Discover the Water Monitor and its characteristics and habits in this free video series and guide.
Expert: Shawn Fay
Contact: www.regalreptiles.com
Bio: Shawn Fay is the cofounder/co owner of Regal Reptiles, a 15,000 square foot reptile education and propagation center and Rhode Islands only reptile zoo.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
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TheGigimanis 8 months ago
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
bigboy3293 9 months ago
I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THEM!!!!
MyFishies 1 year ago
@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 1 year ago
@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 1 year ago
@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.
iguanaruletheworld 1 year ago
@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"!
Thegoodkingnado 1 year ago
@iguanaruletheworld "venom"? i don't think thats quite the term youre loooking for...if you want to get picky!
Thegoodkingnado 1 year ago
aww poor lil guy hit his head.
AllieKat816 1 year ago
wow thats a small water monitor for a 4 year old
narutofroever 1 year ago