Sentences with phrase «long monitor lizards»

A pair of six foot long monitor lizards clamber over giant granite boulders beside the beach, forked tongues flashing; Hornbills, reminiscent of pre-historic birds from a school textbook, squawk loudly and sweep through heavily scented frangipani trees; fruit bats dangle like strange fruit over the tropical gardens and macaque monkeys chatter as they scramble through the trees tops.

On board one such vessel, the captain's log includes the tusks and legs of elephant herds; rubies, emeralds, topaz; fragrant mountains of cinnamon, cardamom, mustard seeds; forests of bony, teak, and sandalwood; screeching peacocks; caged and pacing leopards; ten - foot - long monitor lizards whipping their razor tails; barrels of fermented coconut toddy; the jewel - encrusted thrones of Kandyan kings; the weapons of Chola warriors; priceless texts in Pali and Sanskrit, Sinhala and Tamil.

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I'm not a fan of shopping, but this place is great, and we found the perfect piece of folk art for our collection: a five - foot long beaded lizard, with the beads in the shape of monitor lizards on its back.

Yet, perhaps the most potentially repulsive, at least for Western tastes, of grilled meats are found in small poor villages in rural areas: snakes grilled whole, and, on a more intense level, monitor lizards (there are six feet - long lizards, thick as an arm) which are skinned and grilled.

They're monitor lizards, so they're alert, with large eyes, continually flicking long tongues, which they «smell» with, and they're generally very alert and look quite intelligent.»

As long as we are discussing giant lizards and straying outside the topic of monitors, I must admit there are a few other iguana species that can also, with a little effort, be lovely pets.

We see a few monitor lizards, a scavenger which can be up to two meters long.

Side - blotched lizards are monitored annually on Anacapa Island in the park, as part of the park's long - term ecological monitoring program.