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Monitor Lizard Spotted Feasting on Cat Carcass at Tampines Park
AsiaOne ^ | JUNE 23, 2023 | Ching Shi Jie

Posted on 06/23/2023 3:06:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

cant forget gasoline....gasoline = fun...


21 posted on 06/23/2023 3:55:44 PM PDT by basalt (qb's)
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To: BipolarBob
They are native to the area. A smaller aquatic version of komodo dragon. I've seen them 6 feet plus in malaysia and singapore.
22 posted on 06/23/2023 3:57:38 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: henbane

“Seems like it’s no immediate danger to stateside inhabitants”

There is a problem there though.

Tampines Park is in the regional centre of the East Region of Singapore. With a population of 265,340 living across its five subzones, it is the second-most populous planning area in Singapore, according to the DOS Population Trends 2022.It is home to approximately 5% of Singapore’s population just over 13K people.

So there could be a lot of people that may come into contact with the lizard. And who’s to say it’s the only one. There is a zoo a couple of miles from the park but if it was a pet owned by someone and it, and maybe its friends, got loose, there is a certain amount of danger from them. Monitors are normally not aggressive but if they feel provoked or crowded, they will attack. They’re not poisonous like their cousins the Komodo but they do have long claws and sharp teeth.

wy69


23 posted on 06/23/2023 3:57:45 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: henbane

“Seems like it’s no immediate danger to stateside inhabitants”

There is a problem there though.

Tampines Park is in the regional centre of the East Region of Singapore. With a population of 265,340 living across its five subzones, it is the second-most populous planning area in Singapore, according to the DOS Population Trends 2022.It is home to approximately 5% of Singapore’s population just over 13K people.

So there could be a lot of people that may come into contact with the lizard. And who’s to say it’s the only one. There is a zoo a couple of miles from the park but if it was a pet owned by someone and it, and maybe its friends, got loose, there is a certain amount of danger from them. Monitors are normally not aggressive but if they feel provoked or crowded, they will attack. They’re not poisonous like their cousins the Komodo but they do have long claws and sharp teeth.

wy69


24 posted on 06/23/2023 3:59:03 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: nickcarraway

I have no use for cats


25 posted on 06/23/2023 4:20:40 PM PDT by mylife (I was a sort of country boy, a cockeyed optimist, wrapped in international intrigue and espionage)
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To: GingisK

LOL. I saw what you did there.


26 posted on 06/23/2023 4:23:34 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (FJB is out there signing hundreds of new gun laws and won't even enforce one against his own son.)
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To: mylife

The feral cat problem is now being closely monitored.


27 posted on 06/23/2023 4:24:44 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: GingisK

Great Josey Wales reference!


28 posted on 06/23/2023 4:44:39 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: henbane

SW Florida has Nile monitor lizards. They are an invasive species.

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/nile-monitor/


29 posted on 06/23/2023 4:44:45 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: Right Brother

You win the internets tonight…


30 posted on 06/23/2023 4:46:02 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: EvilCapitalist

Their brain is only about the size of a pea.


31 posted on 06/23/2023 4:58:42 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: GingisK

OK, I LOL’d.


32 posted on 06/23/2023 4:59:41 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Right Brother

lol


33 posted on 06/23/2023 5:00:47 PM PDT by mylife (I was a sort of country boy, a cockeyed optimist, wrapped in international intrigue and espionage)
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To: mylife

I like mine, but they are kept inside.


34 posted on 06/23/2023 5:01:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

i do not like


35 posted on 06/23/2023 5:03:52 PM PDT by mylife (I was a sort of country boy, a cockeyed optimist, wrapped in international intrigue and espionage)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkouWxm5EI


36 posted on 06/23/2023 5:18:14 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was going to start procrastinating this year, I just haven't got around to it.)
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To: FLNittany

I like the Monitors better than the MS-13 boys.


37 posted on 06/23/2023 5:48:52 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Bonemaker

Democrat. No wonder they allow them in.


38 posted on 06/23/2023 5:49:42 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: henbane

A similar but much shorter route destroyed my childhood mall.
Biden’s train will destroy the entire west coast.


39 posted on 06/23/2023 5:49:42 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: GingisK

I didn’t realize this wasn’t in the US when I posted (typical Freeper). They are a problem in FL though. How about we get rid of both the monitors and the illegals?


40 posted on 06/23/2023 5:51:47 PM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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