The Lizard Need A Little Push!

I'm curious if otters will finish the whole fish after they caught it? After my exciting encounters with the otters family, I go back to the same place the following day.

The otters didn't finish the whole fish. Instead I saw this monitor lizard taking over the balance fish.

The lizard first try to tear as much flesh as possible from the remaining fish skeleton.

The lizard uses its razor sharp teeth and the powerful claw to do the job.

It managed to remove most of the flesh.

The lizard next try to swallow the whole skeleton at one go. The fish skeleton is just too large to be swallowed before break it down further.

At one point the lizard was pushing the fish skeleton against the floor to help it get down the throat  further.

It can only go down so much and the skeleton is still stuck in the throat.

There is no turning back down. Is now even more impossible to get the skeleton out and the only way is to push it down by hook or by crook.

With pushing it against the ground failed. The lizard have to find new way to help it get the fish skeleton down its throat.

The lizard now push the fish skeleton against the tree branch. A smart move as the tree branch will give more friction which is needed to help it push the skeleton down the throat.

With the help of the tree branch, the lizard managed to squeeze down the widest part of the fish skeleton. Is now rely on the lizard own muscle to finish the job.

After an hour plus "struggle", the lizard finally get to swallow the big fish left behind by the otters. In nature, nothing is go to waste...