Narrator: "This is a dangerous, bloodthirsty predator." Lizard: *Mlem*

@togeluga_the_cat

Ай бұрын

id say that to a tokay gecko, those things are rage incarnate and are only alive out of pure spite

"Hello hooman! I have found food here, do u have more? No? Can I make u food? No? Kay byes."

@Username-117

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@sumonislam8185

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@bryanpassifiume1185

2 жыл бұрын

What’s wrong with you

@groovyfish9532

Жыл бұрын

average pyro fan

Water monitors are actually the most peaceful lizards. I’ve seen them in the wild, they will usually run away from you, but occasionally a few have approached me in a curious way, and then just walked away. They are smart, they can gauge the size of a human who is 6 or 7 times heavier then then heaviest water monitors (35 pounds) they will only attack a human if they feel cornered a

@Ihaveausernametoo

Жыл бұрын

I've seen them attack on 100% their initiative but that was on the outskirts of villages.

This is what I call an "eye contact".

@Super-id7bq

2 жыл бұрын

I know it's been seven years but sorry sir... you're fired.

@INDberlin

2 жыл бұрын

Licking interviewers eye? NO THANK YOU

Wild water monitors are still quite common around Singapore, especially in forested areas. Never had any problems with them when I come across them. But they do give me the chills just looking at them. Some are really massive. But they go about minding their own business anyway, humans are definitely not their interest.

@5Othniel7_Selah

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody cares. 🖕 Singapore.

@lavafixer8477

3 жыл бұрын

@@5Othniel7_Selah singapore gets way more bitches than u bro stay mad

@somerandomperson6216

3 жыл бұрын

@@5Othniel7_Selah Shut the fuck up you rat

@chazer7022

2 жыл бұрын

@@5Othniel7_Selah why are yo so mean

@leexingha

2 жыл бұрын

@@chazer7022 because he is a philippino

Monitors do not have bacteria, but a mild venom that acts more as an anti-coagulant, which lets the prey bleed out faster. That particular water monitor is very much used to people, and quite friendly. I bet the locals feed it and interact with it often. Monitor bites ARE very bad indeed, but they’re just like dogs and cats; they’ll tell you before they bite you. Read the body language (arched back, puffed throat, hissing, tail whipping, gaping). I’ve gotten bitten by my Nile, Mangrove, and Peach Throat. No immediate infections occurred lol.

@yash1152

10 ай бұрын

> _"arched back, puffed throat, hissing, tail whipping, gaping"_ what is gaping?

@thenumbah1birdman

5 ай бұрын

​@@yash1152mouth held wide open ( gaping or agape) usually combined with neck puffing.

The licking his lips thing is NOT thinking that the guy is dinner. They do that a LOT after they eat something. It's a way of making sure they didn't miss any morsels and a way to clean up their mouth.

@jay8980

3 жыл бұрын

are you actually trying to tell someone with a degree in zoology about animal behavior?

@RepKyle95

3 жыл бұрын

@@jay8980 I've kept monitor lizards for nearly a decade and also worked in herpetology for undergrad and grad school. Nice try though.

@grotty9850

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Steve was being serious about the licking lips comment

@makootithebionicman3612

2 жыл бұрын

@@jay8980 I guess a "degree in zoology" doesn't go very far when a very relaxed Water Monitor walks up to him calmly. everything about it's posture screamed that it was completely comfortable around humans. they usually puff up their bodies and ready their tail if they are gonna try something out of self defense. that monitor was curious and wanting hand outs considering it walked up to the man, ate what was on the ground there and looked up at him with puppy dog eyes. if the Monitor wanted to chew on him or tell him to fuck off, you would be able to clearly tell.

Looks like that monitor has had interaction with people before. Its body language was that of a curious and non aggressive lizard. When they get like that, you need to put your hand opened wide in front if their face so they can smell it and know it isn't food and cannot fit their mouth around to bite if it was inclined to do so. Had one similar but bigger as a pet for 10 years and that was the way he acted if I had something that he could smell but didn't know what it was.

@Mineshack

5 жыл бұрын

That's a wild lizard

@HyeonsikLi

4 жыл бұрын

It was someones pet or a zoo's lizard obviously. They even fed him.

@MrSoumyaBanerjee

3 жыл бұрын

@Jason Berryman That's true, most wild animals scamper away at the first sign of people. Even though they do share spaces with large human populations across Asia, Africa and Australia

@NGRevenant

3 жыл бұрын

Think it's a safe bet the lizard is accustomed to interacting with people looks like it expected food, you're not gonna get this close to a truly wild monitor. Irwin tried it and got chased up a tree 😂

@scottflynn1101

3 жыл бұрын

@@NGRevenant it was a komodo dragon chasing him not a monitor there 2 different animals.

