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	Varanus giganteus by Daniel Bennett
		Much of the perenties' prey may be caught in open pursuit; they are reported to catch gulls by hiding under vehicles until the birds come close enough to allow them to be chased down before they can take to the air (Losos and Greene 1988; King et al 1989).
		Horn and Visser (1988) suggest that perenties and sand goannas rarely occur in the same area, with sand goannas occupying open areas in contrast to the rock outcrops favoured by perenties.
		Perenties are extremely wary animals in the desert, although on Barrow Island they are said to be accustomed to people and relatively easy to observe.
	mampam.50megs.com /monitors/perenty.html (1627 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Perentie, gigantic lace lizard, giant monitor
		The perentie is the largest Australian monitor lizard, growing to 2.5 metres in length.
		Perenties are found from the coast of Western Australia, in the south of the Northern Territory, the north of South Australia and the very west of Queensland.
		Perenties are fast runners, sprinting either on all fours or on their hind legs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3048.shtml (288 words)

	Island Life - Barrow Island - Inhabitants
		The perentie occurs in desert regions from western Queensland to coastal WA.
		On Barrow Island perenties are often seen scavenging on the beaches for carrion.
		The perentie female lays her eggs in termite mounds where the activity of the insects provides constant warmth.
	www.abc.net.au /nature/island/ep3/locals/5.htm (244 words)

	PERENTIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Watcher the perentie is Australia's largest lizard and may eventually grow to two and a half metres long.
		Perenties are found across inland Australia and over to the West Australian coast.
		Perenties are rather shy and live in a secluded burrow in the rocky hills.
	www.secretgully.com.au /perentie.html (169 words)

	Maruku Arts and Crafts
		We were thinking and thinking, always thinking as we were carving, and learning, and I decided to make a carving like a ngintaka (perentie lizard), making its feet and hands, carving its head and a long tail and it turned out really well.
		I then used wire to burn the walka (design) on it, we were just learning this skill.
		And we've taken it to exhibitions where many people have bought a lot of punu, which is really wonderful.
	www.maruku.com.au (123 words)

	LandRover Perentie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Tenders for a truck, utility, lightweight, MC2 with a payload of 0.7 to 1.0 tonne, and a truck, cargo, light, MC2 with a payload of 1.5 to 2.0 tonnes were called in June 1982.
		The Perentie 4×4 and 6×6 are Australian-designed and built derivatives of the Land Rover 110.
		The six wheel drive Perentie is a unique Australian design, loosely based on the Land Rover 110 (later Land Rover Defender 110).
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~lloyd/4/LandRover/Perentie (1181 words)

	Monitors - Perenties for sale on kingsnake
		Perentie is a type of goanna or austrailian monitor.
		The perentie is also the third largest lizard in the world and is exceeded in size only by the komodo monitor(varanus komodoensis) of komodo island and the water monitor(varanus salvator) of Asia.
		When you look at average size and weight for perenties, they are usually long thin animals, a bit longer than lace monitors but roughly a similar weight.
	www.repticzone.com /forums/Monitors/messages/518650.html (419 words)

	Monitors - Weight
		Lace monitors have a heavier build than perenties, but don’t get as long, so as far as I know the record maximum weight for wild caught individuals of boths species are fairly close, around 20-22kg.
		I gave an example a 6ft 6 inch perentie being weighed at 53lbs (supposedly), a 6ft 6-8 inch ornatus being weighed at 37lbs, and the heaviest albig Ive heard of was measured at 53lbs (I think it was overestimated) and 7ft 3 inches, but a 6ft 6 inch albig is not that heavy.
		Ive seen a few perenties in person, as well a few lacies, but I would never have guessed without reading that from a few sources that perenties are supposedly that heavy.
	www.repticzone.com /forums/Monitors/messages/930349.html (1533 words)

	Australia Zoo : Birds
		Perenties will inflate their throat and hiss when they are threatened or aggressive, and strike at opponents with their muscular tail.
		Perenties are the biggest monitor lizard in Australia, reaching lengths in excess of two metres.
		Perenties display a forked tongue, long slender neck, flattened head, strong tail, powerful legs with five clawed toes and numerous sharp-curved backward-pointing teeth.
	www.crocodilehunter.com /australia_zoo/amazing_animals/amazing_animals/reptiles_spec.php?BSPID=2 (2050 words)

