PIG IS DINNER for KOMODO DRAGON-sized Lizard

Typical feeding day at reptile compound. A sweet lovable lizard. ❤ Frozen-thawed feeder pig is fed to large Komodo dragon-sized Varanus salvator to demonstrate Asian water monitor’s natural ability to engulf large food items. Evolutionary adaptation. Video filmed on September 15, 2017. Video is part of a body of work on the science of reptile feeding behavior that supported a master’s thesis in zoology. Currently working on PhD in reptile venom research. As seen in video, the lizard, similar to an Anac