Giant Carnivorous Lizards in Thailand | Wild Thailand | BBC Earth

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  • @SM-jy3gp
    @SM-jy3gp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    This video kind of exaggerates the lizard with the background music. They actually mind their business and will steer away from humans most of the time. Lumpini Park was one of my favorites places to go read a book during my weekends off from work. Yes, these lizards are all around roaming freely. Yet the Thais keep their distance and go about their business, it's a perfect coexistence. It was always the tourists/foreigners who were following them, taking pictures, and some were scared of them. It was fun people watching, as I sat on the bench. Oh I miss Bangkok, definitely great memories!

    • @akhilchalil1585
      @akhilchalil1585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks like a staged video, how can someone sleep next to a carcass. The smell will be unbearable. Everything was staged to attract the lizard and take video

    • @FriendlyYandere
      @FriendlyYandere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That's The point,
      They used intimidating music while describing these lizards and then juxtapose that by basically telling how the local see them as harmless.
      That's one of the oldest filmmaking techniques in the book: You raise the tension higher and higher, and then you subvert the expectation.

    • @Hzec
      @Hzec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did you even watch the video bruh

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FriendlyYandere And using that music, it's a rare time the BBC chooses the wrong music, too many people know it and it doesn't suit this video. Still, love the BBC. :-)

    • @tichu7
      @tichu7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not just the music, but the sound effects were way over the top.

  • @Fifajosh99
    @Fifajosh99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I’m English and went to this park yesterday! Was so crazy, they are loads coming in and out of the water.
    All the westerners were shocked! And the Thai people found it normal like seeing a bird.
    Must visit if you can!

    • @rattanachaipakcharawong5865
      @rattanachaipakcharawong5865 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In Thailand, we all see it's like pets ...lol

    • @bonysminiatures3123
      @bonysminiatures3123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah my wife is thai she hates them lol calls them godzilla

    • @a_singular_nugget
      @a_singular_nugget ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We mostly just vibe with em, dont go close and just keep distance

    • @felicitytoad
      @felicitytoad 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't sound English do you mean Polish with an English accent ? Happening a lot at the moment in England they think they are English but they are the opposite It's very weird for England's people they don't get on with English especially the children and they are trying to take over and are aggressive and oppositional, is that YOU??? Probably 👎

  • @Watchalone
    @Watchalone ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I like that BBC edited it’s like a Jurassic Park but in real life we Thai people act like friends walking a park together.

  • @Noukz37
    @Noukz37 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I was with my ex-wife in Malaysia, exploring an quiet small town of Port Dickson - we came out of season. We walked across a beautiful, empty beach and then we saw this colossus trudging out of the sea... My jaw dropped, and when I got around I started screaming like a toddler because I was so excited to see a monitor lizard in the "wild", but the to poor thing got scared of me and ran back into the ocean 🤦🏻‍♂

    • @AfroVersity
      @AfroVersity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see why your ex-wife left you. You get excited and scream like a btich

    • @biokosmos
      @biokosmos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nature are disappearing and our fate is doomed...

    • @danielb.2385
      @danielb.2385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "screaming like a todder.."
      Me: pff, uneducated normie
      "..because I was so excited to see a monitor lizard"
      Me: oh.

    • @anthony4274
      @anthony4274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No one cares

    • @gordanng5803
      @gordanng5803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@anthony4274 is this what people in your life have been telling you

  • @vesterii4201
    @vesterii4201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    They're a great help for controlling rat problems on ricefields back in my hometown located in Aklan Philippines

    • @pimmpowpong79
      @pimmpowpong79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I always see some comments from people of the Philippines saying you guys have soooo many things similar in your country. That’s so funny 😂

    • @Polosatiy_Varan
      @Polosatiy_Varan ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruce Wayne No.

