When I was managing a Youth club in the 1980s we had one of these donated as a club pet.
We took in turns to walk it, and feed it, however it used to poop about once a month and stink the whole place out, getting some one to clean that up was the hardest part of the job..
I wonder why it was donated?
This is amazing
@FrayedBear It had belonged to a local elderly lady and it outlived her. Her family did not want it so gave it to the local museum where we were based. The Museum had a small menagerie as a permanent exhibit that was mainly tropical fish and birds and asked us if we wanted to make the Lizard a project for the kids, so we took it.
Poor thing did not even have a name (that had died with the previous owner) so the kids named it Barney.
@LenHazell53 Did it live long?
@FrayedBear It was still alive when I left after about five years, to take charge of a youth community music project in Middlesbrough.
@LenHazell53 good for it & the club members. Komodas can live 30 years, monitors 15 - 40 years. Your clubs could be still alive. Can you check?
These are bigger:
That they are, but a Komodo's bite is not something to be trifled with...
@phxbillcee I thought that was the purpose - rug rat extermination!
The only time I ever recall seeing Steve Irwin utterly terrified was running away from one of these dragons.
@LenHazell53 Probably got a whiff of the breath. Mind you suicide by komoda is more to be feared than suicide by stingray!
Likely the last time she will "trust his judgement"!
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