A Cluster of Monitors

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Adult monitor lizards are largely solitary, but “cluster” points to an exception: hatchlings. When monitor eggs hatch, often from a nest buried in soil, a termite mound, or rotting vegetation, multiple young monitors can emerge in the same area within a short window, and for a brief period afterward, they may stay clustered nearby before … Read more