wild water dragon eating a rat

[andysnakes]

was at work yesterday painting a clients deck and looked over my shoulder to see this.. sorry about the poor quality photo's only had my phone with me. at first i thought it had a bird but on closer inspection was a decent sized rat

 

[LiasisKing]

thats odd, the water dragons at our old place used to get the pluvers (spelling?) babies ... but never rats (that i saw)

 

[Scleropages]

Doult he could of caught a healhty rat... hope it wasen't baited.

 

[cris]

Doult he could of caught a healhty rat... hope it wasen't baited.

Exactly what i was thinking, even if it wasnt baited i dont think its healthy for dragons to eat things that big im pretty sure large items can cause spinal damage or something. Anyway an interesting sight, thanks for sharing.

 

[Manda1032]

I can think of better things to eat

 

[congo_python]

interesting

 

[1issie]

He would proaby throw it around,like a lacie some times does.

 

[andysnakes]

yes it was actually head bobbing with the rat in its jaws

 

[cris]

yes it was actually head bobbing with the rat in its jaws

This is normal sign language, as far as i understand telling other dragons that hes not keen on sharing (often territory or other issues) without a fight, a sort of dominance display. A bit like flippin the bird.