Spencer's goanna find, including highly venomous snakes, small mammals, small lizards, eggs, and carrion (dead animals), and is able to digest anything it eats. When threatened, "V. spenceri" hisses loudly, distends its throat and whips its aggressor with its muscular tail. "Varanus spenceri" lives in black soil plains with no trees; so Spencer's goanna is the only Australian monitor that does not readily climb although juvenile animals will climb given the opportunity. Clutch size of Spencer's monitor generally ranges between 11 and 30 eggs. "Varanus ingrami" , is an invalid name (a junior synonym) for this species. Spencer's goanna Spencer's goanna or
Solid Rock (Goanna song) insisted on its release to make a statement about the European invasion of Australia. The song was released in September 1982. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described it as "a damning indictment of the European invasion of Australia." Side A: "Solid Rock" - 4:28 Side B: "Four Weeks Gone" - 5:42 Solid Rock (Goanna song) "Solid Rock" is a song written by Shane Howard and recorded by Australian band Goanna. The song deals with issues of land rights for Indigenous Australians and was released in September 1982 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, "Spirit of Place". "Solid