Lizard Escapes from Outside Enclosure to Eat a Squirrel
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Day in the life of a giant Asian water monitor. Rex is a sweet lovable lizard. In his mind he escaped.
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Video was filmed on December 11, 2017 of an Asian Water Monitor (Various salvator) who climbs out of his outside enclosure to feed, and then climbs back in.
This video is part of a body of work that focuses on the science of reptile behavior that supported a master's thesis in zoology. Currently working on PhD in reptile venom research.
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?
Video is 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.