They
are supposed to be prepared to handle most anything, yet a harmless lizard
managed to scare the daylights out of U.S. Secret Service agents preparing a
residence for President Obama's trip to Thailand.
Thai
officials, however, reassured the U.S. Secret Service that the massive lizards
found on the Government House grounds were not the dangerous Komodo dragons,
but the harmless, lazy water lizards.
Both
belong to the monitor lizard family and can grow up to 200 pounds and ten feet
long.
The
discovery was made after the secret service detail mistook the relatively
harmless water monitors for the carnivorous komodo dragons as the team
conducted security sweep inspections of home ahead of President Obama's visit
that begins Sunday, the Bangkok
Post reported.
while
not as aggressive as Komodo dragons, water lizards can be defensive when
threatened and use their tail, claws, and jaws when fight off predators.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234474/Obama-Thailand-visit-Secret-Service-gets-scare-lifetime-discovering-giant-lizards-residence.html#ixzz2D2ja808P
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