Yesterday, when it was raining heavily in Haikou, a crowd sent us a video from the weChat backstage, saying that a big guy appeared on the road in the urban area, looking very scary, looking like a crocodile. The reporter rushed to the scene to verify at the first time.
In these two videos, a large guy who looks like a crocodile is lying motionless in the grass, its body about 2 meters long. According to the person who sent the video, this big guy appeared on Changtong Road in Haikou.
That night, the reporter rushed to the scene and learned that the staff of the Haikou Terrestrial Wildlife Rescue Center had properly disposed of the big guys in the grass. According to the staff, the big guy was first discovered at around 3:50 p.m., when it had no vital signs.
After confirming that the animal was dead, the staff took it back to the rescue center for harmless treatment. After preliminary confirmation, this big guy is not a crocodile, but a lizard.
Lu Yakui, head of haikou Terrestrial Wildlife Rescue Center: The preliminary judgment is that it is a round-nosed monitor lizard. Round-nosed monitor lizards are distributed in Hainan itself, close to water sources, such as some small streams.
It is understood that this round-nosed monitor lizard prefers to be close to water sources and has a certain degree of aggression. So, how did it end up on the roads of the city? The staff said that it is not yet possible to determine whether this round-nosed monitor lizard is artificially raised or wild, and the reason why it appears in the urban area is affected by various factors such as climate and rain. If the crowd finds the round-nosed monitor lizard for the first time, do not easily approach it.