Smartphone footage of a giant monitor lizard looking in the fridges and climbing up shelves at a 7-Eleven store in Nakhon Pathom province is the most viewed video of the day in Thailand.

The 6ft long reptile emerged from a nearby canal and ran into the convenience store sparking panic among staff and customers.

As the lizard climbed onto shelves and knocking cartons of milk to the ground a shop assistant called the police who soon arrived with reptile handlers shortly after lunchtime on Tuesday.

The rescue team dragged the lizard out of the store before ushering it away into nearby undergrowth.

Jejene Narumpa who filmed and shared the video on her Facebook page believed the creature was hot and hungry and only came in to cool off.

A dancer who lost her job during the pandemic has become an online hit after showing off her crazy moves while selling French Fries.

Thanaporn Mankonkaew had been a backing dancer with Thai pop star singer Lamyai Haitongkam travelling around the country but when Covid-19 lockdowns came into force last year she was unable to continue working.

To make ends meet she opened a food stall outside her home in Bangkok and entertained customers with her wacky dance moves.

Videos posted on social media of her serving skills gained attention and customers were soon flocking to her roadside food stand.

The owner of a dog missing for two days after it ran off was overjoyed at getting her furry friend back after being rescued by a bus on a busy Bangkok expressway.

Cookie was spotted wandering exhausted along the Si Rat Expressway in the scorching midday sun on Tuesday with many drivers having to slow down to avoid hitting the lost dog.

To the rescue was bus No. 166 who had received a call warning of a dog on the road ahead.

The kind driver stopped his bus and called the dog who wearily climbed aboard before laying under a seat to cool off and rest after two days wandering.

The dog’s owner saw the video on Facebook after it went viral and contacted the bus company to go and pick up her missing pooch.

The woman told reporters she had rescued the dog about a year ago but on Sunday Cookie escaped from the garden and vanished into thin air until she watched the video online and spotted him straight away.