Perenties are such a kind of beautiful animals, their stare always resemble some kinds of sadness and wisdom. Also they are sleek and elegant, unlike komodos and water monitors which look bulky and clumsy.
Wang Ruoxu they are only slow and clumsy when they are kept in enclosures that are to small and not given enough exercise. Unlike other reptiles monitor lizards require plenty of exercise in order to maintain healthy body proportions, fitness and mobility, also a lot of captive monitors are also way over fed! Just watch a video of a Komodo running down a deer and you will see just how quick a wild Komodo can sprint over a short distance! Having said this you are correct perenties do have a look of sleekness and athletism that is unmatched by other large monitors.
monitors sure are clever enough, to be confident! that wild lizard didnt care much about a human coming close, and good ol mr. attenborough is respectfull enough, not to bug it. =)
+Cuda FX Although he is close, it's a clever camera angle that makes him look far closer than he actually is. If he was within 2 meters of him (as it appears in the video) the monitor would most likely of whipped him with his tail.
I saw one in front of my house and I almost shit my pants, didn’t know wtf it was. I just wanted to go to woollies to buy ice cream and boom it was there.
One of my oldest memories (I was four years old at the time) is of a Perentie. I was playing in the dirt when a Perentie walked past it was so close I could touch it. me and my family live in remote Australia.
They are real and they are prominent through out the interior, north and north west of western australia, commonly known as Race Horse Goanna or Bungarra to the Wongatha people of the South West Desert Region, they are closely related to the Komodo Dragon in Indonesia, stunning creatures to watch, but u dont want to be chased by one, they are fast
Not even 1% interested in the Wongatha people who capture & torture & kill & eat these beautifully monitor lizards . White man need stop revering & honouring the bullshit of these savages.
KAMIKAZE 619 theres a monitor lizard documentary you can find on youtube if you are interested, they talk about their intelligence throughout, the perentie was recorded to be smart enough to memorize on pinpoint their hunting territory, they can remember the best trails and the best runways as well, truly intelligent!
@Jason Berryman if not smarter than dogs, and believe it or not, more trainable (depending on the monitor) than dogs because they're more food motivated. You can teach a juvie monitor a neat trick in a few minutes with just food (including hand and vocal commands which could take a few days to a week), whilst a puppy ranging from 5 weeks, to 6 months old can take a long time to train. I know from experiences and watching some vids, its fascinating.
First Heard Of The Perentie On In The Wild With Harry Butler About 40 Years Ago! He Was Almost Outrun By One On Barrow Island Western Australia in 1976 Also Came Across Another In A Cave Near The Canning Stock Route Also In Western Australia!😀🧔🦎🏜️🇦🇺
I remember around 2006 driving from Karratha to Coral Bay in Western Australia, literally saw over 100 dead Perenties on the road and most were 2 meters
I already said you can't find them outside Australia, so I'm aware of that. I have actually looked into obtaining a perentie monitor, and as you said, they just aren't available. A few zoos have them, and that's it.
I get what you mean. I wish I had a few in my property if I lived in Australia to get red if and venomous snakes. But than again 8 foot perenties would be pretty scary to see about as well. But they are gorgeous with what can only be aborigine artwork-patterned skin
Well, it's been shown in experiments that monitor lizards can understand the concept of counting objects, and the idea of less or more. In the wild, they will actually patrol roadsides in search of roadkill, take advantage of disasters like grass fires to prey on fleeing/injured animals, and use strategy when hunting-such as climbing a fruiting tree and waiting for parrots or other birds to come. They're probably just a little less intelligent than rats, in my opinion.
Rabbit: You will never catch me you Dinosaur I'm faster than you Perentie: Wanna bet I will give a you a 10 second head start. Rabbit: Ok your lost Perentie: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I'm coming Rabbit: WTF!!!!!! Perentie: GET OVER HERE!!!!!!
While Australia has Dinosaurs, the Perentie ain't one of them. Now the Cassowary on the other hand is a Dinosaur. It also looks like it's distant cousin the Oviraptor with it's crest and has Velociraptor-like claws on it's feet.
@armytaskforce11x Monitor lizards are group of closely related lizards it's not just one specie. Komodo dragons and the extinct Megalania belong to this Monitor lizard group.
I was taking a leak once when I was younger turned around after I was done and one of these bad hombres was chillin right next to me peering into my god damn soul I never ran so fast in my life the thing was huge was definitely longer than me Beautiful beast but.