    • @Kuay-Young-Soong
      @Kuay-Young-Soong ปีที่แล้ว +1

      แต่ที่ต่างจังหวัดของประเทศไทย พวกมันมักจะมีปัญหากับเกษตรกรผู้เลี้ยงปลา พวกมันจะถูกฆ่าทิ้วด้วยการยิงและวางยา บอกตามตรง มันไม่ควรเป็นสัตว์ที่ได้รับการคุ้มครองทางกฏหมาย ต้องกำจัดให้หมด

    • @suhribzevolution645
      @suhribzevolution645 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ผมกำลังผัดเผ็ดแลนอยู่

  • @sumanthganapathibasavapatn141
    @sumanthganapathibasavapatn141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Side note, but what a beautiful name for a park. Lumbini is the place in Nepal where Buddha was born under a Shaala tree.

    • @ornanongable
      @ornanongable ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes. We named from the place of Buddha born.

  • @markusomega6004
    @markusomega6004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    There are many in the canal behind my house. Sometimes they climb the fence and enter my garden. Once a huge one even entered the front door and strolled around inside the house. As soon as they hear or see people, they scamper off. Totally harmless, unless you have cats or small dogs. They're quite fascinating to look at really.

    • @ricimer9770
      @ricimer9770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same thing happens in my garden, they are great aren't they!

    • @markusomega6004
      @markusomega6004 ปีที่แล้ว

      @southern metalhead Thailand

  • @alessiomorosi7038
    @alessiomorosi7038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    0:50 Godzilla but with low budget

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    "There's danger in the park."
    Thirty seconds later
    "They rarely bite humans, and everyone ignore them."
    Yeah, I can really se the danger in the park....

    • @kennethsatria6607
      @kennethsatria6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      only for birds and small mammals

    • @patarinmahakarat341
      @patarinmahakarat341 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kennethsatria6607 ถ้าไม่ยุ่งกะมันก็ไม่กัดน่ะ

    • @MassiveMotion
      @MassiveMotion 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try this th-cam.com/video/gNm6eQ9XwIo/w-d-xo.html

    • @nicholashaan7345
      @nicholashaan7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Reminds me of the time me and my ex-gf were walking in the park when this huge water monitor emerged from the bushes up ahead and she started panicking while i told her it's ok, it's not gonna harm us, just walk beside me like this... Inside i was smiling to myself as i got to act all macho in front of her 😆😆😆

    • @blucat4
      @blucat4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nicholashaan7345 Thanks for sharing ..

  • @pxmaarch7998
    @pxmaarch7998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Monitor lizard - *about to eat a sleeping human meat*
    Narrator: but monitor lizards rarely attacks human beings
    MonitorLizard: *Understandable, have a great day*

    • @TheLadyinblack1989
      @TheLadyinblack1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are cute. People even keep them as pet.

    • @patmills7880
      @patmills7880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheLadyinblack1989 unacceptable

    • @patmills7880
      @patmills7880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unacceptable. They are wild, leave them alone

  • @kavaskous
    @kavaskous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Their attitude towards monitors is almost how Floridians like myself treat alligators.

    • @jessadasaetae
      @jessadasaetae 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      มันอันตรายน้อยกว่ากันมาก เพียงแค่ไม่เข้าใกล้ พวกมันก็ไม่กัด

    • @TheSoulCrisis
      @TheSoulCrisis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah I can see that, main difference is gators will take opportunities and snatch people any chance they get by waters edge. While monitor lizards just hunt their prey and go on about their day.

    • @mytube9182
      @mytube9182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheSoulCrisis Yeah that's true. You can see a man sleeping cozy on the edge. That's every day's normal in the parks. If it was for gators the man would've been eaten already.

    • @TheSoulCrisis
      @TheSoulCrisis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mytube9182 Yep xD

    • @ligondesenuts769
      @ligondesenuts769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheSoulCrisis
      We have big ass salties here in SE Asia. Monitors are not even that closely terrifying as crocs

  • @Chill_Mode_JD
    @Chill_Mode_JD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Meh I’d be chill too honestly. Here in FL my 12yo daughter and I see alligators on our trail walks and rides all the time. They are mostly super chill and want nothing to do with you. The one exception was this one time while out on a walk my black lab and I stumbled on a momma gator, she had like 8-10 little babies and was not having visitors lol. We made sure to mind our own business on that occasion….
    🐊🐊🐊

    • @dripchungus
      @dripchungus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But hey at least you didn't do anything crazy with the momma gator

  • @UndefinedBailiwick
    @UndefinedBailiwick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These lizards are less likely to bite you compared to dogs.

