Monitor Lizard Fights Mother Possum for Her Babies | BBC

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[@freestylefighter13]

When your armor skill is maxed out.

[@GG-du6go]

DWL lol

[@OnlyGodCanSaveThisWorld]

💀💀💀

[@Quwv397]

Lizard was like, with these upgrades your babies never stood a chance.

[@gaboderflinger7854]

Lol was thinking about a joke like that

[@djft6944]

Hahaha that was good

[@cfltitan]

I know it's just nature doing is thing but Jesus I felt so bad for that momma possum.

[@awdawdawdawdad7110]

cfltitan me too dude 🤦‍♂️

[@OST1350]

Many of the Animals in nature lose their babies. Like ostriches.

[@danreptile8389]

Yeah, me too

[@aychirouchiwa8791]

I know it's ignorance and lack of consideration but I felt bad for the name of Jesus people so randomly and uselessly use on a daily basis.

[@electricspark5271]

@Christopher Pussies who built western civilization as we know it

[@LVSkinny]

Fuckkk I thought the possum was gonna win somehow 😭😭🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Banggeek]

he should hired Comodo Dragon of Indonesia

[@anthonybby3921]

How? HAHAHA

[@rishuyadav9667]

Nature is not a happy ending movie

[@jamicewelbon7484]

Opossums try to bluff their predators but they aren't very dangerous.

[@x5xinarticulate]

I think the lizard has won

[@ShakilHashmi]

I know it's nature... life and all that, but it made me incredibly sad

[@thorexander7720]

My cat likes to kill some ratbabies every time; the opossum also is a rat - so what? "Incredibly sad" ... OMG!

[@ShakilHashmi]

@@thorexander7720 theres no need for overreaction.. OMG and that stuff... you don't have to feel the same way as others.

[@sammysooby5685]

@@ShakilHashmi Well said Shakil

[@ShakilHashmi]

@@sammysooby5685 thank you very much Sammy 🙏

[@sackfran6co348]

OoOhHhh, Dear.... *boo who*

[@megaphish]

Now that's truly cold blooded...

[@acidityparrots2127]

Isaiah Jones That shits over now

[@vh9network]

@Isaiah Jones 😐 how does animals eating other animals for survival remind you of Slavery?

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

Isaiah Jones Still all happening in AFRICA this VERY day

[@chubaka313meza2]

@@adammiller1909 will get rid of you first

[@jctheanonymous9403]

@Isaiah Jones im hispanic and just the fact thst you said "you people" makes your whole argument racist

[@andreewing05]

It’s like the lizard walked into a refrigerator.

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

Haha I know 🤣

[@awdawdawdawdad7110]

Daniel Reyes that’s not funny sir

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

awdawd awdawdad Why did you watch this video then?

[@awdawdawdawdad7110]

Daniel Reyes because I like animals

[@JamezOwnU101]

@@awdawdawdawdad7110 GAY

[@anomaly2652]

Monitor lizards, once again proving they are indeed liquid by performing a 180 in such a tight space.

[@lostone9700]

Imagine having no weapons and being forced to watch this while attempting to bite with baby teeth

[@brazillo19]

Sounds about what the police due to my people.

[@zackathlon]

Possums rip each others heads off. They do have weapons it's just these lizards are powerful

[@shanec9840]

@@brazillo19 Ha! Good one. And so true. ✊😄

[@mravecsk1]

@@brazillo19 Yee, more shit? Bad police, "your" good special people? Try to not be fucking shit that is the whole story. Fucking western scumbags looking for excuse. You just fucking up any place you appear.

[@brazillo19]

@@mravecsk1 2hehrhr. @mravecsk1 The only western scumbags looking for excuses are the same ones that stormed the US capital, claiming that their rights were violated because Trump lost the election, AND those white supremacist race soldiers claiming they feared for their diabolic miserable lives by murdering unarmed innocent black people who are simply living their lives, minding their own business. Now stfu dumbass because you will not win this moral ethical argument.

[@MrShareyarkhan]

A Hidden Lesson For Us..In This Video ... That ..Never Give Your Enemy Any Second Chance... It's May Be Costly For You...

[@BelloBudo007]

Actually, having dealt with my fair share of goannas over the years, I believe that you are correct. IMHO the best chance she had was to pursue and chase the lizard on that initial success and then quickly move the family elsewhere. Goannas are unbelievably persistent. Giving up is not in their DNA. We have learned from others who live in the bush, to catch them and relocate them a very long way away. Otherwise, they will just keep on returning. The only real option for the possum was to grab the kids and move away a.s.a.p.

[@ambujarajan]

They have no sense to move from their nest like humans...that's a simple animal..

[@spikeng]

That's right! If there's an intruder in your house, shoot first and ask question later.

[@ambujarajan]

@@spikeng ok.you can shoot..

[@_VK9959]

Yes best example king Prithiviraj Chauhan

[@SpuroftheMountain]

Well, that may be the most depressing thing I watch this month.

[@Chorum28]

me too bruh, sad times.

[@sisterjames4110]

Spur-of-the-Mountain It was definitely the school shooting for me

[@Theraceagainstmyhealth]

Bruh, they have plenty more like this with other animals. All equally depressing.