I once woke up while out on a solo camping trip and found a dead log had collapsed my tent and was on top of me - in those days I was a VERY heavy sleeper and could sleep through a bomb. I vaguely shifted under the weight, only to notice the 'log' moving - I woke up like a shot and bolted to the other side of my tent! Thinking someone was screwing with me I grabbed my hunting knife and jumped out, ready to take on all comers, and came face to face with a huge goanna that had decided to lie on top of me for my body heat! It took off like a bat out of hell, which was just as well, as it was huge! I stayed in that spot for a couple of days due to rain, and every morning I'd wake up, look out through the mesh of my tent, and there would be the goanna, looking in at me. :) As for taking a piss, I once did the same all over a bush, and half way through a brown snake snuck out from where I'd been pissing all over it, and made its was past my right leg - I just froze until it had gone past me.
Wrong "fact" and where did you get that info from, the tabloid website ?? According to wikipedia, Mososaurs evolved from an ancient squamatid that most of the time dwells around waters. It looks similar to the monitor but that's a common ancestor meaning 2 or more future descendants evolved from one basal organism. So, considering the monitors CLOSELY RELATED to the mososaur rather than being an ancestor, the varanids and mososaurs both spread apart due to evolution.
I seen the king lizard . He could pop head in car window I live here in Aus . I'm not kidding n I been searching for any ANY info I can't find none he didn't look like this
"Welcome to Jurassic Park"....said the other Attenborough.
Truly the cheetah of the monitor family
Cheetah of the entire reptile reptile,infact the fastest reptile
David Attenborough is a true legend!
Bradyz4 The best, with Marty Stauffer coming in second. Nature, and Wild America were my favorite shows many moons ago😏
@V A why?
Been watching him for years, no homo
Their ability to continue breathing while running at these speeds make them excellent predators for these invasive rabbits
Perenties are such a kind of beautiful animals, their stare always resemble some kinds of sadness and wisdom. Also they are sleek and elegant, unlike komodos and water monitors which look bulky and clumsy.
nicely said. while i love komodos and waters, there's just something about the perentie that has a great appeal. a very unique animal indeed
Wang Ruoxu they are only slow and clumsy when they are kept in enclosures that are to small and not given enough exercise. Unlike other reptiles monitor lizards require plenty of exercise in order to maintain healthy body proportions, fitness and mobility, also a lot of captive monitors are also way over fed! Just watch a video of a Komodo running down a deer and you will see just how quick a wild Komodo can sprint over a short distance! Having said this you are correct perenties do have a look of sleekness and athletism that is unmatched by other large monitors.
Water Monitors are not slow...
@@The_Superpack not that much slow but still slow
It's not sad. It's hungry.
In Australia: Lizard outruns you!
Emus that outran machine-guns during the emu war: Am I a jock to you ?
On youtube we comment on your comment
@@christosgiannopoulos828 a jock?... Yes
Go Anna Go!
monitors sure are clever enough, to be confident! that wild lizard didnt care much about a human coming close, and good ol mr. attenborough is respectfull enough, not to bug it. =)
+Cuda FX Although he is close, it's a clever camera angle that makes him look far closer than he actually is. If he was within 2 meters of him (as it appears in the video) the monitor would most likely of whipped him with his tail.
It could have been used to humans. Animal's sometimes get too used to human presence.
Who else just loves how those things run?
Me
Seen plenty of these over here in Western Australia. When you get close to them, their breathing sounds truly terrifying
Komodos are the only monitors known to actually pursue and attack people so hes quite safe.
the people who disliked this video are rabbits!
Sandy Bad-Molars Gonzalez then why did you say people?
Yes, and they also deserve to be run down, killed and devoured.
Sandy Bad-Molars Gonzalez i disliked bc I’m a rabbit
A 9 year old comment, holy crap.
Don't Insult Rabbits!😡🐰🐇
They remind me of raptors...and dragons! Its something about their faces as well! So stunning!
Smaug's head shape in the P.J. movie was highly based on monitors
Have you ever seen a “raptor” ?
@@jimcrawford5039 only in movies and documentaries lol
"He's a vicious bastard" Harry Redknapp
This perentie would know how to make a grand entrance. Very cool creature to actually see & possibly touch.
It looks just like a dinosaur
I saw this on my dvd Life in Cold Blood last night. David is very informational.
My favourite monitor and animal, such a beautiful animal 💖
Beautiful dinosaurs
Perentie is like a Komodo dragon of Australia
Komodo dragons used to live in Australia. We're trying to get them reintroduced.
I saw one in front of my house and I almost shit my pants, didn’t know wtf it was. I just wanted to go to woollies to buy ice cream and boom it was there.
@@giancarlofrancese1441 🤣
One of my oldest memories (I was four years old at the time) is of a Perentie. I was playing in the dirt when a Perentie walked past it was so close I could touch it. me and my family live in remote Australia.
