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Old 06-08-04, 08:59 PM   #1
kap10cavy
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Just wanted to share this and get any imput.
I have started feeding my monitors crawdads, or crawfish if you're not from the south. lol
With the 2 different type of monitors I keep they hunt the crawdads differently. The savannah will get real close but not close enough to get pinched and worry the crawdad for a couple of minutes. Then she will walk away as if not interested and lay real still but never taking her eyes off of it. When the time is right she will lunge across and grab it from behind and pound it into the ground until it's no longer moving. Now it's munch time.
However my blackthroat goes in real slow and real low, almost slithering like a snake. When he gets close enough he seems to go for the eyes first. If that doesn't work because the crawdad is too busy snapping away he uses a different tactic. He will walk up , making erratic movements, almost robotic. He will then zero in on the pinchers and grab one and shake it until it comes off, which he eats, then he goes for the other pincher and repeats the process before finishing the meal.
Is this instinctive or am I witnessing some amazing intellegents?

Scott
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