[@benskelly1217]

Yep.

[@boooomerwang]

Really? Well, good for you coz i just watched a teenager killed himself using a KSG while streaming here on youtube.

[@silversurfer7079]

The mother fought bravely for her young, but nature has its own laws. You'd suppose reptiles have lasted millions of years, as they are so tough and adaptable.

[@backbone93]

If your kids get eaten in front of you and someone says but nature has its own laws you will wanna 💀them

[@vkobevk]

only a part of them, majority die from a evil asteroid crash

[@Odontomango]

Imagine how the mom must have felt... The attacker was literally right there, and yet unable to do anything, no matter how hard she tried, nothing worked. While it was consuming her entire family.

[@marcusjal8798]

the circle of LIFE! dun-dun-dun-dun

[@user-vt8kz1ll7b]

Marlin from Nemo can relate.

[@2kcoach144]

Relax

[@Johnny3Batony]

They don't think like humans.

[@vkobevk]

well it is harder for a whale and elephant because it is harder for them to have babies and take care them

[@lavapop1900]

Damn. I was rooting for the possum. 😔

[@jrloyal2594]

Me too😓

[@masteryoda535]

Same man

[@TaroLeButcher]

Me three🙁

[@cfltitan]

Me four

[@obitosensei1419]

Me five

[@andyacevedo8068]

I can’t be a nature cameraman because I would have climbed that tree and pulled it by the tail

[@masteryoda535]

I agree I would pull that lil shit out and tell him what’s up

[@zach-dd1tn]

What if it bit damn that would hurt lol

[@georgestamatopoulos2958]

You must have a hatred for animals and nature then?

[@masteryoda535]

Georgios Kalivatsis no I have 2 cats I don’t hate animals and I used to live in the forest so I don’t hate nature try again

[@georgestamatopoulos2958]

@@masteryoda535 My friend, wanting to invade and utterly destroy the natural relationship between predator and prey in an ecosystem you do not belong in and therefore cannot contribute to, does imply a form of disrespect towards the vitality of the natural world. This alone, regardless of anything else, makes me skeptical.

[@sebastiansebastien5492]

I didn't know monitor lizards could climb trees like that, wow.

[@Idowu_Balogun]

Didn't too. But with their claw and small size. Not a doubt

[@sebastiansebastien5492]

@@Idowu_Balogun I think that tree was on a slant, considering how easily it walked up the tree without really gripping it...

[@thefactisfactis]

With that streamlined flat body structure, the extremely long tail and those huge talons Varanus is more than capable of scaling most terrains, they're expert swimmers also.

[@ObamaBarrack]

Each day u learn something new

[@piterkristianto5647]

Some monitor luxards are arboreal

[@emmanuelochieke1645]

Brave mother possum to put up a gallant fight against such a big and imposing monitor lizard. Did you see the wicked claws on that thing?

[@reubencaldwell8494]

It’s ironic that the lizard is somehow the more manageable right pet.

[@Gigan-tp5wi]

@@reubencaldwell8494 Laceys can be really difficult as pets, they're not like ackies or water monitors, their attitudes are shitty. They can also be really good, but i've seen some really bad attacks on good reptile keepers from laceys, but yeah possums are absolute assholes.

[@monitorcrazy9410]

@@Gigan-tp5wi yea agreed but another very common good species would be the Nile monitor and blue tail monitor ( joke)

[@Gigan-tp5wi]

@@monitorcrazy9410 Yeah, they're very easy pets, but I prefer to recommend croc monitors to beginners (joke)

[@monitorcrazy9410]

@@Gigan-tp5wi definitely not varanus salvador but varanus salvadorii

[@MarxHaven]

Damn. How does the monitor know there are babies in there. She could have just been chilling by herself. Their sense of smell is amazing.

[@misterjohnson3363]

I was actually rooting for the possum like "bite harder!"

[@mfcannoncannon4597]

Mist'er Johnson that’s why I stay with the strap

[@dresadreemur7784]

@@mfcannoncannon4597 Damn now I'm imagining the possum pulling out a glock

[@onyxwizard5348]

LololImy( Olb723

[@aaronwilliams6989]

The lizard's skin is very tough, unlike that of other predators, so he couldn't feel her bite. The possum did all she could. She knew she couldn't fight him.

[@teenagemutantammnite8944]

That is the bravest mum I’ve ever seen

[@Bro_that_cant_sleep]

The durability in reptiles are outstanding! I wouldn’t be surprised if dinosaurs had the same durability

[@mikewhocheeseharry5292]

Their rough skin didn’t take a bit from the possum.

[@Bitchslapper316]

It's just a possum. They don't have super sharp teeth or insane bite force.

[@Mothobius]

@@Bitchslapper316 yet they would bite your finger off if they wanted to

[@Saurian25]

⁠@@Bitchslapper316 Alright? They still have pretty strong jaws, along with some pretty sharp teeth.

[@crispereira2020]

Talk about a misleading description

[@Raison_d-etre]

No, they just didn't want to give away the ending.

