#monitor lizard

Asian Water Monitors (Varanus salvator), hug and kiss very sweetly, family Varanidae, Singapore

OK, well, actually they are fighting.

@iamjessemccartney you might have seen Merten's water monitors! They're a semi-aquatic species that spends a lot of time hanging out in water. I usually describe them as otter software running on lizard hardware.

Komodo dragons have iron-tipped teeth, new study shows

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, according to new research. The metal is concentrated in the cutting edge and tips of their curved, serrated teeth, staining them orange, scientists wrote in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Komodo dragons are native to Indonesia and weigh around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) on average. They eat almost any kind of meat and are known as deadly predators...