Goannas
are monitor lizards and a common sight in Australia.There are over 20 different species.The name goanna was given to Australian monitor lizards by the early European settlers. They thought the monitor lizards looked like the South American Iguanas.
Aboriginal and the Goanna
In Aboriginal tradition, a 'horny-skinned goanna bunyip" is said to have existed in New South Wales and elsewhere across Australia under a variety of different names in the long-ago Dreamtime. It was described as being of enormous size and smelling terrible. Their rock engravings and cave paintings across the continent clearly depict these and other reptilian monsters.
Western Australia Aboriginals believed in the existence of giant-sized goannas which they called "Bungarra". They informed early settlers that these monsters reached lengths of up to 20 and 30 feet and be on the lookout for them.
Komoda Dragons largest species of lizard in the world.
Reaching 3 meters in length and more than 136 kilograms, Komodo dragons are the heaviest lizards on Earth. Currently the Komodo Dragon is on the endangered species list due to illegal hunting and loss of habitat to human settlement.
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In 1883, the Impressionist painter Claude Monet sought tranquility and nature in the Normand village of Giverny. Over the next 43 years until his death, Monet's artist development flourished alongside the garden he cultivated with immense care.
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