ルンピニ公園のミズオオトカゲ/Water monitor in Lumpini Park downtown in Bangkok

バンコク都心にあるルンピに公園では２ｍ近いミズトカゲが悠然と散歩している。大きいものは３ｍ近くにもなることもあるらしい。その大きさからワニに間違われることもあるようだが、魚やカエル、ネズミ等の小動物を食べる雑食性で、性格はおとなしく、ルンピに公園で人が襲われたことはないという。ただ、唾液には毒が含まれているので、少し離れたところから、のんびり眺めるのをお勧めします。

Water monitors, lizard around 6 feet long from nose to tail, are rambling in Lumpini park located in heart of downtown in Bangkok. It is said to be became almost 10 feet in natural. Sometimes tourists misunderstand as crocodiles because of such large size. However they are not so aggressive and usually hunt fishes, flogs and small animals such as rodents. It never happened human have been attached by them in the Lumpini park. But it is said their saliva contains poison, you may be advised to take a long look from a distance.