'Giant lizard shows a remarkable ability to swallow enormous food items; an Asian water monitor proves up to the task. Rex is a love. On May 21, 2018 an Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) is fed in his outside habitat. Varying food items and hiding in various locations enrich animals in zoo environments. Seen in video: allowing animals to locate food is part of enrichment often practiced by zoos and wildlife parks and other captive animal institutions. World\'s largest lizard, second only to Komodo dragons. Filmed on site with a curator during a feeding day. Video is part of a body of work that focuses on the science of reptile feeding behavior that supported a master\'s thesis in zoology. Currently working on PhD in reptile venom research. Video for online degree programs, bachelor degree accreditation, and biostatistics for reptile feeding behavior, and a biology degree in the zoological sciences. Monitor lizards are known to eat eggs, fish, frogs, rodents, birds, crabs, snakes, and carrion such as this feeder item. As seen in the beginning of video, lizard\'s forked tongue is split into two tines at the tip. The lizard smells (tastes?) using tip of his tongue that rubs against a Jacobson\'s organ, which is believed to allow them to sense \"stereoscopically\" from which direction a smell originates. Following scent trails based on chemical cues is called tropotaxis. It\'s unclear whether forked-tongued reptiles can actually follow trails or if this is just a hypothesis. Study the video, what do you think? Filmed with the University of Guadalajara for Biological and Agricultural Sciences, the division of Biological and Environmental Science Division, at the department of Botany and Zoology.'
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