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

Lol....I had the impression the possum won.....clickbait

[@isohungry]

How is it misleading it fought to protect it's babies and failed like a loser

[@ernovincze2900]

Not so misleading. She fought the lizard. Only the description doesn't reveal the ending...

[@todanrg3]

@KakarotSsj potato Why? Do movie titles should reveal the ending also?

[@fatearcher]

If the mama possum would have had a gun she could have stopped the intruder and save her family.

[@azmeriliza3788]

Only if she had a 500 magnum or an AR 15

[@foomp]

Azmeri Liza A 9mm is too weak to stop an intruder.

[@BigwillOH]

Enceladus sorry kid animals don't know how to use guns

[@Anthony96N]

Enceladus what about if the iguana had a gun as well?

[@JaysWildlife]

There was an iguana there too?

[@quagmoe7879]

Monitor Lizards are apparently one of the most intelligent reptiles. The possums never really stood a chance against this predatory lizard.

[@rollyipsc]

Possums raids birds nest as well. Its a circle of life

[@samuelawealom9437]

Great fact

[@vivahernando1]

"Damn nature .... you scary"

[@nardoharold7017]

@Gio Moscol it’s a family guy joke stop trying to be a know it all that’s why he has likes cuz some people actually got it. And I didn’t even like the comment thought it was outdated but yea.

[@juliendebroissia]

if that possum had a sandal, the outcome would’ve been completely different.

[@Tuturuelo20]

nice one

[@juju2bockyy]

not really monitors are like the john wick of africa

[@opicnojam]

The possum later called it's eagle buddy to take vengeance. And thus, the circle of life.

[@legonerd6870]

Really

[@Roy_Dudson]

And then the eagle ate the possum too

[@legonerd6870]

@@Roy_Dudson Aww

[@ezekieledak]

painful circle of life ...

[@IamNeloAngelo]

If You think an eagle can handle a monitor....you're an idiot

[@IonianGarden]

Reptiles eating mammalian babies "Oh, poor mammal mum lost her babies." Mammalian eating reptile babies "Oh, a cute mammal finding something to eat." Commenters logic in a nutshell.

[@xiangmusha8994]

As humans we don't have to worry about children being eaten or ourselves being killed. We can have food whenever we want (as long as you can afford it and have access to it) and don't have to fight others. I can't describe how glad and lucky we are.

[@spooky882]

Yeah, we must appreciate how dinosaur extinct

[@bobbydaniels1980]

He bust into that hole like he had a S.W.A.T jacket on saying this is a raid.

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

Lol I know 🤣

[@musahaque2000]

The Monitor just shoved right through her without a second thought, just how badass they are.

[@marcusjal8798]

"Doom music plays in background"

[@junofranco6638]

Let's see that piece of ship do that against a honey badger and her cub. Mama badger will smack that ship so hard, it will end up landing in the north pole.

[@Polosatiy_Varan]

@@junofranco6638 A Komodo dragon will easily kill a honey badger. And perenti too.

[@user-wo7ql7or3g]

@@Polosatiy_Varan it would be hard but not impossible

[@josesolis642]

@@junofranco6638 i feel you bro, but that's nature. If you want, there are videos of monitors getting mauled to death by pitbulls

[@uzoeziodueme7808]

Random person: nature is beautiful Nature:

[@mckdgz4994]

After watching I was kinda depressed ..heartbreaking ..tsk

[@basstion4146]

Mck Dgz Dora

[@sarahberlage5787]

Tsksksksks

[@Juras2137]

Enjoy your next time in KFC :D

[@joweydelanota5558]

Soft

[@violinmaestroknight9347]

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[@asdg199]

That possum was just hiding in its tree minding its own business when suddenly a giant lizard crawled up her tree and ate her babies in front of her. Makes you think how easily this could happen to any of us. The fact we've grown to maturity or language understanding age is a wonder in itself.

[@AllanB2Smoove]

I’m sure glad there’s no giant lizards invading my home and eating my family.

[@rongalloway7809]

asdg199 For sure, I'm moving, not raising my children in a tree anymore.... too dangerous!!!

[@thereisnopandemic]

asdg199 macro evolution is just a myth.

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

Allan Brown i sometimes wish a giant lizard would come and eat my family. They drive me CRAZY lol

[@klou6615]

imran876339 and we would have a much larger population than it.

[@satorphoto4416]

Brushtail possums normally only carry one offspring, and they rarely share dens with other brushtails. So the statement about the monitor devouring multiple young is incorrect. Reference: Dr Anne Kerle's book "Possums". The confusion arises because Australian brushtail "Possums" (no "O") are mistaken for the Virginia Opossum (with an "O") which does carry multiple offspring. When Joseph Banks first saw the Australian animal in 1770 he thought they reminded him of the American Opossum and the name unfortunately stuck. But they are totally different animals. The Australian phalangerid is a diprotodont (like koalas) and mostly a herbivore, whereas the Virginia Opossum is a polyprotodont and a carnivore. This is the reason the brushtail possum mother's bite is ineffective because brushtail teeth are more designed for eating leaves, and they aren't carnivores' teeth with a sharp cutting edge.

