A cheeky monitor lizard was caught on camera - snatching lunch from a family of otters.<br /><br />The animals snared the large catfish and were tucking into it on the banks of the lake inside the Singapore Botanic Gardens on August 18.<br /><br />But the aggressive lizard crawled over to the otters without disturbing them and pounced - snatching their dinner in its jaws.<br /><br />Mobile phone footage shows how the terrified otters fled while the water monitor lizard walked onto the banks to devour its ill-gotten gains. <br /><br />Onlookers joked that the lizard was ''super gangster'' and the renowned wildlife park had gone to ruins with the crime.<br /><br />Park visitor Sivasothi said: ''The Zouk5 smooth-coated otter family was stalked by this seasoned monitor lizard. She sidled up to them and swiped their treasured fish with a stabbing motion of the head. <br /><br />''The feisty lizard then clambered on to land as the audience reacted with surprise, laughter and dismay. But some did cheer on the old gravid resident lizard. <br /><br />''The otters missed dinner, the swans hissed at them and they certainly didn’t try taking on the large catfish surfacing to feed at the other end of the pond. <br /><br />''This World Heritage Site sure is a gangsta neighbourhood these days, but at least they are free of attacks by the competing Bishan otter family. <br /><br />''The nervous pups shook all that off and revived to play until the sunset. If nothing else, they live to fight another day.''
