picking up my first large lizard a nile so we are very excited! any one have any pictures of there adults? there seems to be no large niles around all i see are babies

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You'll be sorry ...............probably the main reason for not seeing any adult pics is because no one keeps their cute phycotic baby untill it reach's adulthood......the niles are not for novices,,,i had a 3 footer back in the late 90's,it was mental few if any will ever become "tame" or even handleable

Seen a few docile ones i'm used to making some difficult ainmals docile lol the size is nothing really either can't wait have wanted one for a while. If it never gets used to being handled then am not fussed really

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Hi Barry,

From the information I can gather, a large Nile Monitor has jaw pressure strong enough to crush your hand, Kind of scarey when you think about it, isn't it?

Best of luck!

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I wouldn't really believe that unless there wa a source. a large nile is no bigger then a large argus monitor and a bite from an argus while still pretty bad was nowhere near enough to crush my hand. they can certainly do some damage and no doubt they could probably do some damage to bone. They are powerful lizards and could pose a threat for someone not ready for there size.

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I used to also keep a large nile back in the early 90's...shit thinking about it it was the mid 80's , I was 12. The nile was about 4ft when I bought it. Aggressive, would swipe it's tail the moment you opened the door to the room let alone tried opening the cage.

Was a great lizard to keep although looking back I wasn't keeping it how I would now, it was in a 6ft x 2ft x 2ft viv far too small. It actually broke out that cage, smashed into my Rotastak hamster cage, ate my pet hamster then buggered off through a hole in the wall. It turned out to be an old chimney. We had to take down my bedroom wall to get the lizard out.

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Sounds evenful mate jesus poor hamster wasn't expecting a 4ft african monster to come after it.

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HAHA! Sorry, I am not laughing at the mishap, but I'd bet that you laugh now looking back on it?

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Laughed at the time too

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