paddyjenkins Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) The biggest monitor lizards I've personally seen have been 2 meters or even longer. In Lumpini I've seen ones about 1.5 meters long. But I've also seen sea water swimming varieties that were even larger, obviously not in Bangkok. The biggest I ever saw was still partially under water as it had only half clambered up onto a big rock but its head and shoulders were far larger than those of a grown man. I've also seen them hunting and they can be frighteningly fast. What's really scary is they can actually climb and run quickly too. I've never heard of them attacking a human, but I'd still be very careful of one getting too close, just in case one decided to make me the first ever human victim. Edited December 4, 2014 by paddyjenkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 One at the top of Monkey Hill (Khao Toh-Sae) in Phuket Town: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Another one - same one? - same place, 4 years later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacChang Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 All I know is... When they are in my garden, they run quickly. When they are trying to cross the road, they take all the time they have, while we sit in the car and wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 they all look rather small on the pics you posted here once i was playing ping pong with a friend and tought i saw a crockodile, but its was "only" a giant monitor lizard now that was scary, as it was near the pool area of the sports club maidee...I'm currently in Burma on a job at the moment, however...when I return home & have another encounter with Walter/Walette I'll be sure to grab a couple pix so you can see just what a 2 meter water monitor looks like up close. Perhaps I'll have the missus take the shots with me in the frame. I'm 6'2" BTW & not afraid of interacting with the big lizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 (snip) I have a tendency to feed Walter/Wallette (/snip) That seems a little callous! Did you name it's offspring "matching beltte" and "footte-wear"? FTB...a long time ago I knew a young French lass named Mallette (pronounced Mah-Lett) not as in Mallet aka a type of hammer. Hence Wallette. Just FYI OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Here is picture of my neighbour, Yellowhead. I tried to offer to her and her baby eggs, but they never took those. I would be nice to have a guardian lizard next to the house. Btw. For people who are interested either to see some nice nature photographs or posting them for others to see, TV photo forum have a great amount of nature images over here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/371722-nature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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