Crocodile Monitor Facts: LONGEST living LIZARD 🦎 Animal Fact Files
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Күн бұрынThe crocodile monitor is known as the longest living lizard! While the komodo dragon may be the largest lizard, crocodile monitors can reach the length of a car! Learn more crocodile monitor facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files
Scientific Name: Varanus salvadorii
Range: New Guinea
Habitat: Rainforests and mangroves
Size: Up to 11 feet (3.35m) long
Diet: Birds, eggs, rodents, reptiles, and more
Threats: Humans and habitat loss
Life span: Up to twenty years in captivity; Unknown in the wild
EDIT: At 3:21 we mention crocodile monitor lizard eggs may hatch after a month of incubation, however, other sources indicate this can take up to six months!
Here's a link to the CITES website which we mentioned in the video: cites.org/eng
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@toothlessreptiles9283 6 жыл бұрын
Great info. If I could lend a bit of constructive criticism; incubation of most all large monitors is over 6 months. Water monitors and Croc monitors eggs will incubate for about 185-210 days at 86 degrees F. Trust me, I wish they only incubated for a month. After copulation the females will generally lay eggs between one month and 7 weeks later. There is very little info on their breeding so I assume this info is hard to find if you're not directly involved in Salvadorii projects. Love the video. Very cool. Thanks for taking the time. -Cory
@AnimalFactFiles 6 жыл бұрын
Hey, Cory! Thanks so much for the feedback. Yes, you're right; sometimes finding the information can be really difficult and it's not always sourced properly. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain all of that in more detail! =)
@jethroreading7168 6 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to come up with a good joke but I'm tired so all I wanna say is that Monitor Lizards are best lizard bois. Good video :)
@AnimalFactFiles 6 жыл бұрын
Haha! They're loooong bois, too. ;)
@robertblackmore4919 4 жыл бұрын
Kamp Keenan brought me here 🤔
@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын
Lagertha?
@louismccarten4710 2 жыл бұрын
They even LOOK like dinosaurs.
@fishnature2019 3 жыл бұрын
They look more like a komodo dragon than anything else to me their face anyways does
@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын
I can totally see this!
@paulbingham6549 6 жыл бұрын
Amazing episode as usual!
@AnimalFactFiles 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Paul!
@jadenl629 2 жыл бұрын
I never knew about this awesome animal until now! Thank you guys sooo much for the information again!😀
@DaFuqboom209 2 жыл бұрын
So neat
@BigAl2-u7e 6 жыл бұрын
Crikey mate, it's a rare and eLUSIVE crocodile monitor!!!
@AnimalFactFiles 6 жыл бұрын
Lookit the size on that one!
@jethroreading7168 6 жыл бұрын
Eli-sive
@Ninihalima 4 жыл бұрын
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@remanjecarter2787 6 жыл бұрын
amazing video
@AnimalFactFiles 6 жыл бұрын
Aww! We really appreciate it!!
@YamiSpyroX 2 жыл бұрын
"Evil tree Spirits that Breath fire!" No. They're just neat, pretty scaly monkey's. Go pack your dragon fears back to the middle ages!
@omargonzalez5523 3 жыл бұрын
200 lb !!!! That’s not true they don’t get bigger than about 50 lb
@royhay5741 Жыл бұрын
They're one of New Guinea's apex predators and also hunt deer and New Guinea wild boar. I wish they weren't pets all.
@sriyanperera6607 2 жыл бұрын
More like close Relatives of the Komodo Dragons and monitor lizards.
@maciejdziewit6822 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing animal WOW
@lgiorgio71 3 жыл бұрын
Tegus and their family also have split toungs, but still cool video
@reubenguttenberg7405 Жыл бұрын
Looks like dewbacks from star wars
@Krypton-445 5 жыл бұрын
Obviously everybody's going to say yes to your question because you just told just told them so don't believe anybody but seriously I knew
@bryankinkaid3225 Жыл бұрын
We indigenous people we don't think of crocodile monitors that way .We respect those animals because we know how dangerous those animals can. They are pack animals you take one out you will be chased by the rest.
@Splashstar216 2 жыл бұрын
longest in my book = largest!
@deliziosetiefkuhlkost2463 3 жыл бұрын
I think there is a mistake at the wight they don't get anywhere near 90kg its like 15-20 max
@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE 4 жыл бұрын
Oh... A jungle crawler.
