Monkey Kingdom released in 2015 set in Sri Lanka

Tina Fey is the first animal documentary narrator I have enjoyed other than the racist David Attenborough https://medium.com/the-frog/attenborough-is-a-hypocrite-a8288fda2b99 whom I can no longer enjoy.

There is a beautiful shot from just above where monsoon rains gush over a precipice into waterfalls falling at different angles :)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3660770

#movie #animals #asias #mongoose #scorpions #peacocks #leopards #bigcats #monitorlizards #reptiles #birds #predators #british

По всей видимости это полосатый варан(водяной варан, кабарагойя, азиатский водный варан)/Asian water monitor/Varanus salvator. Радует глаз своим синим языком.
Сразу заметно, что он постоянно втягивает и вытягивает язык.

21.07.2025
Kinabatangan river, Borneo, Malaysia

#malaysia #borneo #фотоохота #nature #naturephoto #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifephoto #wildlife #kalimantan #kinabatanganriver #sabah #monitorlizard #monitorlizards #asianwatermonitor

"A new study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society looks beneath their skin. For the first time, it reveals hidden bone structures that may hold the key to the evolutionary success of goannas in Australia."

https://theconversation.com/new-study-peers-beneath-the-skin-of-iconic-lizards-to-find-chainmail-bone-plates-and-lots-of-them-260700

Paper [ https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/204/3/zlaf070/8203240 ]

#Australia #Goannas #Reptiles #MonitorLIzards #Osteoderms #Biology #Nature

Two animations for Isao in trade for a gem.
He only asked for messy scribbles in return, but I felt like animating something. I bet he'll be quiet surprised, heh.

#art #animation #2danimation #furry #anthro #scalie #lizard #emerald #gem #monitorlizards