Tagged: Water monitor

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The Water Monitor

Last week I wrote about the Rock Monitor and today I will chat about the Water monitor (Varanus niloticus) that is found in southern Africa.  They’re apparently called monitors because they are good at...

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The Rock Monitor

2012 – The ‘year of the dragon’ according to Chinese astrology.  The closest thing that southern Africa has to the dragon is the Rock monitor – a distant relative of the ferocious-looking Komodo Dragon...