Alameda police were recently called to a home where the former tenants had reportedly left behind a large Komodo dragon.
When police arrived, it turned out to be a young ornate Nile monitor — a lizard species that grows up to 7 feet long.
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A young Ornate Nile Monitor supposedly left behind by the former tenants in an Alameda residence looks out of a kennel after capture.
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