Tourists enjoying Nai Harn Beach in Phuket scattered across the sand yesterday afternoon to make way for a monitor lizard that decided it wanted to join the international jet-setters in sunning itself on a world-famous beach.
The Phuket Lifeguard Service revealed the news in a post on its Facebook page with photos of the reptile and the message, “Nai Harn had a guest today. Lifeguards had to remove it from the beach.”
One lifeguard said that the lizard was about a meter long and weighed over seven kilograms. “We think the lizard went onto the beach in search of food, and seemed unafraid of the tourists,” the lifeguard said.
We can’t blame the lizard, you can get some great eats on the famous stretch of sand. Decent cocktails and people watching too.
“We were afraid some tourists might scare it by trying to approach it to take photos. The lizard might have reacted aggressively to this, so we had to remove it from the beach and release it into the nearby forest,” he said.
There goes the lizard’s beach vacation.
Story: The Phuket News
