Expedition Nile Monitor Lizards – Race Against a Reptile Invasion:

Cape Coral on the west coast of Florida is a modern day Venice, a paradise for vacationers and retirees. Yet, it’s a paradise with some minor flaws. Several times a month biologists and volunteers have to remove uninvited visitors from gardens, garbage containers, or swimming pools. The visitors are Nile monitor lizards. As the name implies, these reptiles originally came from Africa. Because exotic animals are popular pets in Florida, some 20 years ago reptile dealers imported a few young animals. But no one told the buyers that these animals could grow to be over 2 meters long. Now they are a pest. The film expedition traces the tracks of the lizards back to their original habitat in East Africa, trying to find solutions for the growing lizard problem in Florida…

(a 45 min. documentary for ZDF / Arte Discoveries)