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Capturing a monitor lizard up close

An up-close encounter with one of nature’s most fascinating reptiles — learning about monitor lizards while safely catching and studying one in the wild.
This animal's armor has upended a key law of evolution For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient ...
What do Nile monitor lizards look like? Nile monitors are olive green to black in color and have cream-colored or yellow stripes on the jaw and head. They have rows of yellowish, V-shaped stripes ...
The Nile monitor is an invasive, aggressive lizard species established in parts of Florida. These large lizards can grow over 6 feet long and are skilled swimmers and climbers. While not venomous, ...
WEBSTER, Mass. (WPRI) — Goose, the 5-foot-long water monitor lizard who escaped from a Webster home two weeks ago, is no longer on the loose. Massachusetts Environmental Police Captain Scott Amati ...
Massachusetts Environmental Police have released new video showing the moment when they captured an escaped water monitor lizard that was on the loose for about two weeks. "Around 2 PM on Saturday, ...
JESSICA. THE SEARCH HAS REALLY CAPTURED THE MINDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA. HE HAD BEEN MISSING FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS, BUT HE WAS FOUND IN THIS FOREST OVER THE WEEKEND. HERE’S A LOOK AT GOOSE, THE ...
Goose the water monitor, a large lizard that captivated many in Massachusetts and beyond while he was on the lam from a home in Webster for two weeks, got his closeup at a news conference on Monday ...
WEBSTER, Mass. (WWLP) – After weeks of searching, the elusive water monitor lizard that went missing in central Massachusetts has been safely captured. The lizard, named Goose, had been missing since ...
The five-foot-long water monitor lizard that escaped from his home in Webster two weeks ago has been found.Webster Police say Goose has been captured, although they did not immediately provide details ...
DOUGLAS, Mass. (WWLP) – The elusive water monitor lizard named Goose, missing since mid-July, has once again resurfaced, this time in Douglas, Massachusetts. Nearly two weeks after it was first ...