[@tercioassis]

SATOR Photo awesome explanation! Thanks for this 😀

[@thesilverfish4846]

more informative than the actual video

[@bushbaby-qu9cw]

You probably have an ecology degree.if not you deserve an honorary one becauss from what i read here you are well read. 100%

[@Frombie_01]

"The brushtail possum mother's bite is ineffective" You've obviously never hard a brushtail possum hanging off your forearm. In all honesty, I was barracking for the lace monitor.

[@AtamMardes]

This is exactly what is expected from an unplanned, unintentional, unintelligent, unguided, imperfect, and amoral evolutionary process. This is exactly what is *NOT* expected from a perfect, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and moral creator with intentions and an intelligent plan.

[@Bobby.546]

Your so insecure of God existing that you decide to make a coping comment about it on a KZbin video. Truly sad

[@AtamMardes]

@@Bobby.546 A simple question for you: Animals want to live their lives just like You do. You thank God for giving life to you & also thank God for giving life to animals for you to take their lives & eat them. Don't you see how they've tricked you to believe in an imaginary God by fooling you to arrogantly ignoring your hypocrisy & narcissism??? No offense, just asking.

[@AtamMardes]

@@Bobby.546 Unfortunately you are not saying anything intelligent by thinking properly & honestly.

[@strictlybusiness8366]

the way the lizard lunged into the hole👀

[@kgptzac]

GJ on the lizard tanking the damage from mommy possum and go straight for the quest objective. 10/10 good speedrunner.

[@refragerator]

Had to reset the run one time though, so no world record possible anymore. Still a good run.

[@actionjksn]

That was awesome! He got a nice little snack, totally worth a few bites on the tail.

[@christopherjohnson2171]

Surprised he didn't eat her too when he was done, Monitors are usually pretty hungry. I love Lace Monitors too; along with the Perentie Australia has some beautiful big native Varanids.

[@togeluga_the_cat]

nah he allready ate like 6 hamsters worth of food, that boy is sated

[@maryedelguzman2874]

Oh dear, life is tough for all creatures big and small.

[@shirke01]

especially small

[@varanid9]

Yup, that poor lizard had to get bitten and assaulted just to get breakfast.

[@ayblackie5472]

The possum did not buy the Deluxe Microtransaction armor lootbox.

[@gameaddict1074]

She should've turned on the in-game ads.

[@protocetid]

today I learned real life was developed by EA

[@shacktime]

If I were the possum I’d be thinking about lizard eggs for breakfast.

[@monitorcrazy9410]

Better watch how big the mama is if ar9und but prolly won't be because they don't guard their nest

[@Polosatiy_Varan]

@@monitorcrazy9410 Some monitor lizards and Komodo guard the nest. In addition, monitor lizards usually lay their eggs in durable termite mounds.

[@masterkinglee]

Y’all should change the title to “Monitor lizard eats baby possum”

[@UnknownDino]

Hey, no spoilers!

[@angel91485]

give props to the mom, she showed a valiant effort...

[@gordanramsay4625]

It may look sad, but the lizard had to fight for survival

[@hiddencursor8363]

Exactly

[@mulusmonteclaro198]

@Stock Name and worms dont sympathise with you unless you were charred.

[@deshaunhairston5652]

Lol

[@ginochavez4009]

didn't look like it was doing any fighting it was doing a lot of eating

[@mental_breakdance7227]

@Stock Name ahh, in your perfect little world only the "cute" animals survive, yeah? What a pathetic mindset, I urge you to look deeper than that and grow up....

[@jackglerx7127]

Well, lizard gotta eat sometime. You can hate him all you want but you must accept the fact that this lizard need to eat to survive. There's nothing you can do about that. Oh, I'm actually impressed that (s)he didn't even get a scratch from those possum. I wonder how hard is this skin is?

[@xerogemz]

Reptile scales serve as armor and most of the time some tuffer than others

[@rtscuycjkk]

Don't assume the lizard's gender. Rest is ok.

[@calixa]

Damn that was savage. Nothing she could do. Sniff.

[@jtlbb2]

Yeah I was pulling for the possum. 😔

[@Igbum]

Someone needs to "Monitor" that lizzard

[@Nekkidmolerat22]

Badum tsss

[@Ifumsa]

When you don't want the prey to die but you don't want the predator to starve 😭💔

[@nightlightabcd]

Let the lizard starve!

[@Skyrim55584]

Hahah

[@zezekingyo2374]

@@nightlightabcd shush your freaking mouth dweeb.

[@fshs9028]

This is how they were created. Kill in order to live.

[@georgestamatopoulos2958]

I want nature to take its course and if that means the monitor lizard gets to eat then so be it.

[@sir.fuckles9842]

"Omg why didn't they go up and save them??!!" Because when you're filming these animals you have to remember that nature is cruel and getting involved is stupid and could get you fired. Plus an animal goes hungry just because you wanted to save the little babies, welcome to nature.

[@syaugi5748]

That's how The Monitor beat The Anti-Monitor

[@archangel_gold2451]

Lizard: "let me just get one Ma, im hungry"

[@duckly4933]

There was no fight! Just a distressed mumma possom helplessly watching a lizard eat her babies 😂

[@horus-rz2sj]

Thanks not watching it.

