My 2 year old savannah did something ive never seen before the other day while eating mice. I was feeding her mice from tongs, and thought to myself, what would happen if i held on while she tried to take it from the tongs. she grabbed it, kinda pulled on it, shook back and forth, then did a death roll like crocs do, and tore the mouse right in half. And by death roll I don't mean just rolling slow, she was moving, she did i think 3 complete turns in the blink of an eye. Has anyone else seen this behaviour?
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Anyone ever seen a sav, or any monitor do this?
zippo448
Apr 26, 2005 01:13 PM
Replies (2)
tailswithscales
Apr 26, 2005 01:33 PM
This behavior is not uncommon. I have seen my Boscs, Albigs, and Niles perform the monitor death roll.
It's always interesting to see them do things you wouldn't expect.
Cheers
Christine
mequinn
Apr 26, 2005 03:10 PM
Lots of 'animals' do the death roll when they get more in their mouth than they can chew! Its a way of breaking up the meat into gulpable sizes....They also do this as a form of escape from being held as well.... very impressive behavior.
mbayless
