Next time you go out for a meal make sure you check the menu very carefully before choosing your meal. You never know, you just might be ordering a rare species for dinner! This might sound totally ludicrous but scientists have apparently discovered a previously unknown type of lizard which was being served as a delicacy in a restaurant in Vietnam.
The lizard in question, technically called Leiolepis Ngovantrii, was being grilled and served by Vietnamese waiters and waitresses who had no idea what they were handling. This species was completely new to the scientific world and its appearance puts a whole new meaning into a request for "rare" meat. Scientists in California have since said that it is a new lineage consisting of females who use a cloning process to reproduce. This really is a story about the irony of life isn't it?
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