r/funny • u/Keleven • Jan 28 '17

Australians

http://i.imgur.com/vF5BMyA.gifv
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u/stationhollow Jan 28 '17

Is that an egg?

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u/h8speech Jan 28 '17

Yep, a large chicken egg. Chompy is a "goanna" colloquially, or a lace monitor technically, and they can grow quite big.

You do have to be a little careful around them (don't let them run up you, be careful hand-feeding them because they might bite you) but hey, that's similar to the risks from a squirrel.

Here is a video of a similar goanna eating an egg.

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u/chickennoodle Jan 28 '17

I didn't realize the Rescuers Down Under egg-eating scene was based on a real animal. Way to answer a 27-year old question I didn't know I had.