A homeowner in South Africa was surprised to find a large monitor lizard taking a shower in the garden sprinkler on Saturday.<br /><br />The reptile appeared to be having a drink and also cooling off in the water.<br /><br />"The first time I've ever seen this," the filmer wrote online.<br /><br />Worldwide there are 79 different species of monitor lizard.<br /><br />They appear to be relatively intelligent. Studies feeding one species varying numbers of snails showed that they can distinguish numbers up to six.
