All About Reptiles: Water Monitor : Learn the History of the Species

[TheGigimanis]

malaysia!!!! its my country

[bigboy3293]

I have been bitten by a 7 ft 50 pound sal wild caught and was given a shot for bacteria and was fine I have been bitten by rattlesnakes and was given shots for poison antivenmon I have been bitten by serval monitors and never recieved poison I know I should not be bitten but I handle reptiles by hand and sometimes they bite

[MyFishies]

I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM!!!!

[Thegoodkingnado]

@iguanaruletheworld oops! Continued: Im no scientist, but I did try to keep up to date with this kind of thing. And no I see that it is BELIEVED that not only are komodos and other monitors venomous, but most SNAKE species as well! Gonna have to do some more digging and get to the bottom of what is actually KNOWN/FACT.

[Thegoodkingnado]

@iguanaruletheworld wow! I just did some poking around online, and I guess that's what I get for not keeping up on the latest discoveries for the past 4-5 years! Varanids are a group I did watch somewhat closely too! I'm no sc

[Thegoodkingnado]

@expertvillage what i have read about the bacteria in lizards' mouths is that it stems from the eating of rotting carrion, and wouldn't actually be much of a factor, if really at all, in a captive animal. of course i could be wrong- maybe i just haven't read about the fact that the bacterias are actually produced endogenously by the animal, but that seems unlikely. i don't know of any animal that has "bacteria producing glands"!

[AllieKat816]

aww poor lil guy hit his head.

[narutofroever]

wow thats a small water monitor for a 4 year old

[iguanaruletheworld]

Personally, i think he's nuts for a side exit for an animal this size. Even with the glove, you're asking to get popped with the tail or snacked. And the bacteria isn't the problem, it's the anticoagulant venom. Have fun stopping the bleeding when he nips you. :)

[Thegoodkingnado]

@iguanaruletheworld "venom"? i don't think thats quite the term youre loooking for...if you want to get picky!

[iguanaruletheworld]

@Thegoodkingnado Not trying to start anything, I just want people to know what they're getting themselves into. And yeah, it's venom. Fry, B. G., N. Vidal, J. A. Norman, F. J. Vonk, H. Scheib, S. F. R. Ramjan, S. Kuruppu, K. Fung, B. Hedges, M. K. Richardson, W. C. Hodgson, V. Ignjatovic, R. Summerhays, and E. Kochva. 2006. Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes. Nature 439: 584-588.

[BeastlySasquatch]

About 80-100

[Matthew3056]

:) what a challenge it was for him to get out the big guy, lol!!

[monkeyboyee1]

not that big.

[resipsaloc]

Meh, get a hair cut ya hippie. The damn 60's are over.

[DirtyJjlova]

@resipsaloc shut the fuck up. Way to show respect to the video

[narutofroever]

How much are water monitors in the U.S.? does anyone know.

[iguanaruletheworld]

@narutofroever You shouldn't pay any less than $70, if you are, I'd question the health of the animal. Buy only CB, you'll be much happier.

[HerpManNJP]

how come people on expert village never respond back 2 your comment?

[mmamaster971]

the monitor bumped its head quite a bit. your a way better info guy than the girl.thnx.

[red12tailboa]

it was good info brotha. Was he a c.b or w.c?