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[Faris_Udeen]

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monitor lizard is the one which was used to hold the rope for climbing on wall of forts by maratha armies?

I think thats fiction, cant imagine a monitor lizard tail being long enough to support a man to scale a wall and besides the lizard would not be too happy either... plus it must be a small fort too.

[ninja_hattori]

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i heard that they used to tie rope around lizard to hold and climb the fort but that might be fiction too.....

Few people eat it and i even saw some selling lizard oil for paralysis .....

[Faris_Udeen]

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Oh yeah Lizard is like a lot of other creatures easily turned into food or oil... I dont entirely agree but if it came to it and there was no alternative then roast lizard seems a fair game.

Lizards should be respected however they are after all little dinosaurs so maybe the'yve been around longer than us

[queer]

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monitor lizard is the one which was used to hold the rope for climbing on wall of forts by maratha armies?

That was the pangolin, not a monitor lizard.

[Faris_Udeen]

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Pangolins?

Blimey I thought they would be even weaker than a monitor lizard how the hell do you scale a fort with pangolins? I though Bamboo staves was hard :o

[aaliyahkhan1]

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hahahaa @ TLK

I have encoutered these things quite a bit…unfortunately we have loads in Sri Lanka, the first time I saw it I was like 4-5yrs old and totally freaked out, the one I saw was spotted…freakyyyyyyy…it was in our garden, I fell on my bum when I saw it and could not move…I could only scream for my mom who came running out of the house with a stick and chased it off…

But I have also seen one exactly like this one PS…same size and same colour…but this was outside our garden…and it was like 5yrs back…I took a pic too…

This time on vacation I saw one again…but it was crawling on my front porch…was smaller though..black colour and had like yellow spots or lines…freaked out again…screamed for my hubby who then chased it away, and turned around and asked me “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!!!”, he had never seen one either…I just grinned and said “Welcome to Sri Lanka”

[khattichic]

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@Hadeel

From a giant lizard to wedding dresses and saloons, you guys change the course of everything really fast haina?

@_Passionate

^It’s called ADHD.

:halo:

I didn’t derail that much… —>monitor lizard---->karachi—>chipkali(much tinier lizard)—>karachi bridal salon urban legend

It all flows quite nicely I would say

@Faris_Udeen

For the record I have not heard or seen any posionous Asian lizard or gecko… at least none on the mainland.

In the United States and Central America there is a venomous Lizard called the “Heela Monster” never saw one but my Mescelaro friends always mentioned it and they swore that its venom is deadly…

Also theres an Island off Indonesia where the largest Lizard the Komodo Dragon resides and that definately has toxic saliva that causes massive cytotoxic reactions.

But I am not aware of any other venomous lizards. Snakes yeah theres tonnes of those (although in the case of things like Pythons you dont need poison to kill) but never have I heard of a posouinous lizard in Asian mainland. There might well be but I’m highly skeptical right now

I don’t make up the Urban Legends/Myths, just pass them on

But yea, everytime I hear that story (and for some reason, I’ve heard it alot), I think to myself…if homegirl felt something crawling around in her hair, why the heck didn’t she pull the pins out, take down the hairdo and shake her hair out???

[ninja_hattori]

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That was the pangolin, not a monitor lizard.

Oh thank you......

[partyslims]

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@queer

That was the pangolin, not a monitor lizard.

Penguins in Maratha?

[ninja_hattori]

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@partyslims

Penguins in Maratha?

yes marathas got them free with polar bears:D

[Hadeel]

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The monitor lizards were used as a siege weapon in the 17th century apparently.

Legend has it that in the battle of Sinhagad, one of the Maratha rulers commanders "Tanaji" used a monitor lizard called Yeshwanti. He had a rope tied around its waist to climb a steep vertical rock face.

[ninja_hattori]

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The monitor lizards were used as a siege weapon in the 17th century apparently.

Legend has it that in the battle of Sinhagad, one of the Maratha rulers commanders "Tanaji" used a monitor lizard called Yeshwanti. He had a rope tied around its waist to climb a steep vertical rock face.

Are you Indian or student of history?

when i asked the question i had same legend in my mind

[Hadeel]

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Are you Indian or student of history?

when i asked the question i had same legend in my mind

I'm neither. I once read a review for a book on Battle of Sinhagad. Never got around to reading it but I remember reading about Yeshwanti and getting really amazed by it.

[ninja_hattori]

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@Queer after asking google ......

the legend was about Monitor lizard as it is one reptile known as ghorpar in marathi....

Pangolin is different thing

[ninja_hattori]

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You have good memory then...after reading about it in school i didnt remember the name of that lizard

[Faris_Udeen]

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Its an interesting legend… cant believe it to be true but I wont know for sure till I try it.

So monitor lizards lead the way eh interesting

Siege warfare is seldom won by an escalade but still great achievment if true, if not its a pretty cool legend anyway :k:

[TS]

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@TLK

I want to be very honest with you, I could not utter a single word. I was so scared

No

I have a history of living my life with creep crawleys. Another time I was house-sitting the house of my neighbors who were gone for hajj, and slept in their outside guest room, without knowing that there was a big rat hiding under the pillow. That guy tried to escape by trying to dig a tunnel through my head that was blocking his access. I woke up with sharp nails digging inside my skull. Rat jumped outside the open window as soon as i screamingly jumped out of the bed.

Not the mention the time when I was, along with my family, sitting on the floor, eating my dinner (I was about 4-5). A fat brownish yellow lizard dropped on my leg from the ceiling. I though that it was roti ka tukra and about to grab it to put in my mouth . My mom’s scream scared me and the lizard away

It would be fun to see TLK screaming like a 12-year old school-girl. Hahaha.
Did you get on top of the table too ?

[TLK]

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@Tanvir S.

It would be fun to see TLK screaming like a 12-year old school-girl. Hahaha.
Did you get on top of the table too ?

There was no table to get on top of.

I am not going to act like a macho. I was scared

[TS]

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@partyslims

I think queer’s new friend is Tanvir

And don’t UD that.

Did somebody take my name in vain and without my knowledge. Huh ?

And yea. Queerio and I are practically langoatiya yaars, even though I don’t know when that happened.

[Krypton]

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i dont like lizards.

esp the yellow ones.