Giant lizard crawled on commercial shelf in Thailand and went viral

Diners and employees of a 7-Eleven in Bangkok, Thailand, were surprised to catch an animal climbing on the store’s shelves. Through a video, which has gone viral on social media, you can see the lizard-like specimen spoiling any product it finds in its way.

Thousands of users have shared the capsule on different channels, in one of the versions, viewers scream in terror upon seeing the movements of the Asian water monitor.

“The shelves are ruined! Oh my God”, a voice can be heard exclaiming above the animal. Finally, the clip it ends with the animal on top of the shelf, near the ceiling, while those present laugh in the background.

About 2.5 meters, the reptile is the second largest lizard in the world after the Komodo dragon. It is an animal with a long and muscular body, with a narrow and elongated head. Its tail can be 1.5 meters long and uses it to move around in water, but also to intimidate potential enemies.

Its color is dark brown or blackish and it has yellow spots distributed over the body, which become less noticeable over time.

It is native to Southeast Asia, found mainly in Bangladesh, Cambodia, South China, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam.

Its habitat is characterized by humid environments, mainly in mangroves, swamps and wetlands at altitudes below 1000 m, but also in areas of rice or palm trees, and even in towns with canal systems.

Despite its enormous size, these types of reptiles do not pose a threat to adult humans. However, they are carnivores par excellence and tend to feed on birds and their eggs, small mammals (mostly rats, but also monkeys and squirrels), fish, lizards, frogs, snakes. , crocodile eggs and juvenile crocodiles, turtles and sea turtle eggs. , crabs, molluscs, insects, spiders and carrion as well as human bone debris.

However, not knowing the details of varanus salvator, Social media users were shocked at what was shown in the video. Likewise, other Internet users have made the clip an experience, modifying it with songs or other audiovisual elements.

And the pandemic generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has shown how close humans are to nature. Some images that have flooded the networks are those of unusual appearances of exotic and wild species in densely populated cities. However, observing that people did not leave their homes and feeling that it was a safe place, the specimens went for a “walk”.

“An Asian water monitor slipped into a supermarket! The pandemic has affected more people. With the downturn in tourism, there are fewer street vendors open, which means fewer feeding opportunities for urban wildlife, making these times more and more common. “, analyzed the user @DrWildlife.

“Yeah, I think he’s an Asian water monitor. They are quite adaptable to urban areas, even a big city like Singapore has them in parks, for example. This one seems to have neither sunscreen nor aspirin ”, commented another Internet user with humor.“

Although people who saw the audiovisual piece drew their own conclusions about the reasons for visiting a convenience store, mostly speculating that he was trying to escape the humid outside temperatures.

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