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Spotted this beast in a lake...

Alex







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That explains why no more fish there

Lol Birddog!! No more birds either:




Alex

Yep! all gone!!!!!!

It's a goanna... I was once swimming off the back of my boat in the Hawkesbury and someone on board spotted one of those coming towards me... No-one has ever seen me move so fast I can assure you...

Is that at Emerald Lake Alex?

Hehe, I am still chuckling from what you called this post.

I haven't seen a goanna swim before, I didn't even know they could.

Greg B wrote:Is that at Emerald Lake Alex?

Hi Greg,

This lake is actually in a park in Bangkok

Alex

I watched one almost six feet in length swimming across the Ord River last summer with a croc on his tail. He just made it

thailand?? I was wondering if these were taken at lock ness.

steve

avkomp wrote:thailand?? I was wondering if these were taken at lock ness.

steve

lol Steve... I was shocked when I saw the size of the thing, and there are so many of them there at same time!

Alex

Thailand - not goannas methinks. Komodo Dragons. Much nastier. Prolific on the Indonesian island of Komodo but probably smuggled all over Asia. They eat goats and anything they can get their jaws on. These guys look like juveniles.

simon, these do look like komodo dragons.

but I couldnt make the loch ness crack if I said that earlier

Steve

avkomp wrote:simon, these do look like komodo dragons.

but I couldnt make the loch ness crack if I said that earlier

Steve

Fair call Steve.

Do tourist get to feed them

Hehhe. Are these things actually harmless? Does anyone know. My wife tells me Thais hate them because they are said to bring bad luck. She also tells me they only eat dead animals.

Alex

Catcha wrote:Do tourist get to feed them

No, they get to feed on tourists!

Bob.

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Alex wrote:Hehhe. Are these things actually harmless? Does anyone know.

Alex

Dunno, but something that big that is a reptile must be harmful.

May be next time anyone is in bangkok they can feed it KFC. Now that would be interesting

nito wrote:May be next time anyone is in bangkok they can feed it KFC. Now that would be interesting

Mate, in Bangkok, these things ARE KFC

Cheers

Alex wrote:Hehhe. Are these things actually harmless? Does anyone know. My wife tells me Thais hate them because they are said to bring bad luck. She also tells me they only eat dead animals.

Alex

They certainly do feed on carrion but will catch live stuff as well. They don't even have to bring it down completely as they have a mouth full of deadly bacteria which means a bite results in serious infection that usually proves fatal anyway. Then they can just sniff it out later when it's keeled over and save themselves a struggle.

digitor wrote:
Mate, in Bangkok, these things ARE KFC

Cheers

sounds interesting KFL.....

Manta wrote:

Alex wrote:Hehhe. Are these things actually harmless? Does anyone know. My wife tells me Thais hate them because they are said to bring bad luck. She also tells me they only eat dead animals.

Alex

They certainly do feed on carrion but will catch live stuff as well. They don't even have to bring it down completely as they have a mouth full of deadly bacteria which means a bite results in serious infection that usually proves fatal anyway. Then they can just sniff it out later when it's keeled over and save themselves a struggle.

Thanks, Manta.

Didn't know any of this.

Cheers
Alex