[@chaitanyag.8415]

And you are laughing 😡😡

[@chaitanyag.8415]

Elijah Davis some shameless people like it. These are the kind of psychopaths who join dictator armies and do brutality on civilians.

[@drippinglass]

Mmmmm. I bet they tasted good tho! 😀

[@duckly4933]

The emoji was to the fact it said there was a fight but it was actually a slaughter you mongs

[@ricecandance3871]

The reptiles are back to reclaim the earth after they lost it to a giant meteor

[@theholybuttfungus5911]

Rattlesnake Jake Explores The Internet Technically they are reptiles as birds and dinosaurs are apart of reptilia. Dinosaurs just happen to be closer related to birds than other reptile groups.

[@manolodlospavos]

lace monitors is cool.

[@AysiaSmith711]

Lol if it was a Honey Badger it would’ve been a different story. There’s a video of a Honey Badger killing a Monitor Lizard because it tried to steal its food lol.

[@rickyjayster2586]

Honey badgers dont fuck around

[@mandocorrea5449]

I feel so sad cause the mom tries to save them but can't 😭

[@hariharanvenkataramani7311]

Good Lord! The logical part of our mind tells us it’s the circle of life but that was brutal on the heart. Basically a home invasion plus murder by a mean looking thug despite the fighting efforts of the mother. This was darker than Voldemort/Sauron!

[@bottoysex1957]

yep just like de white english british empire they robbed, raped and killed innocent kids and that is even worse

[@thesaaamshow5279]

Puhhh I could write a book now xD what you mentioned is happening all over the planet... Humans animals, don't separate them its life. Imagine your life is a dream of God, and he lives that dream a septillion times. First 1000s are for sure without problems and all of the best. But then it's getting boring and he wants some unpredictable surprises. No matter if good or bad, it's definitely more exciting. And you are developing this dream to the ultimate experience... Guess what, that's what life is... An unpredictable box of surprises. That's why you love to live... If everything is fine.. Life would be boring. Sound weird but think about it. So it's actually not that bad or our fault if we don't help the opossom... It's life in all his fascination

[@dustinsullivan6768]

@@bottoysex1957 this bitch lmao fuck you

[@t-love8351]

excwpt that sauron sucessfully liberated middle earth from the elf and hobbit abmoniations and manbeasts.

[@notorio526]

@@t-love8351 Begone fiend!

[@brockkinga5249]

I love Australia it's a interesting place❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌅🏜️🐶🐰🐁🐍🐊🦎🐢🦘🐂🐨🐜🦟🦋🐾🐾🐾🕷️🕷️🦈🦈🦇🦅🦜🐦.

[@matthewmann8969]

Now if that Lizard tried that with a Honey Badger it would be on the other side of the eating

[@DrSuperpump]

Fax

[@ruthnoya8424]

Badgers are assholes. There's a video of badgers doing this to a poor fox family.

[@SolitaryWendigo]

Doubtful, monitor lizards pack the same weapons honey badgers do, plus a whip for a tail, honey badgers also aren’t as big as monitors and quite frankly big monitors don’t care how scary you are, if they think they can eat you, they’ll try to do it.

[@SolitaryWendigo]

@ that’s a tiny monitor dude lmao, an adult wouldn’t be scared of a honey badger, you do realize that they can get almost 8 feet long?

[@doncash4415]

Damn I thought it was going to be like a movie and the possum win then he came back shit got real

[@PossumTV]

There are things about this video that don't make sense. I should mention that I've been observing brushtail possums in nestboxes for about 12 years so I actually have some knowledge of this subject. First of all, the narrator mentions baby possums (plural) several times. But brushtails almost always have only a single baby at a time. Twins are possible but very rare. It's very very unlikely there was more than one baby present. Simply the fact that the narrator refers so casually to "baby possums", as if this were normal and not highly unusual, indicates that he has little knowledge of the subject and makes me highly suspicious that he's simply making assumptions about what is in the nest. Secondly, a baby possum that's young enough to be helpless will still be in its mother's pouch. Very young possums do occasionally venture out of the pouch on hot days when the mother is in the nest, but they don't stray very far and can get back inside very quickly if there's trouble. By the time a baby possum is too big to fit in the pouch easily it will no longer be helpless. If small it will cling tightly to its mother's back and if larger it will be quite capable of acting independently. In this video, when the mother possum first leaves the hollow, her pouch looks quite flat, so if there's a baby inside it's a very tiny one, and there was no youngster clinging to her back either. So the implication is that the baby is too large for back-riding and is hiding in the hollow. Now I admit I haven't actually witnessed a monitor lizard attacking a mother and baby brushtail (although I do have footage of a python attacking a mother and baby ringtail), but I can't imagine a baby that was too big to back-ride just cowering helplessly in a hollow. They are alert and feisty and they can run very fast if need be. I would expect the youngster would be taking cues from its mother and would have vacated the hollow when she did - or at the very least be looking out of the hollow and keeping the monitor under close observation. The fact that the baby cannot be seen at any point makes me suspicious that this may have been set up in some way and there is not actually any baby present. In addition, the monitor was said to have devoured the "baby possums" [sic] in "less than a minute". A baby small enough to be consumed so quickly by this relatively small lizard would still be in the pouch. Are we to assume that the monitor managed to extract a small baby from the pouch of its struggling and fighting mother? It doesn't seem so likely to me. I get that these things are often have to be staged to at least some extent, and I'm thinking that perhaps some sort of bait might have introduced into the tree hollow to attract the monitor.