	Creature fact files- Oceanworld Manly Sydney Australia
		Their colouring is adapted to suit the environment in which they live, rocky terrain and their markings almost seem like the lichen patches on the boulders.
		Perenties will also lunge forward with an open mouth, either as bluff or as an attack.
		The bite of a Perentie can do much damage, not only from the teeth, but, also because of the bacteria in their mouth caused by eating carrion.
	www.oceanworld.com.au /factfile.asp?ID=10 (400 words)

	Reference Library - RedOrbit
		Crocodile Monitors rival the Perentie in being the third largest as they are longer than the Perentie, however the Perentie is bulkier and heavier.
		Perenties generally forage for their food, but are also known to wait for food to come to them.
		Perenties were once favored as food by desert Aboriginal tribes, and the fat was used for medicine and ceremonial purposes.
	www.redorbit.com /education/reference_library/reptiles/perentie/1834/index.html (313 words)

	Animal Planet :: Australia Zoo -- Perenties
		The perentie is the largest lizard on the Australian continent and, with a maximum length in excess of 8 feet, one of the largest lizards in the world!
		Although enormous in size for a lizard, the perentie is exceedingly wary and shy by nature.
		Perenties are mainly found in arid semidesert and desert regions of central and western Australia, particularly in areas with rocky outcrops.
	www.animal.discovery.com /fansites/crochunter/australiazoo/18perenties.html (384 words)

	Australia Perentie Goanna
		The Perentie Goanna is the largest monitor lizard originally from Australia and it is the third largest lizard, the largest is the Komodo Dragon.
		The Perentie is often found in the arid and rocky areas of Australia, they are often found west of the Eastern Highlands, in the past the aboriginal tribe as Kulin used to live there.
		The prey animals of the Perentie are small mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and carcass of dead animals.
	www.travel-australia.org /animals/perentie_goanna.html (266 words)

	Goanna
		Meals are often eaten whole, and thus the size of their meals depends on the size of the animal itself.
		However, the Perentie has been observed killing a young Kangaroo, and then biting out chunks of flesh like a dog.
		Goannas have even been blamed for the death of Sheep by farmers, though most likely erroneously, as goannas are also eaters of Carrion and attracted to rotting meat.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/go/Goanna.htm (1243 words)

	The Australian: Rare breeds put bite on Gorgon gasfield [ 07aug06 ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		THE almost pre-historic perentie waddled slowly along the dirt road and, rather disdainfully, ceded the route to a dusty mini-bus, moving slowly into the shade of a nearby straggly bush.
		Second only to Indonesia's komodo dragon as the world's largest monitor lizard, this perentie was modest compared with the 2.5m they have been known to grow to on Barrow Island, the proposed site of an LNG plant that will produce 10 million tonnes a year.
		All that the slow-moving perentie knows is that, on an island where it has no predators, the petroleum industry has delivered a supply of euros, spectacled hare-wallabies and burrowing bettongs, which means its search for dinner is never too arduous.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,20038756,00.html (784 words)

	Animal Planet :: Australia Zoo -- Perenties
		The perentie is the largest lizard on the Australian continent and, with a maximum length in excess of 8 feet, one of the largest lizards in the world!
		Although enormous in size for a lizard, the perentie is exceedingly wary and shy by nature.
		Perenties are mainly found in arid semidesert and desert regions of central and western Australia, particularly in areas with rocky outcrops.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/crochunter/australiazoo/18perenties.html (384 words)

	Australia Zoo - Our Animals - Reptiles - Lizards - Perentie
		Perenties are the biggest monitor lizard in Australia, reaching lengths of 2 metres or more.
		Perenties display a forked tongue, long slender neck, flattened head, strong tail, powerful legs with 5 clawed toes and numerous sharp-curved backward-pointing teeth.
		Perenties can be found living in arid regions from Western Queensland to coastal Western Australia, usually around rocky hills and outcrops.
	www.australiazoo.com.au /our-animals/amazing-animals/reptiles/?reptile=Lizards&animal=perentie (322 words)

