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A Lizard in the Giant, Family Size
Taronga Park Zoo, in Sydney, hich has just about one of cry thing and many of some ings, recently added a giant ipuan lizard to its collection, s a salvadori monitor, nine et long from nose to tail, and ily part-grown yet.
It looks more like a crocodile an a lizard and the Press in ’dney described it as a Iragon”. It is, however, a •nuine lizard, eats raw meat, tes men—when in the mood— \th its three rows of teeth, and '.mbs trees.
Papuan natives captured this le six months ago along the y River. A crocodile shooter ok it to Thursday Island and ter offered it to Taronga. It ivelled to Brisbane by ship id the rest of the way by lin, and didn’t like any of but is now slowly becoming ed to its specially converted id heated pit at the zoo.
This is only the third of these ptiles known to be living in ptivity.