[@paleomotion985]

Possum TV basically what I'm thinking, this guy has no knowledge of animals, he's just a narrator. A monitor this size could probably kill a young possum large enough to not be back-riding but I doubt it'd only take less than a minute

[@VirtuaMe]

Possum TV even your account name is Possum TV, you win. BBC set it up wrongly.

[@jamesathersmith2191]

Lace monitors are anything but small, and they can swallow fairly large objects(I’ve seen a monitor lizard swallow a fish 1/3 it’s size whole) and I don’t think the mother will be bringing her offspring into a fight with a giant venomous lizard that could rip it to shreds. Also the baby probably didn’t even see the lizard until it was already in the nest and if it did grab it out the pouch then the possum would’t be able to actually do anything about it as monitor lizards are armoured so it’s would be like attacking a rhino with a plastic spoon and she was backed into a corner with no were to go so the fact it grabbed the baby probably saved her life as it was probably trying to eat her. Also monitor lizards have very good sense of smell so it probably smelt the possums from a good distance away. Also the do you think she would stay around and fight if she didn’t have a baby with her, it’s a tiny little possum vs a giant venomous lizard that can rip her apart in a few seconds, I don’t think she would hang around if there wasn’t a baby in that nest.

[@PossumTV]

It's probably futile to get into an Internet debate on what might have happened inside a hollow where we can't see; it comes down to one person's speculation against another's and there's no way to prove anything. I personally think that if a baby possum was present it must have been of back-riding size (or it would have been in the mother's pouch when she first left the hollow) and it didn't look to me that it would have either been cornered or taken by surprise when then monitor attacked and we should have seen it leave the hollow. Baby possums of back-riding age are alert and can move very fast. But this aside, consider that there is *nothing at all visible* in the video to indicate that a baby possum was ever present. The fact that the narrator repeatedly refers to babies (plural) - which is almost certainly wrong - implies that the film makers didn't actually witness the presence of a baby either. Wildlife documentaries are frequently falsified to some extent and if you think about it, this makes sense; there are deadlines to be met and animals don't perform on cue. You can't be paying for a camera crew to wait around for months just for the sake of a few minutes of film that will probably bring in less revenue than footage of some idiot getting kicked in the groin. In this case, the attack of a monitor lizard on a brushtail is a relatively rare event. Very few brushtail babies die while under the protection of their mothers and the greatest mortality occurs when they become independent and disperse to other areas. The fact that brushtails have only one baby at a time is evidence of this - smaller and more vulnerable ringtails have two or three and American opossums have more like ten or so. Even dogs and cats have a litter of up to half a dozen. So it seems unlikely that a film crew would just happen to be there - with ladders or whatever positioned to be able to film from a good angle - at exactly the moment an attack occurred. You could quite easily follow a possum continuously for years and never see anything like this happen. I myself have filmed somewhere around 50 possums over a period of 12 years, and on only occasion did I capture an attack (by a carpet python on ringtails) on film - and that was recorded automatically by a motion detecting camera when I wasn't present.

[@jamesathersmith2191]

Possum TV ok I’m just saying that even if the baby is alert and fast, the entire nest is taken up by the mother and the lizard, it literally would’t have anyware to go and since the lizard is whole lot stronger then it so it would’t stand a chance in that cramped den. Also if your in a suburban area, then you will probably never see a lace monitor and if it can’t fit in the nest then it won’t bother attacking, so your chances of ever seeing one are low anyway. Also do you think she would actually stay and fight if she didn’t have a baby in that den and that she would’t eat and bait they left in there, she is an omnivore so I doubt she would pass up a little bit of meat sitting in her den so by the time the lizard got there the only thing there would be her and unless she had a death wish she would be running, because she ain’t winning a fight with a lace monitor.

[@danofiremano]

I was rooting for the Monitor. Probably barely felt the possum biting its tail while it was busy munching the little possum veal cutlets! LoL

[@able76]

That's the cute possum that predators don't take seriously if it were the conventional possum that we're all accustomed to the outcome would've been different.

[@darkseid7799]

You mean opossum?

[@loveNsuccessfollowsme]

@@darkseid7799 some people cut the "O" out.

[@gazanever6291]

You mean the ones that are commonly devoured by snakes, owls, and hawks? Monitors grow to up to 10 feet in length. You must have bumped your head.

[@able76]

@@gazanever6291 Komodo's grow up to 9ft and they're the largest lizards...

[@SolitaryWendigo]

@@able76 largest, not the longest, crocodile monitors grow from 10-11 feet.