The Roadrunner Ain't got nothing on This Monitor Lizard.
They are real and they are prominent through out the interior, north and north west of western australia, commonly known as Race Horse Goanna or Bungarra to the Wongatha people of the South West Desert Region, they are closely related to the Komodo Dragon in Indonesia, stunning creatures to watch, but u dont want to be chased by one, they are fast
Not even 1% interested in the Wongatha people who capture & torture & kill & eat these beautifully monitor lizards .
White man need stop revering & honouring the bullshit of these savages.
Native predator: 1
Foreign invader: 0
Rabbit being chase by a huge dinosaur.
And that is one of the smartest predators of all time as well.
For reptiles you mean
How smart they can get?
KAMIKAZE 619 theres a monitor lizard documentary you can find on youtube if you are interested, they talk about their intelligence throughout, the perentie was recorded to be smart enough to memorize on pinpoint their hunting territory, they can remember the best trails and the best runways as well, truly intelligent!
@Jason Berryman if not smarter than dogs, and believe it or not, more trainable (depending on the monitor) than dogs because they're more food motivated. You can teach a juvie monitor a neat trick in a few minutes with just food (including hand and vocal commands which could take a few days to a week), whilst a puppy ranging from 5 weeks, to 6 months old can take a long time to train. I know from experiences and watching some vids, its fascinating.
@@kamikaze6198 they are smart , I seen one yesterday with a newspaper doing crosswords
First Heard Of The Perentie On In The Wild With Harry Butler About 40 Years Ago! He Was Almost Outrun By One On Barrow Island Western Australia in 1976 Also Came Across Another In A Cave Near The Canning Stock Route Also In Western Australia!😀🧔🦎🏜️🇦🇺
that is so fucking awesome to think they have different muscles from breathing from your average mammal
Correction, they're known to grow a bit over 2 metres long.
Upto 2.4 metees, that's 8 feet long.
Probably my favourite lizard 🦎
Mind warehouse made a video talking about these's in a top 10, but insteed of showing these animals he showed a Komodo dragon
Beautiful... and terrifying!!
I never knew this was why reptiles rarely run long distances...
That’s called a Bangarra
THAT IS A TYRANOSAURUS REX! THAT IS A DINOSAUR!
Now thats a velociraptor
anyone else come here from isaac butterfield?
Yes
yup
yeah, I came for the komodos
yup me
Yep
I remember around 2006 driving from Karratha to Coral Bay in Western Australia, literally saw over 100 dead Perenties on the road and most were 2 meters
Holy fuck this things in Australia! I'm Australian and never even knew.
SealAngel probably because you don't live in the outback mate
thats the mean pet from that australian disney movie with the two little mice and the albatros and the huge eagle and the blond 10yearold kid
Even the animals don't f**k with Attenborough. Easily the most loved man in the world!!
beautiful lizard
awww i love his lil eyes!
It reminds me of a raptor from Jurassic Park!
It's a damn shame you can't find these guys outside of Australia. I would love to have a pet perentie.
I already said you can't find them outside Australia, so I'm aware of that. I have actually looked into obtaining a perentie monitor, and as you said, they just aren't available. A few zoos have them, and that's it.
I get what you mean. I wish I had a few in my property if I lived in Australia to get red if and venomous snakes. But than again 8 foot perenties would be pretty scary to see about as well. But they are gorgeous with what can only be aborigine artwork-patterned skin
Which jurassic park is this one ?
What an awesome monitor lizard from Australia I think the perentie is the most amazing
Of any reptiles 🦎 from the continent that and the thorny devil
worlds most awesome monitor , i love them
just saw your comment from 9 years ago, I don’t know you or where you are now, but I hope you are well
One of these lizards appear in the Australian film Napoleon
Now known to be venomous.
You stepped on the wrong trail, I swear.
what an awesome animal!!
Like a modern-day dinosaur in the land down under.
1:04 Run... run and don't look back!
Well, it's been shown in experiments that monitor lizards can understand the concept of counting objects, and the idea of less or more. In the wild, they will actually patrol roadsides in search of roadkill, take advantage of disasters like grass fires to prey on fleeing/injured animals, and use strategy when hunting-such as climbing a fruiting tree and waiting for parrots or other birds to come. They're probably just a little less intelligent than rats, in my opinion.
So rats sounds pretty smart then?
Yes, rats are extremely clever!
Monitors are much smarter than rats. In fact, they are even smarter than many primates.
Fucking awesome creature
that old guy ftw!
Of course it has to bloody well inhabit the same continent I do. I wonder how much flights to New Zealand are going for these days
No documentary is complete if Sir David isn't part of it.
