{"id":33486,"date":"2026-03-04T17:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33486"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:47:37","slug":"how-to-see-bangkoks-famous-monitor-lizards-up-close-and-why-you-shouldnt-be-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33486","title":{"rendered":"How to see Bangkok\u2019s famous monitor lizards up close and why you shouldn\u2019t be scared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/03\/f406025c-6f80-4d75-9eea-ca06c85c05f1_47125d5f.jpg?itok=Z-zm-Ho5&amp;v=1772509637\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Bangkok, nine o\u2019clock in the morning. The tropical heat is slowly settling over Thailand\u2019s capital like a damp towel.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The last sweaty joggers and tai chi practitioners are just leaving Lumphini Park \u2013 the green lungs of the metropolis. Suddenly, a tourist\u2019s scream slices through the calm atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With eyes widened in fear, he stares at a creature that looks as if it has stepped straight out of prehistoric times.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A two-metre-long (6\u00bd foot) lizard known as an Asian water monitor is slowly moving across the asphalt and repeatedly flicking out its forked, dark tongue.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Unimpressed by the horror of the Chinese holidaymaker, it marches towards a lake dotted with yellow pedal boats \u2013 and glides smoothly into the water.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tourists immediately start pedalling and approach with curiosity as the animal swims elegantly through the murky green lake with its tail flattened at the side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/travel-leisure\/article\/3345213\/how-see-bangkoks-famous-monitor-lizards-close-and-why-you-shouldnt-be-scared?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bangkok, nine o\u2019clock in the morning. The tropical heat is slowly settling over Thailand\u2019s capital like a damp towel. The last sweaty joggers and tai&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5465,468,4675,17213,2771,3024,1358],"class_list":["post-33486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-bangkoks","tag-close","tag-famous","tag-lizards","tag-monitor","tag-scared","tag-shouldnt","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}