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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

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.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; donateforjim; lizard; singapore; tampinesecogreen
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1 posted on 06/23/2023 3:06:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Monitors got to eat, same as Merrimacks.


2 posted on 06/23/2023 3:07:51 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: nickcarraway

What state is this park in? I’m not sure I’d want to tangle with one of them monitor lizards without a shotgun.


3 posted on 06/23/2023 3:11:44 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: BipolarBob

Tampines Park in Singapore. Is a shotgun enough to stop one? I imagine they’d be hard to shoot.


4 posted on 06/23/2023 3:13:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

What is the difference of buzzards garnering nutrition from a dead animal? because its a “kitty” its gruesome?


5 posted on 06/23/2023 3:13:37 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Positive outlook)
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To: BipolarBob

I guess it’s in Singapore.


6 posted on 06/23/2023 3:15:21 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: nickcarraway

Why is the picture pixulated? freepers cant see the innards of a cat?


7 posted on 06/23/2023 3:15:44 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Positive outlook)
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To: nickcarraway

A shotgun will certainly thump one of these.

Except you can’t have shotguns in Singapore


8 posted on 06/23/2023 3:16:38 PM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: Menehune56

Why would they want them things in Singapore? Export them back to where they come from. They don’t look safe.


9 posted on 06/23/2023 3:17:00 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: nickcarraway

Gee, apex predators kill and eat creatures below them on the food chain?

Is that legal?


10 posted on 06/23/2023 3:17:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: BipolarBob
What state is this park in?

Seems like it's no immediate danger to stateside inhabitants.

This lizard lives in East Singapore.

11 posted on 06/23/2023 3:18:09 PM PDT by henbane ( Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.--Proverbs 4:23)
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To: nickcarraway

Black Cats Matter.


12 posted on 06/23/2023 3:21:34 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: nickcarraway

Kitty was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

13 posted on 06/23/2023 3:22:53 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: ClearCase_guy
One of my favorite childhood toys.

Firecrackers, BB-guns and matches. Good times.

14 posted on 06/23/2023 3:24:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: BipolarBob

I’d want a S&W 500 magnum.


15 posted on 06/23/2023 3:24:45 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Sodomy is nothing to be proud of.)
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To: henbane

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.


16 posted on 06/23/2023 3:27:02 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: nickcarraway

Anyone know where this is?


17 posted on 06/23/2023 3:30:20 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: GingisK

Yeah, but they’re not supposed to be here.


18 posted on 06/23/2023 3:37:52 PM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: BipolarBob

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.


19 posted on 06/23/2023 3:39:47 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: BipolarBob
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.

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

20 posted on 06/23/2023 3:55:22 PM PDT by henbane ( Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.--Proverbs 4:23)
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