Huge 'crazy' goanna savages a man and a paramedic trying to help him – leaving both in hospital A man who was attacked by a 1.5m goanna was trying to protect his peacocks Paul Smallhorn suffered lacerations to his knee after the lizard dug its claws in His girlfriend called emergency authorities when she realised he was in danger A paramedic who rushed to help Mr Smallhorn ended up with his own injuries
By Paula Ahillon For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 22:42 GMT, 13 February 2019 | Updated: 08:48 GMT, 14 February 2019
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A man who was attacked by a crazed goanna was trying to protect his peacocks when the lizard dug its razor-sharp claws into his knee.
Paul Smallhorn tried to pull the 1.5 metre-long reptile away from the birds at his Toogoolawah home, in south-east Queensland on Wednesday morning.
'I walked about 50 metres to let him go and he threw his tail around my leg, pulled his body into me and dug all his claws in,' Mr Smallhorn told 9news.
