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Reblogged from rhamphotheca
BUTIKAW or NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE FOREST MONTIOR LIZARD (Varanus bitatawa) ©Joseph Brown Other Giants you may like: Japanese Giant Hornet Giant Mekong Catfish Chan’s Mega Stick —- rhamphotheca: New Giant Lizard Discovery “an Unprecedented Surprise”:  Human-size lizard hid from science high in the trees It has a double penis, is as long as a tall human, and lives in a heavily populated area of the Philippines. Yet somehow the giant lizard Varanus bitatawa has gone undetected by science until now. Long known to Filipino tribal hunters, the monitor lizard was identified as a new species in 2009 via its DNA, scale pattern, size, and peculiar penis, a new study says. At about six and a half feet (two meters) long, the new lizard species is closely related to the world’s largest living lizard, the Komodo dragon. Unlike the Komodo, though, Varanus bitatawa has evolved to be a vegetarian… (read more: National Geo)

BUTIKAW or NORTHERN SIERRA MADRE FOREST MONTIOR LIZARD
(Varanus bitatawa) ©Joseph Brown

Other Giants you may like:

Japanese Giant Hornet

Giant Mekong Catfish

Chan’s Mega Stick

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rhamphotheca:

New Giant Lizard Discovery “an Unprecedented Surprise”:  Human-size lizard hid from science high in the trees

It has a double penis, is as long as a tall human, and lives in a heavily populated area of the Philippines. Yet somehow the giant lizard Varanus bitatawa has gone undetected by science until now.

Long known to Filipino tribal hunters, the monitor lizard was identified as a new species in 2009 via its DNA, scale pattern, size, and peculiar penis, a new study says. At about six and a half feet (two meters) long, the new lizard species is closely related to the world’s largest living lizard, the Komodo dragon. Unlike the Komodo, though, Varanus bitatawa has evolved to be a vegetarian…

(read more: National Geo)

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    holy frick you guys!
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    reptile dicks are fucking awesome so just shut up u haters
  7. depressedpizza reblogged this from gaudygoddess and added:
    well, personally, the first thing i want to know about all animals is what their genitals are like. just in case.
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    the fact that it’s evolved to be a vegetarian interests me more than lizard penis
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