Pet store Owner lied - Page 2

Hannibalcanibal · 07-29-13, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by poison123

Here is a sav skull

Look more like razor to me.

Still, crocs are pretty brutal. I'm glad to say i have never been bitten by any monitor.. yet.

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Mikoh4792 · 07-29-13, 08:12 PM

In both of those pictures what are the sharp bones going across the eye socket? If they were ever to get fractured it seems like it would be lights out for the monitor.

Hannibalcanibal · 07-29-13, 08:14 PM

No clue, as i'm no monitor expert by any means. Still though, the teeth look brutal on those things...

smy_749 · 07-29-13, 08:16 PM

This is a better pic

I didn't mean they were molars literally poison, just that they don't compare with salvadorii, as most species don't really..

Thats also not a pic of exanthematicus. It seems to be a salvator (water moni) skull, maybe wayne can confirm.

I think this is the proper image

smy_749 · 07-29-13, 08:19 PM

I clicked on the link for the image you provided, if you go into the thread, it is the skull of the an indicus complex.

Heres another image from that same thread of bosc teeth

poison123 · 07-29-13, 08:20 PM

Wow I really need to learn how to read more carefully lol It turns out that it was a skull of a
mangrove.

smy_749 · 07-29-13, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by poison123

Wow I really need to learn how to read more carefully lol It turns out that it was a skull of a
mangrove.

I beat you to it, too late :P

poison123 · 07-29-13, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

I beat you to it, too late :P

Pssh what ever.

infernalis · 07-30-13, 03:12 AM

I could tell right away. (A Savannah skull)

infernalis · 07-30-13, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

In both of those pictures what are the sharp bones going across the eye socket? If they were ever to get fractured it seems like it would be lights out for the monitor.

Excellent observation.

Monitors have a bony armor around their eyes to protect this most valuable asset in the heat of battle.

Firstly, their bones have a lot more flex than ours do (not calcified brittle) and when alive, those "spurs" are part of a more complex eye socket.

The likelihood of a monitor getting stabbed in the eye by it's own bony eye socket is about nil, and if subjected to forces that could do so, the animal is dead anyway.

franks · 07-30-13, 08:19 AM

And that armor comes in handy. Anybody that owns one can attest to the fact that Savannah monitors get very personal with their prey when eating it. My guy will run around his cage with a live squirming crayfish in its mouth bashing it into all of the trees rocks and branches in the enclosure. Because they attempt to tackle and eat prey that is proportionately fairly large (sometimes 1/3 of their own body mass) they need need the extra protection. These guys start chomping first and ask questions later.

Little Wise Owl · 07-30-13, 09:33 AM

Nevermind, maybe I'll finish reading the whole thread next time. Here's another Savannah Skull though.

Akuma223 · 07-30-13, 09:46 AM

Does anyone have a pic of a rudi skull? I would love to see one. In fact if I could I would buy any monitor skulls off of people who have them, Its a weird hobby of mine.

murrindindi · 07-30-13, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

In both of those pictures what are the sharp bones going across the eye socket? If they were ever to get fractured it seems like it would be lights out for the monitor.

Hi, the top "spiky" bone is the "supra-temporal", the bottom one is the "jugal".
Just out of interest, many of the skull bones are not fused together, as in a solid skull, they consist of many tiny bones just like a jigsaw puzzle!

savannahs · 07-31-13, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Little Wise Owl

Nevermind, maybe I'll finish reading the whole thread next time. Here's another Savannah Skull though.

Yuck! I can see the poor Savs feet!