heath monitor

[Riley]

when for my own little bushwalk/mini mountain climb today at bobin head, and saw a nice little heath monitor( or a lacie, but pretty sure it was a heath monitor) - actually, it was quite big lol
was eating this plant and saw me and than ran away up these rocks
wish i had the camera
he was pretty cool, moved like a goanna and kept sticking his tongue out like a snake.


i learnt heaps of stuff from seeing about 10 seconds of a heath monitor
- they have blue tongues
- quite large
- arboreal
- omnivourous
- move like goannas
- theyre awesome

 

[Retic]

If it was definitely eating a plant it wasn't a monitor. They are strictly meat eaters.

 

[cris]

Eating a plant? that is unusual are you sure it wasnt eating something in or near the plant?

I have heard of them eating non meat food stolen from ppl but never heard of it happening in the wild.

Cant argue with them being awesome though

 

[Riley]

oh, well it was sticking its head around there or something, probably turning around because it was definatley either a heath monitor or a lacie.

 

[cris]

If it was definitely eating a plant it wasn't a monitor. They are strictly meat eaters.

could have been one of those fruit eating ones from overseas

 

[Retic]

Did it look like this ?

 

[Riley]

cant remember exactly, i already checked in my book ' A feild guide to REPTILES of Nsw 2nd edition' but yeah i think it looked that that, heath monitor

 

[Riley]

*field

good book