Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Wordless Wednesday-Leaping Lizards!


23 comments:

Mama Grizzly said...

Looks like a dinosaur!

Anonymous said...

Great shot! Happy WW

etteY said...

aww sweet shot! :)

Sreisaat said...

Wow - is that the famous komodo dragon in one of their mating rituals? *kidding*

Jenileigh said...

OMG! Kewel! Happy WW!

Anonymous said...

I'm guessing they are Monitor lizards, although maybe ZJ is right? Happy WW.

Anonymous said...

That's it! I'm going to go and give the small green lizards in my backyard a hug. Right now. They aren't so bad after all.

maiylah said...

are those komodo dragons? awesome!

Shannon said...

They are actually water monitors, a close cousin of the Komodo Dragon. These two were huge, standing on their back legs they were shoulder high to me. They were fighting, not hugging. I am not sure if it was part of a mating thing or not. Just after Dave snapped this shot a 3rd huge lizard came up and jumped in the fight. After a few moments and one of these ran away. I way too close, but what an amazing sight.

Camera Totin' Idiot said...

I'm not big on reptiles, so I'd be running away as fast as I could if I saw something like this in the wild. As the saying goes, 'feet don't fail me now.'

Kim said...

Wow! I didn't even notice it at first, I thought it was a tree trunk. Great shot! :-)

catsynth said...

Great photo!
Happy WW

Unknown said...

Great picture. Is that a Monitor???

Kristen M. said...

When my parents were missionaries in Indonesia (several years ago) we saw huge lizards like these. I wonder if they were the same kind?

Sweetiepie said...

great photo!Thanks for drooping by.
happy WW!

Anonymous said...

i had to do a doubletake to see what that was. i thought it was a tree!

happy ww. :)

carrie said...

whoa! that's cool!

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Beautiful ♥ that is awesome

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Anonymous said...

timing is everything. i like the timing. this is on point.

Robert said...

Wow, very cool shot. Where did you take this??? Nice work.

Anonymous said...

*shrieks and jumps onto a chair* hee hee hee! that looks really big! :)and yes, it does look like a dinosaur! hahaha!

Gabriel said...

I thought they were Komodo dragons too, but I realize monitors are even bigger. (shudder)

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Shrijnana said...

I love candid pictures of animals in the wild. Thanks for sharing. You're lucky you got to see this.