The 72-year-old man suffered significant blood loss when he tried to break up a fight between the goanna and the couple's Jack Russell cross in Queensland
An elderly couple and their dog have been injured in a"horrific and freak" attack by a large lizard.
The 72-year-old man suffered significant blood loss when he tried to break up a fight between the goanna and the couple's Jack Russell cross in Queensland. Australian emergency services flew the man to hospital with serious leg and arm injuries after the attack on Thursday afternoon.It was initially reported that the dog had died, but it later emerged she had survived - which the injured woman described as"the best news I've heard all day".Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman Shane Tucker said:"Apparently the family dog went chasing this goanna and they got into an altercation and the gentlemen tried to save his dog.
"His partner was also on the scene and was trying to separate the dog from the goanna as well, and she also sustained some minor injuries to her foot."
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