A Monitor Lizard entered in bath room of a house at Pant Balekundri near Belgaum. A social activist and a retired soldier shri Pramod Patil, recognizing the seriousness of the situation called Sarpmitra Anand Chitti. Anand ji reached at the place soon after the call and rescued that aggressive monitor lizard and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
This monitor lizard is very similar to a normal lizard This monitor lizard can grow up to five feet. It lays 20 to 25 eggs in humus soil or in anthill. Its main food is rats, frogs, birds, eggs, insects and fish.
It attacks fast by striking its powerful tail. It runs fast on land, trees and even in water. Its tail is thick and powerful so it is used for swimming. and also for striking enemy. It has a very strong grip so there was a myth that it was used to climb high places and forts.
Due to misunderstandings spread It is killed on large scale under the misconception of making medicine from its fat and also by eating it. Under the Wildlife Conservation Act, keeping and hunting them is a crime, said Anand Chitti, a friend of the snake.
