in Malaysia were seized 422 monitor lizards. The large reptiles, such Komodo Dragons also were hidden in crates of fruit on a truck trapped in nets.
The monitor lizards are the largest lizards in the world, can reach 2 feet long, 166 kg of live weight and up to 30 years.
They eat meat in general but can also eat eggs that raid their nests.
is not the first seizure of smuggled animals. in the case of monitor lizards are traded on the belief, derived from Chinese medicine, that their flesh has healing powers.
However, in the country there are no laws against the smuggling of animals so the situation is critical.