[@azmeriliza3788]

Poor possum... 😢😢😭

[@avoidingtrees6692]

Azmeri Liza THIS MONSTER JUST RUINED MY WEEK END.....😒

[@azmeriliza3788]

It ruined my good night sleep 😪

[@user-gg6sw3ye1w]

Azmeri Liza فارس

[@Eddie-YT]

Azmeri Liza thats how nature works😊

[@cesiumion]

Azmeri Liza Not sad because now the spirit from that possum vessel is released. It was only there to learn what it needed to learn, once learned, it was released from the vessel it first obtained. Sure it looks awful, but death is the only way we let go of the vessel we were given. Hopefully, their next vessel is the human form where it can achieve enlightenment....

[@gmr7494]

Damn, I wish I hadn't seen that. Thanks!

[@Rocketpower713]

Why! That was beautiful mother nature at work.

[@muganeeh9776]

@@Rocketpower713 yep... the circle of life.

[@jetsal4297]

You soft!!!

[@tsopmocful1958]

Then you better not watch any vids of crocodiles eating zebras!

[@Dopeman-ol6ix]

That’s was awesome! Go lizard !!

[@bellagrace9812]

That is so heartbreaking.😔

[@x5xinarticulate]

NO ITS NOT

[@benrad444]

Lol I got an ad before this vid with the grinch saying “watching cute animal videos?” “Yuck.”

[@RuhrRedArmy]

Big respect for both the brave possum and that impressive predator. Sad though :(

[@parmmohan4603]

Here I’m thinking: how is that slow lizard going to get passed mama possium ... shwooop ... all babies gone ...

[@zacha8934]

That’s the monitors trick.. they seem slow and docile until they explode..

[@parmmohan4603]

@@zacha8934 Very dangerous. I was attacked by a small monkey and it sat a 7 feet away. Without even seeing it move, it had grabbed both my wrists. Don’t know how we survived in nature.

[@zacha8934]

@@parmmohan4603 agreed. I like to believe we must have lost a lot of our instincts over the years.. I’m sure our brains played the big difference back then too..

[@parmmohan4603]

@@zacha8934 Not sure if you know this but it was fire that made us smarter. When humans began using fire, the jaw muscle shrank and gave room in the head for brain growth. Apes and monkeys don’t have brains as big as ours bcuz they still have huge jaw muscles.

[@derrickhead]

Savage af moral of this story always double back 😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

[@evertcomeriii6894]

LMAO 🤣 😂🤣 😂🤣 😂

[@JarvisDub]

Factz

[@mrceresa1]

😋

[@jashanestone]

🤣🤣🤣💀💯‼️

[@leftoverfood6171]

Mother Possum used bite! It doesn't affect the opposing Monitor Lizard Monitor Lizard used crunch! It's super effective! Baby possum has been defeated! Lizard defeated Mother Possum! Lizard leveled up!

[@lordnodob7338]

Leftover Food lizard does Fortnite default dance

[@gregorioresendez6653]

Chill out pokemon lol

[@TheRmm1976]

Dang, here I thought the possum was going to drive him away!!

[@bar8665]

Damn. Why was this recommended to me

[@gurumayummadan2646]

The lengths a mother would go to protect her babies...

[@peaceful4you408]

Guru Mohan Yea. The mother could have easily became food for the lizard too by protecting her babies. Usually possums run like hell from monitor lizards. The mother possum didn't stand a chance. Those babies possums had death written all over them when the lizard made the 1st attempt at the babies.

[@abowen519]

Makes me thankful God have us to tools to protect ourselves and our families.

[@orlandowells5400]

Guru Mohan Well "DUH" of course a mother's length to protect her babies from any type of treat of danger that might happen in any case!!! That also applies to the emotions of a human female species as well!!!

[@cesiumion]

Gurumayum Madan Not sad because now the spirit from that possum vessel is released. It was only there to learn what it needed to learn, once learned, it was released from the vessel it first obtained. Sure it looks awful, but death is the only way we let go of the vessel we were given. Hopefully, their next vessel is the human form where it can achieve enlightenment....

[@Aromatic-ring]

Gurumayum Madan that’s not true for a lot of human mothers

[@foomp]

Ah nature. The thing people fool themselves into thinking is beautiful and loving.

[@dawidjagusiak]

Because it is beautiful and loving but also cruel and brutal, just like people can be. Possum is courageous trying to defend the babies but lizard just wants to eat, would you say his behavior was 'ugly'? Perhaps possum could have build it's nest somewhere safer than this, not the open tree trunk, perhaps lizard could have adapt his diet but evolution and instinct decided differently and that's an end result. Nothing loving or hateful about it.

[@rockey13gt]

Dawid to have carnivorous animals whose prey is sentient, and sometimes they're devoured while they're still alive, is cruel. especially when they're just newborns.

[@dawidjagusiak]

Badry so what's you point, I can't see it adding or arguing with the points I made?

[@rockey13gt]

Dawid my bad, i skimmed through your reply and for some reason thought you were disagreeing with him. now i see you reiterated what he said. indeed it's cruel.

[@foomp]

Dawid It's a joke at the expense of nature lovers who forget that it can be cruel and brutal. Of course it can also be beautiful and loving at times. In a way, even the act of the lizard eating the babies can be viewed as "beautiful" in how primal and horrific nature often is.

[@UsayOuch]

The monitor lizard inspires me to never give up. Well deserved meal

[@theghostinthemachine5602]

Things always look evil from the wrong end of the cutlery, or do you think your bacon sandwich loves you back? Also is this peter capaldi voicing this?🤣

[@Hegetron]

This made me sad. I like more of those close calls where you get the point but the result is a happy one.

