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Canon S70 f 5.3 1/50s ISO100

Racehorse Goanna, Varanus gouldii…
T’was about an hour and a half before dusk and the 40 degree (C) heat of the day was thankfully slipping away but the rocks on the edge of my succulent bed were still radiating some heat. Normally these goannas have returned to their burrows by this time but this radiant rock had lengthened its day I almost tripped up over this monitor or Goannas as they are called in Western Australia while watering some of the shrubs that had suffered from several days of a heat wave that this regal creature was now enjoying. He or she hardly moved a muscle for about ten minutes just a slight movement of its head eyeing me as I moved closer. All told, from tip of its nose to the end of the tale it looked to be a bit over a metre long, a juvenile, its full grow parent would have been closer to two. It allowed me to take half a dozen shots. I put the camera down on a garden seat and turned to pick up my watering can to resume my watering I looked back to the rock and it was gone…

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Canon AE1 no exposure data recorded Sensia ISO 100

It is not possible for a Kookaburra to take on an adult goanna as they can grow to over a metre in length. However kookaburras take a terrible toll on the young goanas as they hatch out and emerge into clearings in the forest in order to catch the sun. Like most reptiles they need to sunbath so as to warm their blood up so that they can function. Kookaburras hunt in family groups so again the native goanna stand very little chance against this feral bird.

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