Watch What Happens When a Man Strolls Way Too Close to a Feisty Lizard

The man in this video captured by family and friends notices this baby Godzilla in his yard. To catch this lizard to get it out, he tries to find a way around this animal. He slowly eyes it, knowing he can’t get too close or he will spook the lizard. So he doesn’t take any sudden movement. 

As he is slowly moving around, we see the monitor lizard start to raise his head around as if he is trying to figure out what is going on. As the man reaches around the front, the lizard has now figured out what this guy intends to do. He is not dumb and won’t be taken for a fool. 

The lizard starts to fully turn his body around to keep an eye on this potential predator surrounding him. Cautiously, the man reaches a small tree behind the lizard on the back of his property. Just as he reaches the tree, the lizard uses this opportunity actually to jump on the man! 

We hear the man scream out, grab the tree, and lift himself, all while hearing the laughter of his friends and family in the background.

How Many Species of Lizards Are There?

While the number of animal species varies greatly from research to research, the solid number of animal species in total is about 2.16 million living animal species. Out of this 2.16 million species, 5,000 species of them are lizards!

Lizards of the order Squamata range in many different sizes from a mere 0.02 pounds to 336 pounds! These species all vary greatly in many different aspects.

Let’s take a look at the largest lizard there is in the world!

What Is the Largest Lizard in the World?

The largest lizard in the world is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). The largest Komodo dragon weighed 366 pounds and reached 10.3 feet long.  

If you can imagine coming across a 366-pound baby Godzilla you can imagine just how scared this guy must have been!