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bob
at Fri Oct 16 07:21:35 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bob ]
Tom, that flattening out basking behavior was something I did notice to and you are absolutely correct, no lizard or monitor would do that unless it felt it was in a safe enough place to do so, basking is a risk for any of the monitors/lizards as they get preyed upong by many other predators in the wild, birds of prey being one of the biggest threats coming from above. I had a small cat on top of an outdoor cage years ago and a 1/2 grown pilbara female was jumping up trying to bite this cat through the mesh. It was pretty comical but I had to live trap this wild cat and find him a home, he was becoming a regular.
Thanks for sharing, Bob
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