The Egg Thief
I wandered out onto the veranda this arvo as the chooks were making odd noises, and there on the driveway was a large (1.7m) Goanna. It scurried up the nearest tree (about 7m up the tree, roughly), and hung there keeping an eye on me as I snapped off a couple of shots.
I don't think he was successful today in stealing eggs, but he has been in the past.
View all photos taken: Friday, 2nd October 2009, This photo: 4:12pm
Wow ! thats a beauty, good old chucks for alerting you , cant say I blame it, I like eggs too !
It is kind of cute
I don't begrudge it's egg habit, we have plenty, but at least now I know what was taking them.
Lol ! Is there any chance one would run up you ? I expect a weeny, weeny one might be okay but this is a big chap/ess !
One well fed goanna mate!! Farm fresh eggs are the best too!!
great shot
heh they will certainly try!
Cheeky bugger!
Impressive reptile, ta to teejaybee for the video : )
See unlike England who killed all it's dragons as some form of chivalry, we still have a good supply of them ;-)
LOL !!!!!
perhaps we could have a few crated over ! Some people are very keen to re-introduce all our killed off former wildlife, so we have wolf enthusiasts, moose .. or is it elk fans. We already have a thriving populations of wild boar in various areas now, beavers are back- but still enclosed ( at present !! ) The boar were not supposed to get out either..
lets go the whole hog ( pun intended ) and get ourselves some bear, rhino etc etc, whats a few goannas added into the mix going to matter !
This country is crackers
Lace Monitor, Varanus varius IIRC
Little bugger, well caught!