Show Us Your Croc Monitors
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*Picture Warning* Not For The Squimish!
Heres some pics floating in cyberspace, the damage done by a "tame" Croc monitor.
....an excerpt from a Monitor forum post at kingsnake.com by Rob Carmichael of The Wildlife Discovery Center-
The Croc monitor poses, in my opinion, more cause for concern (when compared to other easily obtained monitors) due to their behavior. We experienced this first hand at my facility. Two years ago, one of my animal keepers was giving our croc monitor (a YOUNG male at only 7') it's daily warm shower. He took his eyes off the lizard for a split moment and the croc must have seen some fingers moving around on the spray nozzle. He came over and just nipped and let go in a millisecond. I heard a blood curdling scream and ran over only to see blood splattered on the glass, the floor, everywhere. This little nip just about severed off one of the fingers of my staff. He went through 4 hours of intensive surgery and has a very nice scar to this day and has never regained fully feeling and mobility in that finger. Just something to think about before making a mistake.
Croc Monitors are amazing animals, and worthy of any zoo's collection, but I wonder about them in the pet trade. ~ Rex
Heres some pics floating in cyberspace, the damage done by a "tame" Croc monitor.
....an excerpt from a Monitor forum post at kingsnake.com by Rob Carmichael of The Wildlife Discovery Center-
The Croc monitor poses, in my opinion, more cause for concern (when compared to other easily obtained monitors) due to their behavior. We experienced this first hand at my facility. Two years ago, one of my animal keepers was giving our croc monitor (a YOUNG male at only 7') it's daily warm shower. He took his eyes off the lizard for a split moment and the croc must have seen some fingers moving around on the spray nozzle. He came over and just nipped and let go in a millisecond. I heard a blood curdling scream and ran over only to see blood splattered on the glass, the floor, everywhere. This little nip just about severed off one of the fingers of my staff. He went through 4 hours of intensive surgery and has a very nice scar to this day and has never regained fully feeling and mobility in that finger. Just something to think about before making a mistake.
Croc Monitors are amazing animals, and worthy of any zoo's collection, but I wonder about them in the pet trade. ~ Rex
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Dang!
But yeah, they are beautiful animals.
But yeah, they are beautiful animals.
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Amazing animals, but not for the beginner.
The first pic looks legit, but the second was floating around about six months ago on the monitor forums and was discredited. I have had three, one CB and 2 WC. I didn't mess with the WC unless I had to, but the CB was good. I scared the CB twice and twice ended up in the ER. Just a few stitches, but it was from his teeth just grazing my arm and not an aggressive bite. These are definitely not for the beginner even though they can be purchased starting around $500.00. They get large and need large enclosures. (my pair was housed in an 8ftX8ftX8ft shed that was converted to a cage in my back yard.) The pics I have are from a 35 mm but my friend that I purchsaed the WC from might have some pics. I'll post them if I can find any.
Joey
The first pic looks legit, but the second was floating around about six months ago on the monitor forums and was discredited. I have had three, one CB and 2 WC. I didn't mess with the WC unless I had to, but the CB was good. I scared the CB twice and twice ended up in the ER. Just a few stitches, but it was from his teeth just grazing my arm and not an aggressive bite. These are definitely not for the beginner even though they can be purchased starting around $500.00. They get large and need large enclosures. (my pair was housed in an 8ftX8ftX8ft shed that was converted to a cage in my back yard.) The pics I have are from a 35 mm but my friend that I purchsaed the WC from might have some pics. I'll post them if I can find any.
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i would love to get a crock monitor and it is definalty a animal i plan to keep in the future.. right now i have a sub adult nile that i am building a cage for and he is realy the only "monster" i can handle.. any other large species and i wont have the room... but when i get to the point in life where i have the money and space i would love to keep one.. all of the crocks ive encountered have teh most inteligence i have ever seen in a reptile.. its like there is a couculated thought prosses going on that no other reptile seems to be capable of...
they are a challege that i cant waite to tackle.... all in good time though. no need to jump the gun.
they are a challege that i cant waite to tackle.... all in good time though. no need to jump the gun.
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Here's a pic of one of my old crocs:
Here is the only pic I could find so far. Thanks Dale of spartanretics.com for allowing me to use the photo you took.
This is a photo of a crocs\ I took while at Prehistoric pets a few weeks ago. They have some amazing animals.
Here is the only pic I could find so far. Thanks Dale of spartanretics.com for allowing me to use the photo you took.
This is a photo of a crocs\ I took while at Prehistoric pets a few weeks ago. They have some amazing animals.
Awesome specimen, I would love to own one if I had more money and a bigger space to give it. I just love everything about them. Thats my step up from getting an Asian water monitor.
I think the longest monitor in the world is a water monitor. But on average crocs are longer.
