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kroakykaren · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

Thats an excellent photograph Very Happy

congratulations
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Jase · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

Great photo, beautiful animals. Congratulations Very Happy

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arborgoanna · Contributing Member Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 128

Nice hatchling, but I prefer the Bell's phase better Smile

crocdoc · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:34 am Post subject:

Bob, you ratbag! Wink

shay_ · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:05 am Post subject:

hahaha, good one Bob.

congrats on the newborns Dave.

crocdoc · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:41 am Post subject:

That hatchling has fully emerged, along with two others and a fourth one has also pipped, so far.

Here's the same one when it was struggling out of the egg a couple of days ago. Normally they slash the egg to ribbons and practically fall out, but this one decided to leave via a very small hole.

Here it is again, a while later. Poor thing was trying to turn in on itself to get away from me and my camera.

Compared to a hatchling perentie. both of these shots were taken on the days they hatched and it's an average sized hatchling lace monitor.

Scott W · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:32 am Post subject:

great comparison shot Dave, certainly big hatchlings!
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MJ · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:00 am Post subject:

crikey the differance is amazing Cool

which has a larger adult size? (silly question Embarassed

but I dont want to assume )
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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Great pic - would like to see one next to a Komodo hatchling (which of course would be nowhere as stunning), congratulations Wink

Go on then, hatch a Komodo or two!
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crocdoc · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

hahah... From what I've seen, Komodo hatchlings are patterned a lot like the lace monitor hatchling - its closest relative - but not quite as bright, and are a third again larger than the perentie hatchling.