Wild monitor lizards have become an unlikely attraction at this park - with tourists visiting to take pictures of the reptiles. <br /><br />Officials believe there are around 400 of the creatures lurking in the pond at the Lumpini Park in Bangkok, Thailand. <br /> <br />They have even been known to attack passing cyclists, with one woman being rushed to hospital after claiming a lizard ''jumped at her bike''. <br /><br />But despite their fearsome reputation, the creatures have become a much-loved draw to the open green space. <br /><br />Every day they can be seen ambling along the grassy banks of the lake and sauntering along footpaths. <br /><br />Footage taken on May 22 shows holidaymakers posing for selfies and taking pictures of the Asian water monitor lizards.<br /><br />City officials had previously tried to remove the beasts but gave up following a backlash from the public and is now trying to manage the population.<br /><br />Bangkok's City Hall said that it counted 400 monitor lizards in the park in September last year while National Parks Department Director Kanchana Nittaya believes the number is closer to 160. <br /><br />He said: ''The latest population figure for monitor lizards given to us by the [Bangkok Metropolitan Administration] was 400. <br /><br />"They said their workers walked around counting them. <br /><br />"We told them this method of counting could produce a highly inaccurate figure because the same lizard could be counted again by the time an official walked to another spot.''
