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My savannah monitor is often wet, and I've been wondering what exactly she's been doing in her pond. Well I caught the tail-end of her activities tonight!
She's intentionally swimming INTO the inlet from the sump/filter, basically swimming laps.
She's perfectly capable of climbing out, the current isn't strong throughout the pond, and she can stand in it with her head above water.
She'd been swimming like this for at least a minute before I thought to record her. ...then she noticed me and stopped.
I do have to wonder.. some people try and say that this is not natural... Yet my lizards both swim laps in their water, and Chomper was a very proficient swimmer back at the creek.
When I look at maps of the parts of Africa where Exanthematicus are found, there is rivers, ponds & lakes.
The Volta river basin's most valuable resource is it's water..
So why on earth would swimming be unnatural for a monitor lizard that lives where there are bodies of water???
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I do have to wonder.. some people try and say that this is not natural... Yet my lizards both swim laps in their water, and Chomper was a very proficient swimmer back at the creek.
When I look at maps of the parts of Africa where Exanthematicus are found, there is rivers, ponds & lakes.
The Volta river basin's most valuable resource is it's water
So why on earth would swimming be unnatural for a monitor lizard that lives where there are bodies of water???
I agree Wayne, My guy loves the tub when its filled with nice luke warm water. and he swims like a natural..
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