... Monitor hunting skills

[Mikoh4792]

Wild rat breaks into a lacey cage. Always impressed by their speed and agility

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[JWFugle]

awesome catch! so cool seeing this kind of stuff.

[formica]

they are awsome hunters, bbc did a short bit on Savs catching mice in the wild, there is also research into the possibility that hunting should be an integral part of enrichment for captive animals


nice clean, fast kill, shows a highly efficient predator.

[Jim Smith]

My guess is that the rat had about 1/4 of a second to realize that he had snuck into the wrong place. That speed and those hunting skills are why lizards have been around for the past 100+ million years. Great video showing how those animals survive in the wild.

[jarich]

they are awsome hunters, bbc did a short bit on Savs catching mice in the wild, there is also research into the possibility that hunting should be an integral part of enrichment for captive animals


nice clean, fast kill, shows a highly efficient predator.

Where did they do a bit about savs catching mice in the wild?

[formica]

Where did they do a bit about savs catching mice in the wild?

I think it was called Hidden Kingdoms, first episode - the documentary was from the point of view of the mouse, not the Sav, some awsome shots of them

[Mikoh4792]

You can hear the monitor slam the rat against the wall at around 00:06. MMA fighters of the lizard world.

[infernalis]

I think it was called Hidden Kingdoms, first episode - the documentary was from the point of view of the mouse, not the Sav, some awsome shots of them

I edited out the two minutes with the monitor footage and youtube blocked it for copyright violation.

The heavy footsteps and Jurassic park like growls were a bit over the top, but the whole sequence was pretty cool to see, Narrated by Stephen Fry as an added bonus.

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[mdfmonitor]

one of those clips you have to watch twice, in case you blinked on the 1st run! :)

[infernalis]

so anyway, that is an elephant shrew, or sengi.... From what I have been learning, common monitor food in the Savannah plains.

A similar sequence is included on the BBC "Life" box set, but it's on the mammals DVD not the reptiles.

[Rudiman]

WOW!..looks like my male Rudi trying to get a quail out of my tongs!....nice vid!

Scott

[monitorlizard]

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[LadyWraith]

Man, that was awesome. What an amazing predator.