The youngster was lucky that his mother had come along to open and raise the toilet seat. The startled woman found a carnivorous teju, or tegus, a large black and yellow South American lizard, lurking there newspaper Bergensavisen reports. "Not a nice experience," is the father's summary. He came running when he heard the sound of screaming from the family toilet. | "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" |
The Akvariet (aquarium) in Bergen was called, and reptile expert Remi Andersen paid a house call. He confirmed that the animal in the apartment in the Nordnes district of Bergen was a 1.5 kilo (3.3 lb) teju. | "Now there's something you don't see everyday" |
The teju is capable of holding its breath for half an hour, which probably explains how it managed to navigate its way through the sewer and up into the family toilet. The family is lucky they looked, rather than sat, first.
"The chances are greater that the lizard would have taken a bite out of someone's 'ham', than that it wouldn't have," Akvariet director Kees Ekeli told Bergensavisen. | Ham? So that's what they call it in Norway. Thought it would be more like "Kielbasa" |
It is illegal to import or own such reptiles in Norway, but the Akvariet has been allowed to keep the beast.
| Carnivorous Toilet Lizards, why do they hate us? |
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