6-feet-long lizard in Calgary found – Calgary | 24CA News
A Calgary girl is reunited together with her six-feet-long black-footed monitor lizard Lucius after interesting to the general public to assist discover him on Saturday.
Alison Johnson mentioned she let Lucius out into her yard on Friday earlier than leaving her house and came upon he was lacking when she acquired again within the night. She appeared throughout for the lizard however couldn’t discover the big reptile wherever.
“There were no holes in the fence, so he must have climbed,” she advised Global News.
Lucius has been a family staple for Johnson for over eight years. She discovered him in her house after her ex-girlfriend introduced the lizard house at some point. Then he simply turned a part of the household, Johnson mentioned.
“He runs the house because it’s really hard to make an enclosure big enough for him,” she mentioned. “My nephew calls him ‘Auntie’s dinosaur’ and he just wanders around (the house). I think people think it’s strange sometimes when they come over but most people relax after a while because he often doesn’t do anything.”
Johnson mentioned it isn’t uncommon for Lucius to be within the yard, however he’s often in a harness when she is just not house. She mentioned she filed studies with the Calgary Police Service and Alberta Fish and Wildlife.
She mentioned she additionally referred to as vets and animal rescues in Calgary in case somebody discovered him.
“I immediately started looking everywhere. I’ve walked the alleys all over the place, but he really could be anywhere,” she mentioned.
Mike Sheppard, proprietor of Cobbs Adventure Park and Cobb’s Exotic Animal Rescue Foundation, mentioned Lucius is almost definitely hiding in a tree or a bush someplace as a result of black-footed monitor lizards usually are not social animals.
He mentioned there isn’t a public security concern about this lacking lizard.
“It’ll startle people more than anything,” he advised Global News. “It’s someone’s pet, so I’m guessing it’s just as friendly, if not friendlier, than a lost dog or cat.”
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