Palm Beach 侵略するd by 巨大（な） 7ft-long lizards as 居住（者）s are 警告するd if you see one... run

By Daily Mail Reporter
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巨大（な） lizards up to seven feet long are 侵略するing some parts of Florida.

野性生物 groups are 警告 居住（者）s in Palm Beach and Broward 郡s to run if they see a Nile 監視する Lizard に引き続いて a sharp rise in sightings.

The scary-looking predators are native to Africa and Asian - not the 日光 明言する／公表する - but 専門家s say they have been kept as pets and 始める，決める 解放する／自由な in the past.

Nasty when captured: A Nile Monitor Lizard like the ones invading parts of Florida

汚い when 逮捕（する）d: A Nile 監視する Lizard like the ones 侵略するing parts of Florida

Their numbers are now multiplying at an alarming 率 in canals まっただ中に the sub-熱帯の 気候.

One five-foot long lizard is known to have slithered into one 居住（者）'s house through a dog flap.

People are 存在 警告するd the creatures get 汚い when 逮捕（する）d - they have long tails that they can use like whips, sharp teeth and claws and typically prey on birds and small pets.

'They can also run at 速度(を上げる）s of 15mph and swim for one hour under water.

The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Residents nearby have been warned to be on the look-out for Monitor Lizards

The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. 居住（者）s nearby have been 警告するd to be on the look-out for 監視する Lizards

'The 関心 is that these critters can not only be 防御の when cornered, but they also 脅す our native 種類 and ecosystem,' said Gabriella Ferraro, an spokesperson for Florida Fish and 野性生物 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 (FWC).

居住（者）s are advised not to try to 逮捕（する） the lizards themselves.

'This is a high-優先 種類 for us,' 追加するd Scott Hardin, 調整者／コーディネーター of the FWC's Exotic 種類 調整 Section.

'We 計画（する） to go after them 積極性 to either try to eradicate them or 抑える their numbers.'

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