finding the perfect monitor - Page 2

Gatorhunter1231 · 10-01-12, 08:44 AM

@ Wayne. Those bottom two pics are from shays or shane's argus pics. pretty cool to see them doing it in captivity.

BeardedDee · 10-01-12, 08:46 AM

Great examples Wayne, they can look up,down and around in this pose.

Pirarucu · 10-01-12, 06:24 PM

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Argus tripod is different the standing for food. My crocs, ackies, and tristis have all stood on hind legs for food, reaching to climb, or few a few seconds just becauseq. I heard argus will do it for 15+mins. A good question for Dave to answer. They do it to scope out there surrounding.

I agree. I'm just saying that other monitors are capable of standing for food, so if they wanted to, they should be physically capable of doing it to look around like an argus. They almost never do, but I'm just saying they should be capable in theory.

h3h · 10-01-12, 06:34 PM

Screw it, lizards are cool.

- h3

varanus_mad · 10-02-12, 03:31 AM

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I agree. I'm just saying that other monitors are capable of standing for food, so if they wanted to, they should be physically capable of doing it to look around like an argus. They almost never do, but I'm just saying they should be capable in theory.

i strongly disagree im yet to see another monitor tripod as easily as an argus invariably they always fall over after 30s or so they dont seem to be built right to tripod for long periods.

Pirarucu · 10-02-12, 10:57 AM

I agree, most are not built as well for it as the argus. However, most only tripod when going after food, so they are trying to lunge and grab the food.. However, if they were attempting to tripod to look around, I'm confident many species would be able to stand up longer. Probably not as long as an argus of course.

**millertime89** · 10-02-12, 11:15 AM

Any pet store telling you Savannahs are desert monitors should not be selling them.

I believe Yellow monitors are also called Quince monitors. Cool little monitors, supposed to top out around 4 feet or so.

infernalis · 10-02-12, 11:47 AM

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I agree. I'm just saying that other monitors are capable of standing for food, so if they wanted to, they should be physically capable of doing it to look around like an argus. They almost never do, but I'm just saying they should be capable in theory.

There was no food, I was fiddling with the camera, Littlefoot stood up like this long enough for me to react and take a picture. He was just looking out at what I was doing.

DiscoPat · 10-02-12, 03:02 PM

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There was no food, I was fiddling with the camera, Littlefoot stood up like this long enough for me to react and take a picture. He was just looking out at what I was doing.

Steve does that whenever he sees me come in if he hasn't eaten that day

Pirarucu · 10-02-12, 03:40 PM

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There was no food, I was fiddling with the camera, Littlefoot stood up like this long enough for me to react and take a picture. He was just looking out at what I was doing.

That is indeed one instance that comes to mind, along with the nile that I posted.

Gatorhunter1231 · 10-02-12, 10:14 PM

Nice pic Wayne. I have seen many species tripod as I stated earlier. Sometimes for food, reaching for a better vantage point, a quick look, etc. It just looks forced for most species. An argus looks like he can hang out like that forver. They have long necks, beefy musclar legs, elongated body, and a nice balance point. There are a few others out there but are not normally kept. Flavirus is one that is good at it but do it a lot less then Argus.

varanus_mad · 10-03-12, 06:38 AM

From what i can tell a lot of species tripod early when young but seem to stop as they get older.