Lizard Swallows Feeder Rabbit Tail First
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Rex finds rabbit hidden under bucket. Then walks inside building, climbs up enclosure.
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Asian Water Monitor (Various salvator) locates food hidden under bucket by tasting air with his tongue. In this video, filmed on October 23, 2016, shows the lizard immediately locating a hidden food item, and swallowing it tail first which is unusual. Normally head first.
Monitors have forked tongues, and swing their heads side to side to follow/track, locate, dispatch, and consume food.
As seen in the beginning of video, lizard's forked tongue is split into two tines at the tip. The lizard smells using tip of his tongue that rubs against a jacobson's organ, which is believed to allow them to sense from which direction a smell is coming "stereoscopically".
Following scent trails based on chemical cues is called tropotaxis. It's unclear whether forked-tongued reptiles can actually follow trails or if this is just a hypothesis. Study the video, what do you think?
This video focuses on the science of reptile behavior that supported a master's thesis in zoology. Video is made public for the citation for junior high school, and high school science reports. Also recommended for college and graduate level source citation for zoological biostatistics.
Filmed with the University of Guadalajara for Biological and Agricultural Sciences, the division of Biological and Environmental Science Division, at the department of Botany and Zoology.