A hungry monitor lizard in Thailand was found wandering around with its snout stuck in an empty food tin. <br /><br />The reptile had been rummaging through piles of garbage in Ang Thong, central Thailand, when it tried to eat from inside the metal can.<br /><br />Motorist Sawitree Sauysom, 49, noticed hapless reptile stumbling along the road while she was driving home on Saturday (September 7) afternoon.<br /><br />The kindhearted driver rushed out of the vehicle to have a closer look and found the lizard's eyesight was blocked by the tin.<br /><br />Footage shows how the frightened resident was attempting to remove the small can with a long stick. <br /><br />She is also in the video getting increasingly worried because the reptile kept dashing away from her.<br /><br />The monitor lizard refused to be rescued and eventually ran into wasteland on the roadside. Sawitree drove home and called the local animal rescue group.<br /><br />Speaking on Monday, Sawitree said: ''I wanted to help but I was also afraid of being bitten, so I grabbed the longest stick I could find to remove the tin.<br /><br />''I spent a while trying to remove the can but it was too tight and the lizard kept running away. I had no choice but to give up when it ran away into the wasteland and disappeared.''<br /><br />Rescue volunteers spent two days monitoring the injured lizard. Happily, it was finally caught and had the can removed before being returned to the wild on Monday afternoon.<br /><br />Sawitree added: ''There are some monitor lizards living in the area because it's quiet and near a canal. Some careless people think that the place is abandoned so they like to throw away rubbish, which is very harmful to those animals.<br /><br />''That lizard could have died if the rescuers didn't find it. I hope people will be more responsible and stop littering. This will help animals and also keep the city clean.''
