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Is the desert monitor a solitary animal or a pack animal?
Just like other species of monitor lizards, the desert monitors are solitary animals and prefer to live alone. Also, the species is quite territorial ...
What do monitors eat?
Monitors eat just about anything they can catch and swallow whole. Prey is dependent on the size of the goanna but includes insects, birds, eggs, smal...
How are white throated monitor mouthes adapted to what they eat?
How are white-throated savanna monitors adapted to what they eat?How does a monitor lizard eat?What do white throat monitors eat?Are white throat mon...
How are cyclones monitored?
Hurricane forecasters use both visible and infrared satellite imagery to track the motion and cloud patterns of hurricanes and infrared to monitor clo...
Are monitors native animals?
Monitor lizards are large lizards in the genus Varanus. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as...
What kind of animal is a monitor?
monitor, (family Varanidae), any lizard of the genera Varanus or Lanthanotus in the family Varanidae. About 50 species of Varanus are recognized in th...
What do sand monitors eat?
Sand Monitors are scavengers eating insects, small mammals, lizards, nestling birds and frogs. What do sand goannas eat?How long do sand monitors live...
How big are spiney tailed monitors?
Adults can be 24-30 inches (60-75 centimeters) long. Females are slightly smaller than males. Spiny-tailed monitors are well adapted to hot, arid cond...
Is a monitor lizard a prey or predator or both?
Most monitors are opportunistic predators and scavengers that generally eat anything that they can subdue. Depending on size, the diet can include mam...