The water monitor is not dangerous if you leave them alone. There are many water monitors in Thailand and Malaysia, living close to (and sometimes within) urban areas, walking by people and for the most part, ignored by people. These lizards are accustomed to people. so long as you keep your distance from them then they will keep a distance from you.

@Ihaveausernametoo

Жыл бұрын

I've seen them attack on 100% their initiative.

love Steve! he made me love all kinds of animals even the ones i fear!

@allthingswildlifeyt1218

6 жыл бұрын

Samyah mh i love all animals. Especially the dangerous ones. Not because they are dangerous. But because they are extremely misunderstood.

I love it how those lizards walk like bodybuilders haha, the swagger they have is top notch.

That's so cute

@Maheshdolase112..

3 жыл бұрын

you dont know it is themost harmful lizard in world

@aylasthyston611

3 жыл бұрын

He is really cute but still a wild animal and one you shouldn't mess with. If he was tame to the point that you can touch him, cuddle him and I mean tame tame you still have to be wary of his mouth ahah.

my friend just got a second water monitor there very tameable and not naturally aggressive. if that monitor wanted to hurt you, it would have but it never did. that was a tame looking animal.

Once, when I was a greenthumb at birdwatching, I accidentally cornered a water monitor. It was hissing and spitting, but didn't attack. I was confused as I didn't know why it wasn't retreating. As soon as I moved a little, it dived past me into its burrow, the access to which I had inadvertently cut off. They are amazing creatures and I have a huge soft spot for them.

@rosiehawtrey

2 жыл бұрын

Might have had eggs in the burrow, that's the only thing I can think of about the aggression.

If he was truly that scared he wouldn't have gotten that close.

"You thought you were off the menu aye" said the Monitor Lizard

Brave man, how many people in the world can say they've had their eyeball licked by a water monitor?!

Water monitor are not that aggressive I have 4 full grown living in my house

@una1officialpubstomping68

8 жыл бұрын

it's domesticated is why, but in the wild, very dangerous there's no fooling around with them, lucky for this guys this monitor lizard was curious and was just having a look, if it wanted to it could have done some serious damage

@thedarkfish6999

8 жыл бұрын

He makes them sound so dangerous why doesn't he says there are tame ones and very friendly that's why people think reptiles are horrible

@una1officialpubstomping68

8 жыл бұрын

+kenneth sanchez yea he kinda does, but it's the wild you always wanna be cautious around them cause they can be very unexpected, and have a brown roughest monitor my self, and he's very tame reptiles can be really chill and tame if given enough time, maybe even this guy was probably a tame Wild monitor who knows, but since it's the wild Hes just taking precautions

@una1officialpubstomping68

8 жыл бұрын

+kenneth sanchez *brown rough neck

@thedarkfish6999

8 жыл бұрын

uNa1 Official PuBstomping true

luckily it wasn't komod dragon

@frankteng

5 жыл бұрын

Bon Korcher imagine the infection he’d receive if that licked him eye.

@ahri9554

4 жыл бұрын

Its was his twin komodo dragon and monitor lizard

As someone who keeps monitor lizards I can say this is my life

He's talking about this thing like it's a vicious killing machine and it just calmly walks up to him and gives him a lil kiss

@aylasthyston611

3 жыл бұрын

Erm theyre vicious killing machines to the animals they're hunting, and even still to things he sees as a threat.

Oooh he's tasting my hand.. let's wave my fingers in front of his muzzle

The lizard's just concerned, his eyes are getting a bit dry..

Its Steve Irwin's buffer twin, Steve!

Here, in Thailand, these water Monitors are so common to be seen. I have had very close encounters with them, especially once I had almost stepped on one accidentally when it was perfectly camouflaged in a green belt near the pedestrian walkway. But honestly, they don't pose any threat or cause any sort of trouble at all, if you just mind your business. Some food vendors pet them by giving them the food waste. Nature is peaceful and beautiful!

@togeluga_the_cat

Ай бұрын

say something like that for the tokay gecko, i dare you

@rrurangi

8 күн бұрын

I have seen them swimming in the pool, and terrorizing Samoyed dog and younger me

Lizard: THIS TASTE IS THE TASTE OF A LIAR

Just saw one in Sandakan, E Borneo, coming straight out of the water to the shore. There were many people. Nobody cared about it, the lizard didn't mind the people. They are dangerous only if you mess with them. Otherwise, they'll just go by. We also have big land monitors in our garden. Pretty shy creatures.

