Varanus varius
3 Lace Monitor at Mogo, NSW
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| Varanus varius | PatrickCampbell | 24 Sep 2019 | |
| Varanus varius | AlisonMilton | 24 Sep 2019 |
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Watched two goannas meet. Took around 400 photo, so hard to choose which ones to post.
4 comments
25 Sep 2019
Great shots Alison. It looks like male combat. It must have been thrilling to watch.
25 Sep 2019
Yes it was thrilling, but they were only metres in front of me and as they tussle brought them tumbling down the hill a bit in my direction I thought it was to get out of there. They were still going at it.
25 Sep 2019
That's understandable, as they're formidable predators and having them fighting fiercely in close proximity would be a bit unnerving. Did you happen to get any video footage?
26 Sep 2019
No sadly. I should have but I was too busy taking photos and I'm inexperienced at taking video with my DSLR. I find it hard to find the subject in Live View when the sun reflects off the screen.
Location information
- Places Mogo, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Species information
- Varanus varius Scientific name
- Lace Monitor Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 798.6m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
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