Igor
There are two species in SA, the Water or Nile Monitor (this one - up to
2½m) and the slightly smaller, darker coloured, Rock Monitor (up to 2m).
They move in a slow, loping manner like a horse trotting. Actually quite
common, even in urban areas - they love swimming pools. I was in the car
about 7m away. In my experience they generally hurry away from humans
although there are semi-tame ones in the Kruger Park Camps. In the wild
they are very fond of crocodile eggs. I believe "immigrants" to Florida
are having a negative effect on the Alligator population.
Alan C
On 21-Aug-20 07:32 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
I like that photo, and it is an interesting creature, Alan!
It is nicely framed, despite the restrictions from the focal length.
It reminded me when a fellow Australian PDMLer, Rob, my wife and I
were photographing two mid-size lizards (not as big as yours, but much
bigger than a gecko, one 20-30 cm, the other one - 40-50 cm long) at
Bundeena National Park. They were motionless on the stones, on the
beach, and I was inching closer to them in a squatting position, being
just about a meter (3 ft.) away from them. (I had 50-135mm mounted on
top of AF 1.7x adapter at that moment.)
I don't remember who asked that question, my wife or Rob: "What would
Igor do if the lizard would suddenly jump toward him?
(Here is a photo taken by my wife that illustrates that moment:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jprusakova/5046917616 )
So, I am curious, - how far were you from your (much bigger) monitor,
and was it close enough to dash toward you? ;-)
Cheers,
Igor
Alan C Sun, 16 Aug 2020 02:20:08 -0700 wrote:
A grab of a Leguaan (Monitor Lizard) about 1.5m long loping its way
down to the water at Sable Dam, Kruger Park. Unfortunately, I had the
Sigma 170-500 fitted & couldn't fit it in at 170mm.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50231310413/
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50231310413/in/datetaken-public/>
Alan C
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