{"id":2190325,"date":"2026-03-12T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2190325"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:08:31","slug":"hunger-drives-the-lizard-to-make-a-second-attempt-watch-brutal-bbc-footage-of-an-opossum-fighting-off-a-huge-lizard-to-save-her-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/hunger-drives-the-lizard-to-make-a-second-attempt-watch-brutal-bbc-footage-of-an-opossum-fighting-off-a-huge-lizard-to-save-her-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHunger drives the lizard to make a second attempt.\u201d Watch brutal BBC footage of an opossum fighting off a huge lizard to save her babies"},"content":{"rendered":"

In footage captured for the BBC TV film Komodo: The Deadly Bite, a monitor lizard tries to steal from an opossum nest<\/p>\n

Monitor lizards are the world\u2019s second largest lizard (after the Komodo dragon).<\/p>\n

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There are 50 species of monitor lizard and all but two are carnivorous.<\/p>\n

The lace monitor, also known as the tree goanna, is native to eastern Australia.<\/p>\n

Despite being a large lizard (it can grow up to two metres long and weigh up 14 kilograms), it\u2019s an adept climber.<\/p>\n

It uses its climbing abilities to eat the eggs and young of other animals.<\/p>\n

And in this footage captured for the BBC TV film\u00a0Komodo: The Deadly Bite<\/em>, a lace monitor finds a nest full of\u00a0opossum babies.<\/p>\n

The mum kicks up a noisy defence which initially drives the lizard away.<\/p>\n

But it clearly needs a meal, as it goes back for a second desperate attempt.<\/p>\n

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