The most entertaining story of the week has been the round-up of monitor lizards in Lumpini Park, featuring diligent officials and a posse of perspiring newsmen stumbling about chasing after some 400 or so reptiles estimated to be residing in the park. Although they are essentially harmless, some of the lizards have been accused of anti-social behaviour, scaring tourists who think they've walked into Jurassic Park by mistake. The lizards did not appear too impressed by this eviction, and it is hard not to feel some sympathy for them. The monitor lizards are generally regarded as a bad omen and people prefer to leave them alone. Somehow, I can't see Bangkok citizens trying to entice monitor lizards into their bedrooms.

Source: Bangkok Post September 24, 2016 23:15 UTC