Urgent search for huge monitor lizard spotted in Italy 13,000km away from habitat
- “For you, it's a joke, but for me it's not,” the frustrated mayor of a small town in northern Italy told reporters, leading a dramatic search operation like no other.
- Caught in the bright flash of a local worker’s camera, a giant Papuan monitor lizard was spotted weeks ago around the Gasparina farmhouse near the town of Montichiari, in Italy’s Lombardian countryside.
- First seen in early July, more than 13,000 kilometres from its native habitat of Papua New Guinea, the reptile quickly captured the country’s attention.
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- “For you, it's a joke, but for me it's not,” the frustrated mayor of a small town in northern Italy told reporters, leading a dramatic search operation like no other.
- Caught in the bright flash of a local worker’s camera, a giant Papuan monitor lizard was spotted weeks ago around the Gasparina farmhouse near the town of Montichiari, in Italy’s Lombardian countryside.
- First seen in early July, more than 13,000 kilometres from its native habitat of Papua New Guinea, the reptile quickly captured the country’s attention.
Sources: The Independent