PIG IS DINNER for KOMODO DRAGON sized Lizard

Typical feeding day at reptile compound. A sweet lovable lizard. Frozenthawed feeder pig is fed to large Komodo dragonsized 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