  • @1993dana15
    @1993dana15 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These creatures were a common sight in my home garden in Sri Lanka. Actually they are not aggressive as they look nd help us by making sure our garden is safe from venomous snakes like cobras pythons nd vipers.

  • @NightShadow720
    @NightShadow720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    The water monitor lizard is very fascinating. 🦎

    • @joethafoe
      @joethafoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is this reptile from the game Mortal Kombat?

    • @stanmarsh4203
      @stanmarsh4203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol happy Easter

    • @talibeyilm
      @talibeyilm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont let 1ndians see it lol

  • @CaryMercer
    @CaryMercer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have walked in this park twice in the last two weeks. When you approach, they walk or swim away. They don't want to be near humans.

  • @AkRenee
    @AkRenee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Pretty cool. Reminds me of people walking past moose here in Alaska. Little black bears too .. they usually don't mind people in the city but both can kill if they wanted to.

    • @einienj3281
      @einienj3281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've been chased by a moose, so I don't act as casual around them, as I used to.. Greetings from Finland ♥️

    • @AkRenee
      @AkRenee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@einienj3281 so have I while riding a bike.. super scary but typically they tend to be tame. Happy Easter! 🐇

    • @einienj3281
      @einienj3281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AkRenee Mine had a calf in the bushes and I had a dog with me.. ran on top of a tall rock pile and threw rocks at it, bc it tried to climb after us, but was too heavy for the small rocks.. and my dog was supposed to be a Karelian bear dog.. 😄 Happy Easter 🐇

    • @AkRenee
      @AkRenee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruce Wayne my comment stated little black bears in the neighborhoods of Alaska.* Of course we have big bears but that's not what I was talking about.

    • @AkRenee
      @AkRenee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bruce Wayne lol we have both. I have seen them up close & personal and they were definitely not 700 lb.

  • @jarednovel
    @jarednovel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is a clear reminder that there is so much intelligence elsewhere in the natural world and that humans are not the only beings that can employ logical reasoning. Of course these lizards won't bite the hand that feeds them. They also do not perceive humans as a threat.. I think they make more sense than humans who sometimes destroy the exact thing that sustains them

  • @robertofrancesco5207
    @robertofrancesco5207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'm just stunned to see the people walking around calmly 😅😅😅

    • @cha0sniper
      @cha0sniper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, I've seen people behave that way around alligators and crocodiles, and monitors are much less intimidating lol

    • @CarassiusAu
      @CarassiusAu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They have nasty bites, but they’re pretty chill creatures who are more afraid of us than we are afraid of them

  • @Anon_E_Muss
    @Anon_E_Muss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Water monitors are so cool! Always great to see them in their natural habitat

  • @THEPUPECHANNEL
    @THEPUPECHANNEL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    In Thai, we said "เหี้ย" (/hia̯˥˩/ or hia) or "ตัวเงินตัวทอง" (Tua ngen tua tong). Tua ngen tua tong means they have silver and gold color on the body.
    Sometimes, we named them "วรนุช" (Varanus) , That becomes to scientific name Varanus salvator.
    Ps. For me, they are so freaking cute. 🥰

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's been so long since I've had a television that I had forgotten how over dramatic everything on television is. This made me realize why I don't miss it. Poison for the mind.
    Interesting lizards, though.

  • @jalurlurusjawasam
    @jalurlurusjawasam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That is great to see the lizard live peacefully in Thailand.
    But, in Indonesia, the lizard is living with afraid because they are delicious food....

    • @mytube9182
      @mytube9182 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In Thailand they aren't our main food like pork and chicken. Actually they're pest here, often they steal our poultry and pet babies to feed on. But they're lucky they're considered big animal whom we normally don't kill by fear of karma.

  • @wahtusy3519
    @wahtusy3519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    We have a lot of that here in the Philippines. "Bayawak" is what we call it here

    • @rifqifm6434
      @rifqifm6434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In Indonesia (Western java) we call it biawak

    • @artemesiagentileschini7348
      @artemesiagentileschini7348 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ours are of different species. Some are even frugivorous

    • @0900370pian
      @0900370pian ปีที่แล้ว

      In Malaysia we call them biawak too..