@kentneumann5209 Жыл бұрын
Carrion eater. Why they survived. Lots of dead dinosaurs.
@bromaro 3 жыл бұрын
Quite a few lizard families have formed tongues, such as the helodermids and the lizards belonging to the family teiidae. And crocodile monitors almost never reach 90kg, usually averaging around 5kg
@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for pointing this out!
@kentneumann5209 Жыл бұрын
Pet trade? What. The flock?
@insertnamehere6659 2 жыл бұрын
Why the split second image of weeping Virgin Mary at the beginning?
@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын
Probably something to do with editing in KZfaq editor awhile back
@insertnamehere6659 2 жыл бұрын
@@AnimalFactFiles Huh. Still confusing, but at least I know now it's thanks to site jank.
@csteegs8681 2 жыл бұрын
Just let a couple of these go in Florida, their population will be just fine
@craigbrown6437 3 жыл бұрын
I have a question for the maker of this video(Animal Fact Files). Here is the question: Who do you think would win a fight to the death between a fully grown Crocodile monitor lizard and a Siberian lynx? I await your reply.
@donraeside 2 жыл бұрын
9 months later but the lynx is likely going to die and be eaten. A very large lynx may indeed outweigh a large crocodile monitor, but the teeth on the monitor are substantial (this video doesn't show it, but they're significantly larger than even Komodo dragon teeth). While the teeth of the monitor are not curved or serrated, they are still bladed and very sharp. This animal is considered in the reptile trade as being potentially life threatening, and of the few who do keep them, several have permanent injuries from defensive bites - a predatory bite, which is highly possible versus an equivalently sized cat, would be quite devastating. In the wild they have been reported to actively hunt pigs and deer!
@craigbrown6437 2 жыл бұрын
@@donraeside Thanks for sharing this information. However, my question for you is this: Do you have any hard evidence as proof that Crocodile monitor lizards actually hunt pigs and dear?If yes, please feel free to share. I await your reply.
@donraeside 2 жыл бұрын
@@craigbrown6437 It is mentioned in this book by professional herpetologist Eric Pianka. Still, very little is known about their natural diet as they are poorly studied - given their arboreal nature they likely do prey mostly on birds and reptiles and tree dwelling mammals, likely including monkeys.
@craigbrown6437 2 жыл бұрын
@@donraeside What is the name of this book that you have mentioned? I await your reply.
@craigbrown6437 2 жыл бұрын
@@donraeside Who do you think would win a head to head fight to the death between a Siberian lynx and a fully grown Crocodile monitor lizard? I await your reply.
@CuriousDils 3 жыл бұрын
Joe hogan brought me here
@mcwendel8066 3 жыл бұрын
200lbs?? I don’t think so! Maaaybe 40lbs
@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын
Good point. 200lbs is their maximum according to sources like here: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Varanus_salvadorii/ but it could have been more clear that is the maximum weight. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Hope you have a pleasant day
@foofighter1790 4 жыл бұрын
Incubation is 1 month? 🤔🤔🤔
@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын
We were basing that off of the information on this website: animaldiversity.org/accounts/Varanus_salvadorii/ However, there are other sources indicating up to six months for incubation... hmm. Thanks for pointing this out! =)
@craigbrown6437 3 жыл бұрын
I have a question for the maker of this video(Animal Fact Files). Here is the question: Who do you think would win a fight to the death between a fully grown Crocodile monitor lizard and a Siberian lynx? I await your reply.
@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын
To be completely honest, considering they wouldn't come into contact with one another naturally, I don't really feel like it's a match that would ever occur unless incited by humans in some way.
@craigbrown6437 3 жыл бұрын
@@AnimalFactFiles If in fact as you said it was match incited by humans and these two animals were put in a position in which they both were forced to fight to the death who do you think would win(a fully grown Crocodile monitor lizard or a Siberian lynx)? Please give reasons for your answer.Again, I await your reply.
@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын
I think if a match like this was incited by humans it would be harmful to both animals.
@craigbrown6437 3 жыл бұрын
@@AnimalFactFiles I understand what you are saying. I also agree with you. However, which animal would win the fight in the end(the Crocodile monitor lizard or the Siberian lynx)?I still need answer to this question. Again i await your reply.
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