Cobra vs Monitor lizard

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Cobra vs Monitor lizard
Tweet Topic Started: Sep 13 2012, 06:52 AM (1,279 Views)
Carcharadon	Sep 13 2012, 06:52 AM Post #1
*Shark Toothed Reptile* Posts: 4,958 Group: Members Member #419 Joined: Jul 1, 2012



FireCrown	Sep 13 2012, 07:11 AM Post #2
Felines,Ursids,and Canid Posts: 1,224 Group: Members Member #473 Joined: Jul 28, 2012	Don't need to watch this i know who's going to win but already won the battle started Edited by FireCrown, Sep 13 2012, 07:11 AM.



Black Ice	Sep 13 2012, 07:14 AM Post #3
Drom King Posts: 14,216 Group: Members Member #422 Joined: Jul 4, 2012	Bitch slapped



Carcharadon	Sep 18 2012, 06:19 AM Post #4
*Shark Toothed Reptile* Posts: 4,958 Group: Members Member #419 Joined: Jul 1, 2012	Black Ice Sep 13 2012, 07:14 AM Bitch slapped And it gets the last laugh



JagWolf	Sep 18 2012, 10:29 PM Post #5
Heterotrophic Organism Posts: 201 Group: Members Member #568 Joined: Aug 29, 2012	Fail for cobra. I literally did



Taipan	Jul 10 2018, 09:59 PM Post #6
Administrator Posts: 18,011 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Feb 25, 2011	I am not exactly sure of the species of Monitor, but it is not putting up much fight against this Snouted Cobra. "The snouted cobra is an aggressive snake and are they are potently neurotoxic and classified as highly dangerous. They are predominantly nocturnal but are often encountered during the day in the bushveld as Helen Young discovered. BOOK YOUR TRIP TO KRUGER: http://bit.ly/BookatKruger This snake was out and about trying to grab himself a mammoth meal as he took on this sizable monitor lizard… Send in your wildlife video here, and earn money: https://www.latestsightings.com/partn... Helen tells Latestsightings.com: “In April this year, I was on a solo trip to Kruger as my husband went climbing. I left Shingwedzi camp as the gates opened and headed off down to Letaba. Not too far down the road, I came across a very odd looking shape in the distance and I could not make out what it was. I approached slowly and was amazed to find a massive cobra (snouted cobra is the consensus) trying to take on a large monitor lizard.” “The lizard showed immense strength as it dragged the snake up the road. I didn’t want to move my car in case I spooked the snake – this meant that they got a bit too close for comfort (at one point they were both tangled up partly under my car).” “As time went on I could see that the lizard was flagging. It had clear bite wounds in its neck and it was covered in venom.” “Despite this, incredibly, the lizard was able to escape the snake’s jaws a couple of times and made a swift exit. Unfortunately for the lizard, the snake caught it again (once in the face). This went on for some time and the lizard eventually stopped moving.” “In the end a car sped past which frightened off the snake (via the underneath of my car). I stayed quite a while with the monitor lizard to see what would happen next. The lizard remained motionless in the road except for a couple of flicks of its tongue. I suspect it became road kill but at least it should have fed something in the end.” “I’m very glad to have caught this interesting sighting on film to share with others!”



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