*lies down right in the lizard's face* _"The weapons it possess are so vicious!"_

thats probably not even a wild monitor lol

@grrttr

9 жыл бұрын

Why do you say that? Have you never seen one live?

@janemillerick9614

9 жыл бұрын

it's what they _do._

@brianpartlow5530

6 жыл бұрын

He was chunky and not afraid of people. They were near houses, village pet maybe.

@marcusjr80

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianpartlow5530 in my country, especially rural areas, they would actively hunt these creatures as they kill livestock and pets. I remember my 70-80 year old grandma shot one of them with a freaking shotgun.

I had a four-week diving holiday on Mabil Island off the east coast of Borneo. Monitor lizards were everywhere, just living peacefully alongside the human population. Nobody bothered them or worried about them, although I saw young children playng with them from time to time. In fact they acted as scavangers, cleaning up anything edible that humans left lying around. My impression was that they become very domesticated alongside human populations if the people aren't aggresive. The Mabul "water gypsies" welcome them as another tourist attraction to go with the wonderful underwater life in the surrounding sea.

I LOVE THIS GUY! NEVER A DULL MOMENT!

Can't be that dangerous if my cousin's had them growing up

Love Steve when he gets this close to the animals . Lol. He was lucky he wasn't totally off guard. If he flinched alot harder the monitor lizard probably would've bitten him in defence . It could've thought that that flinch was him trying to punch it. But still . I don't think no one's gonna get that same experience in the wild .

water monitor; *licks eye* nah your not tasty steve: he licked my eye he might want to eat meh water monitor: CAN YOU NOT SPEAT WATER MONILISH me: XD

@user-wq6hr9xi2n

6 жыл бұрын

Bennet Anstee lol

Brilliant! I love this!

he's so cute

That monitor is probably someone's pet. These smart lizards get used to people and are usually friendly especially when they are large. Way to make it look dramatic though :).

@aylasthyston611

3 жыл бұрын

And if he wasn't a pet? tame ones are okay but you still have to be wary.

Love these lizards. Want to get an ackie soon

So its mouth is full of bacteria, and it just licked the guy's eyeball. Is that about right?

@Luceds

5 жыл бұрын

BlueUncia venom, not bacteria. I'm not an expert but it sounded like the venom was only covering the teeth of the lizard, so while it's a bit unhygienic, as long as it didn't bite him he'd be ok.

@brettperry3737

4 жыл бұрын

@@FirstnameLastname-bv8ke Even water monitors have venom, it just isn't strong enough to do serious damage to something as large as a person. Whether or not it's possible to have a bad reaction to it, I couldn't say, but generally the bacteria is the thing to worry about. Here's a fun fact; even we have venom glands in our mouths. They think it's primarily used to kill harmful bacteria when we swallow under stress, but still.

@newdarkneoss3985

4 жыл бұрын

@@brettperry3737 whats the venom gland in the human body called?

@Rin-qj7zt

3 жыл бұрын

@@Luceds can they not have both?

@culturedvulture2015

3 жыл бұрын

@Simon de Montfort venom in the sense that it destroys bacteria, a living organism.

You are A Brave Brave Man

Your eye is surrounded by mucous membranes, almost like having an open wound. I wonder if the "eye lick" gave Steve an eye infection from those bacteria in the monitor lizard's mouth?

When a 65 million year old species confronts a 7 million year old species, the kid needs to give ground.

It just looked curious to me. Wasn't trying to puff itself up and look scary, just curious as to why this particular human is behaving so strangely.

*Hamster screams* - whenever one sees this lizard's genus.

Steve... You very intelligent...

I've had water monitors for a long time the are they are one of the smartest monitors out there, some people just put bad reps on them

Water monitors are just a small version of a Komodo dragon

@brianpartlow5530

6 жыл бұрын

VoidingThanos much different attitude. A komodo would have taken a bite.

@fungus2116

5 жыл бұрын

No komodos are just big monitors

For those that don't believe it, in central Thailand the water monitors do get to be huge if they avoid being roadkill long enough to attain a ripe old age. I've lived there for 5 years and have seen a couple of very big examples inhabiting roadside ditches and marshes. I've also been to Komodo Island so I know how big the dragons get there for comparison and I would say the biggest water monitors in Thailand come very close in size.

You forgot to place sun glasses and a cigarette on the lizard

BBC Earth could have went to Lumphini Park in Bangkok and save money, as these monitor lizards are everywhere in the park coexisting with people going by their days.

