Perhaps there's not valid comparison. After all, even super-active large monitors have far lower metabolisms than do cats and dogs.

Do be careful, however, when extrapolating information from captive animals to wild ones. Your monitors eat food as it's provided, and your cat can secure a meal by attacking a bowl. It might not be so simple for wild animals. Just because it seems likely, does not mean it is actually that way. Then again, who knows for certain.

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