This Monitor lizard comes to visit me every day now... and I love Bali so much for exactly this reason! Look at his V shaped tongue which so clearly resembles that of a snake.
For some months I had heard strange noises coming from the compost cage outside my office and assumed it was the cats.
Until one day I saw the cats chasing him off into the jungle! And this guy was no nipper. Around 1M long he made quite a racket as he sped off through the undergrowth with the cats hot on his heels. Erm... do lizards have heels? Anyway....
I was not able to see what he looked like in this moment, so since then it has been my intention to befriend him and after a month of seeing me next to the cage he no longer speeds off into the jungle as before.
Consequently, today I was for the first time able to get some decent shots of him!
And what a beauty he is 🙏🏻
He loves to crawl into a small hole at the bottom of the compost cage and dig around in there with his huge claws looking for things to munch on.
Next to this egg shell you can see what kind of size he is.
I noticed that he has numerous large ticks hanging onto his back which can't be doing him much good.
So, as our friendship continues to blossom it is my intention to pull them off for him!
And also to discover what he likes to eat the most 😉
Perhaps someone might be able to suggest what that is?