Reptile attack: Nothing strikes fear into the human mind faster than the clash between prehistoric crocodiles or venomous snakes and modern man. However,
KUALA NERUS: A water monitor lizard weighing 60kg was captured at a house in Taman Permint near Seberang Takir, Terengganu, Wednesday (Dec 22) morning.
his ranch, with temperatures well above 100 degrees, there were just a few signs of life, until some of his cows came into view, but just some, because there s not enough water out here to sustain them all. i ve relocated 80% already. i ve sold some of them. reporter: atkin s water woes aren t his alone. take a look at the u.s. water monitor map. the darker the color, the more the drought. we have about 200 reservoirs, every one of them is dry now. reporter: like dry, nothing? not a drop in any of them, we ve never done that in 85 years. never. reporter: atkin s operation is in the colorado river basin which is primarily fed by melting snow pack from the western rocky mountains. the river then winds down to the gulf of california, supplying water to seven states along the way. but the basin is now in its 22nd year of droughts. this is clearly evident further