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Post by Super Communist on Jan 3, 2012 23:17:48 GMT -5
 Nile Monitors can grow to about 9 ft (2.7 m) in length. They have muscular bodies, strong legs and powerful jaws. The teeth are sharp and pointed in juvenile animals and become blunt and peg-like in adults. They also possess sharp claws used for climbing, digging, defense, or tearing at their prey. VS  In Pakistan, Indian Pythons commonly reach a length of 2.4–3 metres (7.9–9.8 ft).[8] In India, the nominate subspecies grows to 3 metres (9.8 ft) on average [4][7] This value is supported by a 1990 study in Keoladeo National Park, where the biggest 25% of the python population was 2.7–3.3 metres (8.9–11 ft) long. Only two specimen even measured nearly 3.6 metres (12 ft).[9] Because of confusion with the Burmese Python, exaggerations and stretched skins in the past, the maximum length of this subspecies is hard to tell. The longest scientifically recorded specimen hailed from Pakistan and was 4.6 metres (15 ft) in length and weighing 52 kilograms (115 lb). |
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Post by Ultimategrid on Jan 4, 2012 3:13:22 GMT -5
I'm going to give this to the python simply because a monitor lizard has a shape that is easily constricted, and the lizard lacks a method of killing the snake quickly.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Jan 4, 2012 13:26:12 GMT -5
Any weights? At parity I'd have to give to the Monitor. Since some of them hunt snakes, not constrictors though, I think it would have an idea of where to attack and what to do.
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 4, 2012 13:36:41 GMT -5
i give it to the snake here. all the lizard has is its bite the python can constrict too.
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Post by Felis Rex on Jan 4, 2012 16:55:11 GMT -5
dont these monitors interact with rock pythons? How does that go?
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Post by Ultimategrid on Jan 5, 2012 9:12:47 GMT -5
dont these monitors interact with rock pythons? How does that go? Rock pythons probably prey on monitors more often than vice-versa. As even a fully grown monitor can do nothing to a big rock python. Any decent sized python should put down a monitor lizard (even at parity), with the exception of a crocodile monitor, komodo dragon, and maybe a perentie. The reason for this is because most monitors do not have sharp teeth and kill via blunt force, with a crushing bite, and violent swinging of the head, which is near useless against a powerful snake such as a python, especially one that is this heavily built. Sometimes monitors even underestimate constricting snakes and are killed by pythons far smaller than they are. |
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Jan 5, 2012 19:34:33 GMT -5
Most monitors match up horribly against constrictors.
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Post by Reticulatus on Jan 5, 2012 20:13:24 GMT -5
and they are nutritious too! ;D
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Post by ShadowPredator on Jan 9, 2012 17:47:54 GMT -5
Lol
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Post by rhino on Mar 23, 2013 19:29:18 GMT -5
python wins this fight i think.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Jul 21, 2013 5:24:25 GMT -5
Python wins this fight easily. Nile Monitor skulls are mighty unimpressive. www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/38097.jpgThe python just has to constrict the lizard with little trouble. |
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