A few wild water monitors, Varanus salvator

[crocdoc]

I've been spending a fair bit of time in Singapore past few months and have managed to sneak away from work a couple of times to photograph some monitors in the wild. I'll start with photographs taken a couple of months ago.
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/146977727.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/146977732.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/146977735.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/146977739.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/146978218.jpg

[crocdoc]

These were taken two days ago.
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/148303134.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/148303095.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/148303138.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/148301311.jpg

Monitor or hornbill? So much to see and photograph!
http://www.pbase.com/crocdoc/image/148301305.jpg

[Little Wise Owl]

Amazing photos. They don't seem too afraid of people, eh?

[Pirarucu]

Awesome! I love pics of wild monitors. We oughta have a sticky for wild monitor pics...

[crocdoc]

These were taken at a wildlife reserve, so most of the monitors, especially the huge ones, aren't particularly frightened of people. They'll often threaten to tail whip before moving out of the way.

[infernalis]

Awesome as always...

[BarelyBreathing]

I definitely envy you. Awesome pictures.

[Robyn@SYR]

Great pics!

[Gungirl]

Great pics, Thank you for sharing!

[Steve'O]

Wow, how much fun is that. So jealous!

[marvelfreak]

Stunning pictures.