[@varanid9]

Yup, the lizard being fed is the happiest ending this scenario could have had.

[@Nizar713]

We miss David attenborugh

[@mmorrison3843]

nizar pk Its sad, but we gotta prepare ourselves. Mind, Capaldi sounds all kinds of niceness.

[@kennethsatria6607]

M Morrison Capaldi's doing this one?

[@mmorrison3843]

Kenneth Satria Yeah, cant you hear him. Close your eyes and listen. Its 12.

[@kennethsatria6607]

Oh yeah... he sounds uncharacteristically calmer than 12 though...

[@mmorrison3843]

Kenneth Satria maybe cos he not running around saving the silly old universe. Hes not on that treadmill at the mo.

[@MACROPARTICLE]

"No, you can't just lunge into my nest and eat my babies!" "HAHA! Monitor lizard go "nom nom nom nom nom"!"

[@maxsheng8215]

I feel bad for the posseum, but on the other hand, monitor lizards are more rare while there are plenty of possums living around.

[@thebigwarthog]

Depends where I guess, monitors are pretty common throughout Asia

[@jmong2977]

0:10 That face you make when you’re oblivious to danger or you’re just counting down the hours till school’s over.

[@XmegaPresident]

Everybody is like "poor possum, poor possum..." Who cares about the possum, the monitor needs to survive also!

[@IGH414]

XmegaPresident we’re naturally more sympathetic towards the possum because she had the babies and her home was broken into. She’s the natural victim here that’s why lol

[@anappy101]

Maybe the possum fan club would like to see a vid of possum eating bird's alive.. now that's a real treat

[@Bobby.546]

@@IGH414possums also attack and raid bird nests so It’s all nature at the end of the day

[@guesswho4327]

Hahaha bye bye Baby Possum! Easy food!

[@monitorcrazy9410]

Varanus varius 😍😍😍😍

[@mrjaqan]

Poor mom

[@nhoekren5557]

Zhaksylyk Toktaukhan poor Comment

[@cesiumion]

Zhaksylyk Toktaukhan Not sad because now the spirit from that possum vessel is released. It was only there to learn what it needed to learn, once learned, it was released from the vessel it first obtained. Sure it looks awful, but death is the only way we let go of the vessel we were given. Hopefully, their next vessel is the human form where it can achieve enlightenment....

[@varanid9]

She'll get over it.

[@varanid9]

Dr Boom Because it is well known that lizards are chivalrous and will not acost a lady. The male baby was fair game, however.

[@ingram357]

"Mom, what`s for dinner?".... "Possum stew..."

[@bgeprine1064]

That possums is hilarious

[@funnymonkey4130]

Lizard:yummy Me:where's my shotgun

[@mysteryman9641]

'Aaaargh, you're biting my bumbum' says Mr Lizard.

[@jahredharrison4069]

How did people manage to turn EVEN THIS VIDEO into a political debate? It's a video about one animal eating another but the comments section is full of comments on gun control, veganism, and atheism; I didn't even know this was possible. *What part of this video makes a person want to argue?* *How does it have this effect on people?* Clearly the video is haunted, and it was probably the dead possum.

[@moesyzslak2939]

Jahred it's called the dumbing down of americants

[@normalman23]

but you cant deny that if the possum had a gun she would have protected her family. if the monitor lizard was vegan this whole encounter would have never existed, therefore there is no god. it breeds atheism

[@177SCmaro]

@@moesyzslak2939 Nothing wrong with people debating, it, in no way, interferes with anyone's ability to watch the video. Besides, I'd rather people fight things out with words then weapons.

[@RRKutties]

Omg! I went to depression mode now! Wont come out unless i see possum babies again!

[@d.jmamba7237]

If you're depressed over that omg

[@Pgr-pt5ep]

When the possum's only big defence is cuteness and bad words. But giant lizard doesn't care for cuteness and has a thick skin for bad words.

[@MuhammadEgypt]

Sad for the baby possums. I guess playing possum wouldn't have worked either.

[@h.y.4371]

lol. damn you're good

[@DingDongDood]

Were you referencing TierZoo?

[@P4PKing]

Ea sucks, but Zerglings still are cute. It wasn't supposed to be funny it WAS funny.

[@P4PKing]

That's a matter of opinion. Just because you lack a sense of humor doesn't mean the joke isn't funny. 116 people say otherwise.

[@thealchemist_ali]

Mohamed Farouk Hello again ✋

[@Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzr]

She did what she could and fought for her babies

[@VGarcia1984]

when youre wearing Zeus armor in GOW 4 be like lol

[@tarrancehunt4611]

I had a monitor lizard great pet but I took care of him the wrong way it's always good to get a book on your pet u choose

[@Outlawtv76]

The opossums in my neighborhood don’t look like that ! We got them ugly possums lol must be a different species

[@eddiev5510]

word what city is these opossums from cause in hoods of Boston they look like they on roids and fear none 😂😂😂

[@calvinl9727]

I thought this was a wombat cause American opossum look different.