#tree monitor

[herpsandbirds]

Golden-spotted Tree Monitor (Varanus boehmei), family Varanidae, Waigeo, Raja Ampat, New Guinea

photograph by Chris Applin

[99griffon]

some reptile photos from my film photography class last semester! One of my issues was that I always tended to print dark by accident... oops.

At least my turtle looks good!

[sabistarphotos]

February 6, 2023

Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

[derynstarling]

Hatchling tree monitor inks are done. <3 Working on a bunch of mini projects to help raise money for both USARK, conservation, and my fiance's car fixes.

It's going to be a really busy couple of art weeks

[emaadsidiki]

World of Reptiles at Bronx Zoo 🐍🦎🌵🐢🐸

[snototter]

A banded tree monitor (Varanus scalaris) in Mornington, Kimberley, WA, Australia

by Melissa Bruton

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Southwestern Ohio Wetlands, May 2024.

[hellagator]

New fursona ref sheet for art fight! Yippee✨

[arklay]

RESIDENT EVIL → THE WESKER FAMILY

To the public, little is known of the families behind some of the world’s most renowned bioterrorists, but the question remains: did they play a role in causing their children to walk down the path that they did? Or are these individuals simply ambitious criminals with delusions of grandeur?

For Diana Wesker (née Afanasyeva), her introduction into the bioweapons black market trade was upon discovering her employers were using her research into limb regeneration with salamanders to further their experiments in creating enhanced soldiers, instead of developing human therapies with which she was recruited for. Although the prospect of using biological weapons in the military did not appeal to her, the concept remained fascinating for her own selfish endeavours. Born on the 27th of October, 1963 in Sydney, Australia to Russian immigrant parents, Diana had harsh expectations placed upon her at a young age, ones that no matter how hard she tried she could never live up to. Her mother, Tatyana, was an unfeeling woman, absent for long stretches of time with little regard to how it affected her daughters, much more concerned with her craft as an accomplished opera singer. Viktor was no better. A strict man whose role as father and ballet master blurred, he pushed his girls to one day follow in his footsteps. Whilst Sofia enjoyed ballet, and went on to become a professional ballet dancer, Diana’s heart was set on going into the field of biology. She wished to make a name for herself, separate from her family – to which she succeeded.

Diana was married to former U.S. Marine, Dave Monroe, for only a year until he was declared dead in 1992 after succumbing to injuries sustained in a horrific car accident. Foul play was ruled out while Diana played the role of the grief-stricken widow, but in reality, she had snapped after years of mistreatment at her husband’s hands, and opted for something she could pass off as an accident to be free of him. For years she believed he was dead – and he was, legally – but that proved to not be the case when he found his way back into her life again in 1999. Unbeknownst to her, she had been lied to by the police and coroner, who were paid off by her employers when they took Dave’s body for themselves and used him as one of their first test subjects in developing supersoldiers. Before he could ever hurt her again, Diana’s second husband, Albert Wesker, tracked the man down, captured him and tortured him, before allowing Diana to get her violent and bloody revenge.

The origins of Albert Wesker’s involvement in bioterrorism, alongside his twin sister, Alex, are much different than that of Diana’s. The two hail from London, Canada, but unfortunately, they hold no memories of their lives there, nor what happened to their biological parents when they were eight years old. Agents of Oswell E. Spencer, an aristocratic billionaire and eugenicist, took the twins from their home and executed their parents as per Spencer’s orders. Albert and Alex were then placed in a home funded by the Spencer Foundation where they were given new names and a privileged upbringing. They had access to the best education possible, free to pursue whichever field they decided, but it was by no accident they both went into virology and bioengineering; at home, their adoptive parents – agents whom they believed to be their real parents – instilled them with the beliefs of Oswell E. Spencer, harbouring disdain for war and pestilence, and believing humans to be an evolutionary dead-end in need of a rebirth. They were only two of the hundreds of children “adopted” as part of what is known as Project W, a plan intended to develop an advanced race of human beings. The most promising candidates were headhunted by Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, the twins amongst them, where they went on to create bioweapons for the company founded by none other than the man who had handpicked them for his plan. The final stage of this was to infect the thirteen Spencer saw fit, however, only two survived; Albert received the intended effects, now possessing superhuman abilities, however, Alex was only offered more time to live due to her terminal degenerative illness.

In the summer of 1995, Diana was working undercover within Umbrella to gather development data on their projects for her company. Here, she had a chance encounter with Albert, an intelligence officer at the time, which permanently altered the course of her life. The two were never seen far from one another’s side, marrying in 1998, and they went on to become notorious in the bioweapons industry. The development of the Uroboros virus was where things took a turn for the worst. Although Diana’s infection was successful and she bore abilities that rivalled her husband’s, the plan itself did not succeed as they had hoped, and almost cost Albert his life at the hands of his former subordinates.

Now, they work within the shadows, with Diana declared missing and Albert believed to be dead. Their legacy, however, lives on with the mark they left on the world. As visionaries in their field, they influenced bioterror attacks carried out by countless individuals and organisations. In turn, they also inspired others to fight against such atrocities. One such person happens to be Albert’s son from a former relationship, Jake Müller, whose existence he was unaware of.

[herpsandbirds]

May I ask what your favorite species of monitor lizard is if you haven’t already answered it please?

That is a tough one! We here at HerpsandBirds Ministries love lizards! If I had to pick one...

Emerald Tree Monitors (Varanus prasinus), family Varanidae, found on New Guinea and nearby islands

photograph by Colubra (@colubra_reptiles)

Emerald Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus), family Varanidae, found on New Guinea and nearby islands

photograph by THE JUNGLE REPTILES

Emerald Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus), family Varanidae, found on New Guinea and nearby islands

photograph by Gunther Schmida

Emerald Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus), family Varanidae, found in New Guinea

photograph by Reptiles4all

[theworstcreature]

Baby croissant is sheddding

[ksen-noodles]

Critters

Oodles of doodles - from those between classes to small gifts for @silkysong to mid-travel knee-mounted scribblings

Also ft. @kaisumisu and @shkika bc their sonas are so. Scrimbly. In my brain forever

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A Malayan monitor lizard hunts for food on top of a tree at Pasir Ris park in Singapore

Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images

[critter-captures]

Monitor (Varanus) collection post, all taken at Dierenpark De Oliemeulen in September 2024:

Reisinger's tree monitor / Yellow tree monitor (Varanus reisingeri)

Freckled monitor (Varanus tristis orientalis)

Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)

Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi)

[vault81]

hmm what colours should i use for the acadia banner? for some reason I'm being drawn towards a more teal colour.. or maybe a royal blue?

[the-golden-ghost]

Lightning struck a tree near where The Thing nests and I am still waiting to hear confirmation that she's okay :(