  • @Ilemaurice687
    @Ilemaurice687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am watching this in 4k and it super

  • @cuteduckdontlie4636
    @cuteduckdontlie4636 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They are so majestic 🦎 🙏🏻 ❤️

  • @mariejuana2993
    @mariejuana2993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im listening to this with my earphones on and the sound quality of the SFX is amazing. Just thought I'd let you know

  • @storytimewithunclebill1998
    @storytimewithunclebill1998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Happy Easter everyone. Those things are huge. I would have thought it was a Komodo Dragon. Making sure I stay far away. Pretty cool to see though. Was fun to watch. Great video

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Keep mythology out of reality.

    • @conradlobo3956
      @conradlobo3956 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@michaelanderson7715 keep your toxicity out of this reality

    • @JanaSofiaSefar22
      @JanaSofiaSefar22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thanks, happy Easter to you too

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@conradlobo3956 Toxicity is religion's domain; foul stench that it is.

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @MajorGalah it's clear

  • @donsolos
    @donsolos 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just saw a video of thai people drag racing their vehicles they use in the rice fields, after seeing this video it all makes sense now. Thai people are the Florida people of the Asian world lol

  • @kennethsatria6607
    @kennethsatria6607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i love how it just pops out the water like "hoi there"

  • @jeffthompson9622
    @jeffthompson9622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have kept that species and interacted with others. When raised in captivity they seem to enjoy interacting with humans, even when not being handed food. Being partly aquatic, their bodies are not water conservative, so they are messy and their enclosures need a lot of cleanup. A tame water monitor is careful when taking food from a human hand. While these behavioral notes don't apply to wild animals, one in a Bangcock park tolerated a friend's approach and contact.

  • @opasthanaopas5969
    @opasthanaopas5969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    FYI, this place should be pronounced "Loom-Pi-Nee" park.

  • @jesadanaoki
    @jesadanaoki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Amazing Thailand 😗😗👍

  • @Hellnaw200
    @Hellnaw200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Monitor Lizards are nice

  • @shawnstatzer95
    @shawnstatzer95 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was in Thailand, the Varanus salvator fled my presence every time.

  • @wongsakornbuthsrikui8808
    @wongsakornbuthsrikui8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow very beautiful.
    Monitors of Thailand.
    My country.

  • @baileytheaquarist9628
    @baileytheaquarist9628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool!

  • @pinyavlc1710
    @pinyavlc1710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good story and production.

  • @alwaleedalthani9624
    @alwaleedalthani9624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have seen them in Sipadan and Sabah Malaysia and they are intimidating to say the least !

  • @GfGf-gl4ks
    @GfGf-gl4ks ปีที่แล้ว

    เป็นภาพที่สวยมากคุณทำได้สวยมาก

  • @mokko759
    @mokko759 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how the narrator is all OooOOH! Water monitors are totally cannibalistic..... but that's a dog's leg it's eating.

  • @p_y_ano4571
    @p_y_ano4571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    water monitor : am i a joke to you?

  • @NuttachaiTipprasert
    @NuttachaiTipprasert 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "There's danger in the park."
    That's soooooooo exegerating. Monitor Lizards are chill animals that rarely (if ever) attack animal bigger than them. They even afraid of dogs; let's alone humans.
    People in Thailand learn how to live with them by just ignore them. If anyone accidentally stumbled on one, 10 out of 10 they will be the one who first fled from the scene; not us.

    • @Polosatiy_Varan
      @Polosatiy_Varan ปีที่แล้ว

      Large water monitors sometimes attack larger animals, such as dogs, jackals, even calves.

  • @meexperience7144
    @meexperience7144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s called “Tua Hia” in Thai, use to call someone irritating and irresponsible, a bad word in Thai.

  • @ravenrazerclaw
    @ravenrazerclaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful

  • @cindypradila8298
    @cindypradila8298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing

  • @johnnyfavorite1194
    @johnnyfavorite1194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Though they are the 2nd Largest Lizard in the world, 3 Meters is the extreme exception. I believe just 1 specimen was found to be that length, but the Water Monitor tends to be be much closer to 1.5-2 m.