I think the longest monitor in the world is a water monitor. But on average crocs are longer.
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On average Komodos are longer than waters too.
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Just to clarify, the Komodo monitor is the largest (heaviest) lizard in the world. The water monitor is the second largest.
The crocodile monitor is the longest lizard in world. ~ Rex
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I will not be surprised if crocs turn out to be longer than the others, but has anyone had a croc that was measured over 10 ft in length? I have yet to see any published data on this. Only reports of measurements or heresay.
Yeah, I once discussed what was the longest on another forum made specifically for reptiles and a few guys showed some proof that it was water monitors.
But yeah prob crocs are the longest. Thx for the input!
Here's a site telling of the longest croc...15ft 7 inches
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long144.html
But yeah prob crocs are the longest. Thx for the input!
Here's a site telling of the longest croc...15ft 7 inches
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long144.html
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Croc monitors get very large. Also they are from New Guinea not Africa. I did not catch it. Two that I had were imported as adults. My CB baby was 7 feet when it was sold. The wc female was over 6 feet. and my male was close to 7.5 ft.
As for that 15 ft. record, there are no photographs or anything to prove its size. Just a vague "report" somewhere about a large lizard that has been repeated many times without evidence. Only once was a name mentioned, but neither the researcher or the animal could be traced.
As for that 15 ft. record, there are no photographs or anything to prove its size. Just a vague "report" somewhere about a large lizard that has been repeated many times without evidence. Only once was a name mentioned, but neither the researcher or the animal could be traced.
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I'm pretty sure that a 15ft croc monitor is in the guiness book, (not sure what year though) I always thought it was an exepted length.
Thats the nile monitor, its easy to get confused for they have simalir coloration, and they are more commonly seen in the pet trade. Yet niles stay "smaller" and top off in the 6' range. ~ Rex
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prehystoric pets..... what a store.... that place is too much.. i like to play "guess the price" when i see there animals on kingsnake... in there shop they wanted $250 for a adult iguanna.... ridiculous... some of the guys that work there are pritty cool though... that crock actually use to belong to a friend of mine before he sold it to Jay
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It's not in any record book. Your best bet for a reference in Daniel Bennetts book on monitors. It mentions the guy's name that claimed to have the lizard, but nothing further. The record is held by a water monitor or a stuffed komodo from years ago depending on source.
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Bad wording on my part.
Let me rephrase my previous post. As far as I was aware, the 15 foot croc is not in any record book. If it is and someone know about it, I would love to see it. As far as I was aware, (honestly this is not a huge interest for me since the "largest one" is typically the exception), the record was held by Varanus komodiensis or V. salvator.
Let me rephrase my previous post. As far as I was aware, the 15 foot croc is not in any record book. If it is and someone know about it, I would love to see it. As far as I was aware, (honestly this is not a huge interest for me since the "largest one" is typically the exception), the record was held by Varanus komodiensis or V. salvator.
i had a friend who owned a 7 foot monitor, and one night while he and a friend were feeding it, the friends buddy did something wrong, and the monitor bit him across the back of his hand, would not let go, and thrashed wildly about.
by the time they got his hand free, it was bitten in two.
not a pleasant deal.
edited to add..as i recall, the secondary infection was almost worse than the initial injury.
by the time they got his hand free, it was bitten in two.
not a pleasant deal.
edited to add..as i recall, the secondary infection was almost worse than the initial injury.
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I think that second picture was drawn on with a marker. He has very short hair, so he could have drawn on his scalp, and I would think that either the victim or someone else would have wiped that blood off his face.. and it doesn't look like the way that blood would flow either. Sorry just wanted to say that, just my opinion though.*Picture Warning* Not For The Squimish!
Heres some pics floating in cyberspace, the damage done by a "tame" Croc monitor.
....an excerpt from a Monitor forum post at kingsnake.com by Rob Carmichael of The Wildlife Discovery Center-
The Croc monitor poses, in my opinion, more cause for concern (when compared to other easily obtained monitors) due to their behavior. We experienced this first hand at my facility. Two years ago, one of my animal keepers was giving our croc monitor (a YOUNG male at only 7') it's daily warm shower. He took his eyes off the lizard for a split moment and the croc must have seen some fingers moving around on the spray nozzle. He came over and just nipped and let go in a millisecond. I heard a blood curdling scream and ran over only to see blood splattered on the glass, the floor, everywhere. This little nip just about severed off one of the fingers of my staff. He went through 4 hours of intensive surgery and has a very nice scar to this day and has never regained fully feeling and mobility in that finger. Just something to think about before making a mistake.
Croc Monitors are amazing animals, and worthy of any zoo's collection, but I wonder about them in the pet trade. ~ Rex
By the way, the second picture looks real to me.