Ancient Aboriginal legend mentions that there was a carnivorous lizard from the high mountains that caused panic in the village name, and they probably referred to the largest lizard in history, the ancient monitor lizard. Some unknowns believe it still lives in the Australian rainforest. Scientists believe that Komodo dragons are closely related to ancient monitor lizards, although Komodo dragons are not native to Australia, but it has many common characteristics with ancient monitor lizards, including poisonous bacteria in the mouth, and like Komodo dragons, ancient monitor lizards may have attacked humans.
Although scientists speculate that the ancient monitor lizard is extinct, it is not impossible to rediscover, such as the fossil fish Ratimai (a prehistoric fish that was rediscovered in 1938). October 12, 1968 A 40-foot lizard was seen in Queensland, Australia In 1977, a Townsville camper in Australia claimed to have been frightened by the sheer size of reptiles, and several teenagers found footprints consistent with those of thirty-foot-long reptiles.
Ancient monitor lizards roamed the Australian wilderness during the last Ice Age, and they are the largest known land lizards, with strong limbs and bodies, large skulls, tiny crowns between eyes, and jagged teeth on their jawbones. Extrapolating from their size , they prey on medium- to large animals , including any giant marsupial , reptile , tiny mammals , birds , and even prey twice as large.
The ancient monitor lizard did not leave a complete or nearly complete skeleton, so it is difficult to determine its size. Early estimates estimated that they were about 7 meters long and weighed 600–620 kg.
In 2002 , Stephen Wroe argued that the ancient monitor lizard was only 4.5 metres long and weighed 331 kg at most , while the average was 3.5 metres long and weighed 97-158 kg.
Unfortunately, the emperor of this monitor lizard gradually faded out of the stage of biological evolution due to the reduction of habitat caused by human activities at that time, disappeared from the vision of modern man, and ended the era of reptile rule in the last Ice Age...
If the current Komodo dragon is dwarfized after the ancient monitor lizard moved into the Komodo Islands, then the descendants of the emperor still rule the last piece of territory that belongs to reptiles?
On October 12, 1968, a tempting sighting of a 40-foot lizard was witnessed in Queensland, Australia. The Megalania is the largest lizard in the literature. In 1977, a townsville camper in Australia claimed to be intimidated by the sheer size of reptiles. The footprints found by several teenagers match those of 30-foot-long reptiles, far larger than Komodo Dragons. Ancient Aboriginal legends mention that a carnivorous monitor lizard from a high mountain caused panic among the villagers. They are probably referring to the largest lizard in history, the ancient monitor lizard. Some Cryptozoologists believe they still live in the Australian rainforest. Although scientists speculate that the ancient monitor lizard has become extinct, it is not surprising if it is rediscovered. According to reports, bones found on a farm by a farmer in Queensland were identified as the skeleton of an ancient monitor lizard. Paleontologists estimate that the skeletons are only 300 years old. The discovery may be evidence of years of sightings by ancient monitor lizards in the area. Aboriginal people arrived in Australia about 48,000 years ago, while the ancient monitor lizard and other large animals in the area suddenly disappeared around the same time. In September 2008, a camera, watch and sandal belonging to a missing climber were recovered on the banks of the river in North Queensland. Footprints of unidentified animals have been found nearby.