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22nd December 2003 MONITOR LIZARD Hull

 


Hull
MONITOR LIZARD

Fido the lizard on the loose
Police have asked the general public to steer clear of a two and a half-stone Monitor Lizard that has escaped from an aquarium at a flat in Hull, and on the loose in the built up area. Humberside police stated that although the creature is not poisonous, it may bite if confronted.
A spokeswoman added: "The owner of Fido said he might try to find a place that he can feel secure, such as a pile of rubbish or leaves. "He will only eat something the size of a large rat but will not attack anything bigger unless provoked. "In this temperature he may only survive three to five days."

Contributed by: Lisa Willow

(Source: www.ananova.com)
22nd December 2003

Update:
Great escape ends for lizard
The 15kg (two-and-a-half stone) monitor lizard, Fido, which escaped from its tank in a flat in Hull yesterday, prompting police warnings to keep away from it, was later found safe and well.

(Source: The Guardian)
23rd December 2003


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