    • @CarassiusAu
      @CarassiusAu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They’re basically small komodo dragons. Both are dangerous nevertheless

    • @johnnyfavorite1194
      @johnnyfavorite1194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CarassiusAu Hardly Dangerous. Nasty Bite, but you could count on one hand the number of individuals killed by a Komodo Dragon. And the Water Monitor will run from people before it bites in self defense.

    • @jeffthompson9622
      @jeffthompson9622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A friend who exhibited reptiles had one that was close to that length about 35 years ago. I would visit Mondays when the Maryland Reptile Institute was closed and hand food to Leroy Brown. Behaviorally, they are my favorite lizards. I wish they were less messy and could live as long as a gila monster.

    • @mytube9182
      @mytube9182 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exception be made again for them in Thailand's parks, especially in the metropolitan area of 7900 km3 where people like to feed them for relaxation. The 3 meters water monitors are often becoming too many that people start getting feared and asked the caretakers to catch them to release in the wild. Actually when you see how the situation is quite often incurred you may start questioning how they're ranked #2 biggest with this significant amount of population.

  • @davidboi4025
    @davidboi4025 ปีที่แล้ว

    Radical man...these dudes totally smack...

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have these laying eggs behind my garden wall alongside the Klong. Huge beasts that are quite nervous and scared of humans! At 45kg and at 1.8m length --I won't be bothering them!

  • @thailandwild4897
    @thailandwild4897 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I filmed them there some years ago and got the great shot of the Thai people standing to attention for the National Anthem at 8am with water monitors casually carrying on about their normal routine.

  • @uesdtosignin1038
    @uesdtosignin1038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As Thai people, I think there is less than 1% people will say "ไม่เป็นไร" (Mị̀ pĕnrị) to that lizard. We call them "เหี้ย" in Thailand. One of the most common word in Thailand school but in the bad way.....
    Fun Fact : Some people here in Thailand are actually smaller than that lizard :)

  • @universeslap
    @universeslap หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Thai ❤

  • @WJen8
    @WJen8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    New York: we have pigeons, squirrels, and rats, it's crazy!
    Bangkok: *that's cute*

  • @CrowSkeleton
    @CrowSkeleton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Big 'Dangerous Creatures' vibe to this video...seriously, Westerners are capable of being interested in a non-fluffy animal for 2 minutes and 32 seconds without pretending it's a 15-metre spinosaurus. I've been there and seen these, they were eating the carp and bothering no-one. London swans, now...

    • @patmills7880
      @patmills7880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't be so judgemental, classing all western people as the same. I happen to be very interested in lizards and snakes, as well as birds

  • @relighg
    @relighg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    we have a lot of that here but they don't really do anything. They're not even aggressive

  • @lovepet4565
    @lovepet4565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im
    Happy to see bird stands so theyre not on ground near lizzies😊

  • @luluguilherme8908
    @luluguilherme8908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My next travel destination

  • @renzalfredflores6517
    @renzalfredflores6517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In the Philippines it's called bayawak

    • @heryanapernata9384
      @heryanapernata9384 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In indonesia ; Biawak,..Bayawak ( sunda west java )

    • @anujnautiyal8539
      @anujnautiyal8539 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In India I don't know what they are called, if someone knows please tell me

  • @Soapy007
    @Soapy007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They make great pets though very affectionate.

  • @sh3n3ng
    @sh3n3ng 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see few of them in my yard now and then. They’re quite chill with human.

  • @NaturalBiotopes
    @NaturalBiotopes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This lizard is the dinosaur of our time.👍

  • @krazeekalvin
    @krazeekalvin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had one that couldn't make up it's mind about which side of the road it wanted to go to on a motorcycle ride in Thailand one time. My friend riding behind me as well as my self were gearing down and braking as fast as we could on our Harley's. Luckily it finally got off of the road and we keep on our ride.

  • @davidortiz3094
    @davidortiz3094 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crows always lurking & starting something

  • @TheBrokenNomad
    @TheBrokenNomad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Yes, they are venomous, along with the Komodo Dragons. C’mon, BBC, get with the times.

    • @ahmetkerem4769
      @ahmetkerem4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does _Varanus salvator_ possess venom glands as well? Are you certain?

