Water monitor lizard and waders

Posted by BESG on 29 November 08, Saturday
Contributed by Lee Tiah Khee

The abundance of Malayan Water Monitors (Varanus salvator) at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve has made these lizards an added attraction.

The scavenging activities of these lizards shown earlier with a large catfish in its jaws, beg the question of how successful they are in catching resident and migratory birds. No doubt these skirmishes make for exciting encounters.

The image by Lee Tiah Khee shows a monitor lizard sneaking up on an unsuspecting wader and subsequently panicking the nearby group of foraging waders.

This post is a cooperative effort between www.naturepixels.org and BESG to bring the study of bird behaviour through photography to a wider audience.

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