South Africa's Largest Lizard
South Africa's largest lizard is the Nile Monitor Lizard, growing to a total length of just over 2m. It's smaller cousin - The Rock Monitor Lizard - in this photo - grows to just over 1,5m.
These lizards have a forked tongue like a snake, large thick tails and vice-grip like jaws.
They use their tails to defend themselves by whipping an intruder.
If one does bite you and does not let go, there is nothing you can do to open the jaws. From personal experience I have learnt to just sit it out and wait for the Monitor Lizard to let go on his own. It can take up to 30 minutes or so. If you try and open the mouth, it just grips harder. I've tried putting it under water - it just holds its breath and bites harder!
The Rock Monitor can tame down and make a wonderful pet. I've yet to see a Nile Monitor tame down.
This photo was taken in the Kruger National Park
you were bitten by that thing , that scary and wait for thirty minutes , aaaah that is 30 min of pain , i wont go near those thing no way
they have relatively small teeth and so the bite is not so bad, it is the germs that may enter the wound from the lizards mouth that is a problem. You must relax, it is when you try force it off that it bites hard.
Oh, a lizard for a change. 🐊 Nice. As soon as they grow legs, they look less freakish and I feel more comfortable around them. 😁
Now thats scary! interesting as well though but I would'nt go close to it knowing i might get bitten and there is nothing I can do to open its jaws. I guess its bite is more or less like that of a crab.
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wow its look dangerous as well as attractive...
wow amazing place. thanks for this. i liked this post. :)
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waaawwwww. recently I saw a lizard almost as big as a lizard or a kind of dragons
ohhhh very Largest Lizard seeing first time
Just like a crocodile
not nearly as dangerous as a crocodile.
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