Hey it's a Deathclaw.
Rabbit: You will never catch me you Dinosaur I'm faster than you
Perentie: Wanna bet I will give a you a 10 second head start.
Rabbit: Ok your lost
Perentie: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I'm coming
Rabbit: WTF!!!!!!
Perentie: GET OVER HERE!!!!!!
While Australia has Dinosaurs, the Perentie ain't one of them. Now the Cassowary on the other hand is a Dinosaur.
It also looks like it's distant cousin the Oviraptor with it's crest and has Velociraptor-like claws on it's feet.
Josh I Yeah the Cassowary really does look like a dinosaur and probably was an oviraptor back then.
@@i.m.evilhomer5084 dinosaurs are also reptiles
Clever girl...
They have a build in turbo in their necks
How did Attenborough get so close to it?
Right? Was there a piece of glass or something inbetween?
at 0:26 makes me feel like saying dont move his vision is based on movement
@MjXllcommando I'm a reptile fan and we watched it when high with friends...about 5 words were spoken like "dude" and "oh shit", "no way" etc...
@armytaskforce11x Monitor lizards are group of closely related lizards it's not just one specie. Komodo dragons and the extinct Megalania belong to this Monitor lizard group.
Why are they not introduced tp parts of Australia where there are mice problems in Australia ?.
perentie monitor Totally cute. It's plump, but the price for an Australian species is 450 million won.
Must be a Perentie Goanna to be precise! Leaping Ophiacodon!🐊
Long live the lizard kings!
I was taking a leak once when I was younger turned around after I was done and one of these bad hombres was chillin right next to me peering into my god damn soul I never ran so fast in my life the thing was huge was definitely longer than me Beautiful beast but.
I once woke up while out on a solo camping trip and found a dead log had collapsed my tent and was on top of me - in those days I was a VERY heavy sleeper and could sleep through a bomb. I vaguely shifted under the weight, only to notice the 'log' moving - I woke up like a shot and bolted to the other side of my tent! Thinking someone was screwing with me I grabbed my hunting knife and jumped out, ready to take on all comers, and came face to face with a huge goanna that had decided to lie on top of me for my body heat! It took off like a bat out of hell, which was just as well, as it was huge! I stayed in that spot for a couple of days due to rain, and every morning I'd wake up, look out through the mesh of my tent, and there would be the goanna, looking in at me. :)
As for taking a piss, I once did the same all over a bush, and half way through a brown snake snuck out from where I'd been pissing all over it, and made its was past my right leg - I just froze until it had gone past me.
How many of you feel like you'dd rather be a certain animal sometimes?
All I want to know about the Perente 🦎 is:
"Does it have a strong acquired taste for BBQ pork brisket heavy on the sauce, much like myself?"
not by that much, komodo dragons CAN get very big, but usually are like this size
thks jct
Expect as much.
Ssssooooooooooooooooo ccuuttee!!!!
In the next life I want to be a Monitor or Komodo.
A Komodo is a monitor
being cold blooded aint that bad. Sometimes it's better.
It can grow to over 8 feet what is this guy on
Joanna! Did you steal one on my eggs?
2 meters would be around 6.5ft
I like Lizards.
i'm in love
If you are ever in outback Australia and one of these beauties runs up your leg like you are a tree. Lay down flat on the ground. It will move along.
Oh man that thing is so fucking cool! I want one
They get comfortably over 2m though
Fav lizard of all time wish I could have one as a pet
1:04 COME AT ME BRO
Fun fact: Mosasaurs evolved from monitor lizards
Wrong "fact" and where did you get that info from, the tabloid website ?? According to wikipedia, Mososaurs evolved from an ancient squamatid that most of the time dwells around waters. It looks similar to the monitor but that's a common ancestor meaning 2 or more future descendants evolved from one basal organism. So, considering the monitors CLOSELY RELATED to the mososaur rather than being an ancestor, the varanids and mososaurs both spread apart due to evolution.
I'm sorry...Im not scared but I am very cautious...so I'd be saying stuff about that lizard from WAAY up on that hillside...
I'm glad the REALLY big ones are restricted to small islands.
oh heeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllll noooo
Who came here because of Napoleon?
I seen the king lizard . He could pop head in car window I live here in Aus . I'm not kidding n I been searching for any ANY info I can't find none he didn't look like this
Are you thinking of maybe the Lace Monitor?
how intelligent is it?
@usenetposts I've heard that therapod dinosaurs breathed like birds with air sacs
I wish I had a tongue like that.
It's farrari of the reptilian world🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️
So you have a problems with factories, what if you knew a cow grew up in a paddock. Would you eat it then?