    • @TheBrokenNomad
      @TheBrokenNomad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ahmetkerem4769 Yes, but they have dental glands instead of the normal venom sack common to snakes.

    • @davidortiz3094
      @davidortiz3094 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheBrokenNomad They bites can cause infections & kill you. There was a story about a guy who owned two of them & that's how they killed him.

    • @TheBrokenNomad
      @TheBrokenNomad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidortiz3094 the discovery of venom has been confirmed in the last 10 or so years. It was thought previously that infection is what caused death by sepsis until research confirmed the presence of venom.

    • @atichatsai01
      @atichatsai01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thai here. Been to the park few times. These lizards got used to being near human. If you don't do anything to them then they'll just be on their way. Some even fed them lol.

  • @hunterhq295
    @hunterhq295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They help clean up carrion and keep the area clean of disease.

    • @hunterhq295
      @hunterhq295 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These twice as big as the ones I see in Malaysia

  • @ChristianLopez-zs6ob
    @ChristianLopez-zs6ob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    David Icke likes this

    • @lyric8006
      @lyric8006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol 😆

  • @intellectualblackking162
    @intellectualblackking162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like mini chill Komodo’s so cool

  • @ฆ่าปาดคอตอนมึงหลับ

    ตัวเงินตัวทองในไทย น่ารักมากๆ เรารักตัวเงินตัวทอง

  • @genes2311
    @genes2311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went to Lumphini like a month ago, in April 2022. These guys were all over the place; man they are big !

  • @ep073132
    @ep073132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    we have these kind of big lizards in malaysian rivers too. crocs prey on them

  • @wayofa
    @wayofa ปีที่แล้ว

    The background music makes me feel more like Indonesin music, not a Thai one.

  • @WildlifeThroughLens
    @WildlifeThroughLens 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    These lizards look like prehistoric creatures

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well prehistory is a narrow slice, it's nothing noteworthy.

    • @mokarokas-1727
      @mokarokas-1727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelanderson7715 - lol, get a load of you...

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mokarokas-1727 ...even less noteworthy; oxygen thief.

  • @michellelee8933
    @michellelee8933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Indonesia so I see them regularly too but there's none of them at any city parks and I'm just wondering how are y'all taking your dogs to that park. Cos the dogs I know of go crazy when they see these.

    • @jittapootowasakun1960
      @jittapootowasakun1960 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      they don't attack people and pets here, there are strayed cats in the park as well.

  • @thesharkormoriantm274
    @thesharkormoriantm274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I dislike it when people see a very big monitor lizard and call it "modernday dinosaur". Birds are the only surviving dinosaurs, but we don't seem to appreciate that.

    • @bln3615
      @bln3615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Because they don't look like dinosaurs unlike lizard.

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bln3615 "Because they don't look like dinosaurs unlike lizard."
      - what a stupendously ironic response to a comment about ignorance! (you won't understand my point either, stemming from that same ignorance)

    • @bln3615
      @bln3615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@michaelanderson7715 I just explained why ppl think like that, relax.

    • @michaelanderson7715
      @michaelanderson7715 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bln3615 "I just explained why ppl think like that, relax."
      - yep, as I said already, you completely missed the point

    • @bln3615
      @bln3615 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@michaelanderson7715 Sorry if I offended your philosophical convictions about the dinosaurity of birds, I promise you from now on I will appreciate the tyrannosaurus rex in every tenders I will eat.

  • @dreshawnwoodard1440
    @dreshawnwoodard1440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey, wake up man ... Sorry y'all I was yelling at the guy laying there at the beginning

  • @TrueCreed
    @TrueCreed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonder what would happen if someone replace one of them with a komodo dragon? 🤭

  • @bradbarnett5464
    @bradbarnett5464 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    'It's fine' lol love that 💛

  • @torIIgo
    @torIIgo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look at all the Slinkies!!