	Perentie -Australian Reptile Park Animals
		The perentie is Australia's largest lizard reaching over 2.5 metres in length.
		Habitat: The perentie can be found in arid parts of South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory, it is usually found around rocky hills and outcrops.
		Reproduction: The female perentie lays around 6-10 eggs in a burrow, usually beneath a large object such as a boulder.
	www.reptilepark.com.au /animals.asp?catID=12&ID=90 (245 words)

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		During 207 days in the field in over 16 months in 1966-68, I encountered only two live perenties, one at the edge of sandplain country near a breakaway and the other at a tor area south of Sandstone, and found no evidence of perentie tracks in the sandy desert.
		I speculate that perenties have increased in abundance in the Great Victoria desert over the past 25 years, probably in direct response to the increased abundance of introduced european rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
		Perenties could also be expanding their geographic range southwards and eastwards.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~varanus/giganteus.html (1005 words)

	Perenties & Project Perentie - Australian Land Rover Owners
		Funnily enough, one thing missing from REMLR is a page of information on the Perenties, apart of course from the information on the australian fleet pages.
		The perentie page I have most of the information that i need, what i don't have is much information on project perentie and it's competitors and results.
		THe perentie pic looks like some further modifications to the LRPV's have been made since I last saw any official photos of them, mostly minor, but still interesting to note their continual changes.
	www.aulro.com /afvb/showthread.php?t=36360 (452 words)

	110 Seatboxes (County vs Perentie) - Australian Land Rover Owners
		I have purchased a seatbox from a Perentie to replace the one in my 4 speed County (lots of holes cut in it by a previous owner).
		I dont want to butcher the seatbox or my existing gearbox cover as this was what I was trying to solve by replacing the seatbox in the first place.
		It is a better set up in my opinion only because pulling a lever is not great as nob eventually falls off.
	www.aulro.com /afvb/showthread.php?t=32921 (834 words)

	australian rules landrover - perentie in afghanistan - Land Rover UK Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		i know someone who has a 4x4 perentie in oz he says the 3.9 isuzu diesel engine has huge torque but tops out at around 60 mph.
		i also have the original perentie catalogue with all variants (for example there is a 110 station wagon) but the file is too large to attach even zipped.
		Here are a couple of shots of a "naked" Perentie on show in Perth WA at the recent Rally Australia (part of the WRC) festivities.
	www.landrovernet.com /forum/showthread.php?t=38018 (729 words)

	Oodnadatta Track - perentie
		Perenties are the largest Australian lizards and if you're lucky enough to sight one you are in for a real treat.
		Perenties are typically a solitary hunter and feed opportunistically on just about anything they can find, kill and rip apart.
		They are ferocious hunters but their outward appearance is one of cautious suspicion and they only run away if they are swiftly confronted.
	www.austcamel.com.au /exp_pepe.htm (98 words)

	Lizard, Perentie \| Werelist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A type of monitor lizard, Perenties are the largest lizards in Australia growing to slightly less than 3m long and inhabiting dry or desert regions.
		They are determined hunters that eat whatever they can find, kill or rip apart, although they are known to have an attitude of cautious suspicion, watching humans calmly and alertly and running off only if directly confronted.
		The name 'Perentie' is sometimes spelt as 'Perenty'.
	www.werelist.com /?q=node/413 (123 words)

	wildherps.com - Perentie (Varanus giganteus)
		I had heard that Perenties were extremely wary of people, and likely to race off after detecting a human's presence, but that was not my experience at all.
		She thinks it is probably looking for trouble, including rival perenties, predators, or potential dangers such as mother emus defending their chicks.
		Dr. Heger also commented that the stance of the strutting perentie in the second photo is typical for a lizard trying to appear big and frightening to thwart any further encounter with a perceived threat (me).
	www.wildherps.com /species/V.giganteus.html (447 words)

	Goanna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Goanna is like the perentie but called the goanna, and the Goanna is smaller than the Perentie.
		And they have different patterns on their skin.
		If it is pregnant lay it on its belly so the eggs do not burst.
	www.mjhall.org /bushtucker/goanna.htm (112 words)

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