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Monitor lizard rescued from busy Singapore road
UPI News Service, 04/19/2021
A pair of police officers in Singapore were caught on camera rescuing a giant monitor lizard that wandered out into a busy road.
ADVERTISEMENT A group filming for educational website Just Keep Thinking spotted the lizard in the middle of Republic Avenue in Kallang on Sunday and flagged down a pair of nearby police officers.
The group filmed as one of the officers grabbed the lizard by the tail and pointed the reptile toward the side of the road, attempting to coax the reptile into walking to safety on its own.
April 19, 2021
Screengrab/Facebook/Just Keep Thinking
Police officers often risk their safety for others but as the public discovered recently, this applies to animals too.
On April 18, a group filming for the educational site, Just Keep Thinking noticed a monitor lizard in the middle of Republic Ave near Kallang Basin.
They alerted two nearby police officers who immediately attempted to rescue the lizard from danger.
In a video originally posted by Just Keep Thinking, the male officer is seen kneeling in the middle of the road and also standing over the lizard as he tries to steer the animal by its tail.
Monitor lizard rescued from busy Singapore road
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April 19 (UPI) A pair of police officers in Singapore were caught on camera rescuing a giant monitor lizard that wandered out into a busy road.
A group filming for educational website Just Keep Thinking spotted the lizard in the middle of Republic Avenue in Kallang on Sunday and flagged down a pair of nearby police officers.
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The group filmed as one of the officers grabbed the lizard by the tail and pointed the reptile toward the side of the road, attempting to coax the reptile into walking to safety on its own.
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