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Why are monitor lizards called monitor lizards?
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Why are monitor lizards called monitor lizards?
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Why are monitor lizards called monitor lizards?
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Re: Why are monitor lizards called monitor lizards?
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It may have come from the fact that some monitors rear up on to their hind legs to 'monitor' their surroundings.
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