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.
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.'
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Looks like a dinosaur!
Great shot! Happy WW
aww sweet shot! :)
Wow - is that the famous komodo dragon in one of their mating rituals? *kidding*
OMG! Kewel! Happy WW!
I'm guessing they are Monitor lizards, although maybe ZJ is right? Happy WW.
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.
are those komodo dragons? awesome!
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.
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.'
Wow! I didn't even notice it at first, I thought it was a tree trunk. Great shot! :-)
Great photo!
Happy WW
Great picture. Is that a Monitor???
When my parents were missionaries in Indonesia (several years ago) we saw huge lizards like these. I wonder if they were the same kind?
great photo!Thanks for drooping by.
happy WW!
i had to do a doubletake to see what that was. i thought it was a tree!
happy ww. :)
whoa! that's cool!
Beautiful ♥ that is awesome
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timing is everything. i like the timing. this is on point.
Wow, very cool shot. Where did you take this??? Nice work.
*shrieks and jumps onto a chair* hee hee hee! that looks really big! :)and yes, it does look like a dinosaur! hahaha!
I thought they were Komodo dragons too, but I realize monitors are even bigger. (shudder)
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I love candid pictures of animals in the wild. Thanks for sharing. You're lucky you got to see this.
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