Posted on 06/23/2023 3:06:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The gruesome sight of a monitor lizard eating a dead cat has left netizens heartbroken.
Taking to Facebook on the Wildlife @Pasir Ris & vicinity page on Wednesday (June 21), Warren Seah shared that he took the photos of the incident at Tampines Eco Green on April 20.
"The cleaner pointed out this monitor lizard feasting on the carcass of a black cat," the man said, adding that the cat's head can still be seen in the photos.
Seah did not share how the cat had ended up as the monitor lizard's meal.
The Facebook post has garnered almost 200 shares.
In the comments, a netizen speculated that the cat might have died before the monitor lizard arrived.
"So heartbreaking," another said.
Several netizens feared the worst when they saw the images.
"Oh my god. It looks like someone's cat. It has a collar on the neck," one of them said.
"Anyone lost a community or pet cat?" another netizen asked.
AsiaOne has contacted Seah for more information.
Monitor lizards are mostly carnivorous and some scavenge on dead animals, according to the National Parks Board (NParks).
This means that they play an important role in biomass decomposition and recycling, which helps keep habitats clean.
Members of the public are advised to not be alarmed when they encounter a monitor lizard, stated NParks' guidelines on its website.
While it is fine to observe them from afar, they must not be touched, chased or cornered.
Monitors got to eat, same as Merrimacks.
What state is this park in? I’m not sure I’d want to tangle with one of them monitor lizards without a shotgun.
Tampines Park in Singapore. Is a shotgun enough to stop one? I imagine they’d be hard to shoot.
What is the difference of buzzards garnering nutrition from a dead animal? because its a “kitty” its gruesome?
I guess it’s in Singapore.
Why is the picture pixulated? freepers cant see the innards of a cat?
A shotgun will certainly thump one of these.
Except you can’t have shotguns in Singapore
Why would they want them things in Singapore? Export them back to where they come from. They don’t look safe.
Gee, apex predators kill and eat creatures below them on the food chain?
Is that legal?
Seems like it's no immediate danger to stateside inhabitants.
This lizard lives in East Singapore.
Black Cats Matter.
Kitty was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Firecrackers, BB-guns and matches. Good times.
I’d want a S&W 500 magnum.
Yeah, but when Biden builds that railroad across the Pacific and Indian Ocean, you watch, they’ll find a way to sneak on that train.
Anyone know where this is?
Yeah, but they’re not supposed to be here.
This train don’t carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don’t carry no gamblers, this train;
This train don’t carry no gamblers,
Liars, thieves, nor big shot ramblers,
But this train do carry some big ass monitor lizards, so you better watch out for those suckers, because they’ll get your cat and stuff.
Good one!
The thing will jump off the train car right into Southern California.
"We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean."-- Joe Biden speaking to the League of Conservation Voters, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2023
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