Beautifull animal

what a thriller story balls of steel

After watching this video I wanted a water monitor as a pet badly. So I threw my tv in our pool

Lel I thought monitor as in computer monitor

@JoIjloL

8 жыл бұрын

+Kuriosity Kills High definition monitor lizards

@meatmobile

6 жыл бұрын

this lizard can display in 4K

Ow man thats crazy! I would never go that close!

Didn't realise I was holding my breath at the end there lol

I really hate scare videos like this. People keep monitor lizards like that one as pets and they are puppy tame. These arent the monsters this man makes them out to be.It's true, if that monitor wanted to he could have done some damage, but, monitors are intelligent, and that one knew he wasn't food. Far more likely, the monitor was just curious and decided to get closer to investigate the strange smells coming off of steve.

@hikaratu

6 жыл бұрын

The worse thing is making wild animals out to be tame puppies and then people who do not have any experience handling or interacting with them get themselves hurt by scaring them etc. Just because I can pet and play with my dog and not worry about it doesn't mean I can go be friendly with any random wolf in a mountain range and expect it to be friendly. Yes, the monitor was just curious and Steve has the discipline not to startle it when it's so near him, somebody else making sudden movements might get a bite.

@theorangeninja6486

6 жыл бұрын

I agree that they can be quite affectionate. I kinda want one myself but I'd have a hard time affording to keep one heated and fed. But this one is wild, and they have been known to be territorial in the wild. Dogs make great pets too but there's no predicting what a stray will do.

Steve got balls of steel.

How many more "Steve's" can we kill by putting them in dangerous situations with animals? :x We already lost the best one in 06.

The monitor lizard is like your not that tasty

Hahaha seems it likes you, Steve! 😁

@WPTHFC

8 жыл бұрын

How could any animal hate Steve :-)

Amazing😊

Awesome!

That's a nice dog what breed is it

The shock in his voice his tongue was in his eye

Steve is also buffed btw :)

It's funny cause it looks like the moniter is trying to mimic his stance when he backed his head away. Lol

@Juicy_Lucyy

10 жыл бұрын

It's like "Hey, whatcha doin?"

Hahahah wow nice that was pretty tense

I HELD MY BREATH

Hes like breh , y got food?

He was just monitoring the situation

That man has balls! lo

lol nice set up

birds are living dinosaurs, all other reptiles are not

@S.F157

4 жыл бұрын

巨人の肩 I think he meant they look like living dinosaurs . Never said they are . Birds may be the closest genetically to dinosaurs. But crocodiles 🐊 and lizards 🦎 look more like a dinosaurs .

i love monitors!

I searched, and watched this video because I discovered just a few minutes ago that I have this guy as neighbour. He was not upset in the least on seeing me and slowly walked away minding his own business. I already had noticed a tunnel burrowed by something that is bigger than a rat.

I caught a monitor lizard when i was a small child in Bacolod and held it in my hands. it was very calm and docile. i never was afraid. i let it go

Recorded horizontally😀👍

What have you done Maharashtra

@MRX-wg5ys

2 жыл бұрын

New record

Yep The Komodo Is Way Aggressive

Steve must be MAD to do this

in some cases, yes.

That monitor was probably a village pet. Wild monitors would avoid people. He was chunky and well fed.

Komodo dragons and water monitors are both members of the family varanidae. While their mouths are far from clean, it's been discovered that they actually have venom.

Water monitors are very love able I have one

they're very cute actually

This is for jon andreas we don't nomally hve water monitor it's only in indonesia and malaysia

He licks you to tell you that he wants to be fed.

This boi got so scared when it started licking him

Yes.Water monitor is a different,but closely related species to a komodo dragon.

where is this? Philippines?

you are being closely monitored

Tail whip super effective!

that's when you'd want to have a piece of steak with you to feed them, instead of your fingers

I seen small Water Monitors for sale at pet stores sometimes.

A wild Mark Zuckerberg in natural habitat

hahahah good one!

monitor lizard not dangerous..there are many of them behind my house

@S.F157

4 жыл бұрын

@why , and where do you live?

@Bruno96279627

3 жыл бұрын

@@S.F157 Brazil

Saw one in school right outside the classrooms... I've always wondered the reactions if it entered into one of them.

@galaxytraveler5779

8 жыл бұрын

+Eriku ism Why is there monitor lizards wandering the hallways of your school?

@nottuska1732

7 жыл бұрын

Don't worry. They're just MONITORING!

@galaxytraveler5779

7 жыл бұрын

Not Tuska niiiiiice

These monitor lizard are very common in our area..