  • @samratchattopadhyay3057
    @samratchattopadhyay3057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This giant innocent lizard is happily lizzying around the park . 💚

  • @passangero_o5717
    @passangero_o5717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when you are jogging around the park and have Giant Carnivorous Lizards help you speed up😂

  • @einienj3281
    @einienj3281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I would love an animal like that, but they are a lot better off in the wild 🥺♥️

    • @TheLadyinblack1989
      @TheLadyinblack1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      They have been living near human for hundreds years. Rangsit area has these lizard everywhere. People tried to get rid off it but they keep coming back. It's just their nature.
      Those that live in the wild are different type.

    • @stanmarsh4203
      @stanmarsh4203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I could be your animal 😉

    • @ahmetkerem4769
      @ahmetkerem4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actually, they're quite incredible pets if one has the resources.

    • @stanmarsh4203
      @stanmarsh4203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahmetkerem4769 I could be your wild pet 😉

    • @zadiecheetah4132
      @zadiecheetah4132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have one, if you do your research then they're quite easy.

  • @TheGoldisfun
    @TheGoldisfun 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Calm and carefree on!

  • @mikemccormick8115
    @mikemccormick8115 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They are no threat at all. They are skittish of people. I walked by a large one which scampered away quickly. And they are large but not 3 meters large.

  • @youssefbayoumi857
    @youssefbayoumi857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wanna go to Asia!

  • @leongliyang6946
    @leongliyang6946 ปีที่แล้ว

    they may look big...
    but timid as a puppy ,had it's own day to chillex

  • @CarassiusAu
    @CarassiusAu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I got too close to one once trying to snap a cool picture. It audibly hissed and swiped its tail at me. My heart skipped a beat, but keep your distance and they’re pretty chill

  • @SirHellNaja
    @SirHellNaja ปีที่แล้ว

    BF4 Should've added a mechanic to the game where you get attacked by random monitors when you're in the water in Lumphini Garden map

  • @ayluin4053
    @ayluin4053 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In indonesia it's called biawak

    • @p_y_ano4571
      @p_y_ano4571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @p_y_ano4571
      @p_y_ano4571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      no kidding

    • @adyansyah6406
      @adyansyah6406 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nyambik

    • @vishnukarthik801
      @vishnukarthik801 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I have seen many… but they are usually scared of humans there right?

    • @p_y_ano4571
      @p_y_ano4571 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vishnukarthik801 yup

  • @selmonofficial
    @selmonofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have them in my backyard . Goa

  • @virchandrakumar8186
    @virchandrakumar8186 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bang kok

  • @4nt0s
    @4nt0s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The government is on vacation at Thailand.

    • @matimus100
      @matimus100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      From a cartoon

    • @4nt0s
      @4nt0s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what

  • @braleepichaiya5973
    @braleepichaiya5973 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    BBC: There's danger in the park.
    Thai people: Just chill.😎 They do no harm.

  • @Ceerads
    @Ceerads 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting (but the music is too loud).

  • @farleymusclewhite411
    @farleymusclewhite411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would be nice to know what these creatures are called in Thai, not "Water Monitors" I am sure. Pretty clever video though. When I lived there we had gecko-type lizards called " Ching Choc" and the ones outside that were called "Tuk Kae" (also the sound they make -actually I remember it as more like "took gow"-) but I never ran across one of these. Poisonous snakes and spiders yes, but was unaware of these guys.

    • @praeposter
      @praeposter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      they’re called “hia” which can also be used as a swear :)

    • @farleymusclewhite411
      @farleymusclewhite411 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@praeposter Thanks. Good to know.

    • @chanonwisanmongkol2254
      @chanonwisanmongkol2254 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This video show 2 type of water monitors. It's hia and ta-guad

  • @BombshElle_7
    @BombshElle_7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought it was a komodo dragon at first, but not quite big enough

  • @dennesey
    @dennesey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was shouting for the guy in the grass to get uuuuup. Thought he was a goner.

  • @topbanana4013
    @topbanana4013 ปีที่แล้ว

    we have carnivorous birds in central London parks UK . they swallow the pigeons whole. we all get along fine

  • @astrayproductions
    @astrayproductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool stuff

  • @AccidentalNinja
    @AccidentalNinja 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "It's fine", a predecessor to the meme "This is fine"?

  • @JoeOvercoat
    @JoeOvercoat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought it was going to steal the guy’s backpack, seagull-style.