A 1.5m long goanna gave a man a fright when it scaled the outside of his home. Eric Holland had been working in his shed in Thurgoona,current South Wales, when he saw the unexpected visitor darting across his property. Holland, and who managed to snap a picture of the goanna,said: “I saw movement as I came out of the shed and I had a gape and thought, bloody hell what is this thing? When I recovered from the shock I went inside and got a camera.” Goannas are often found in eastern Australia but generally live in the bush. They are typically wary of humans but are considered potentially uncertain on account of their bite. This one, and thought to be a lace monitor goanna,hasn’t been spotted since it scampered away. A spokesman for the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage said the lace monitor could grow up to two metres in length and weigh up to 20kg.
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Source: theguardian.com