THE LORD OF THE RINGS - MONAGHAN SAYS FAREWELL TO CHAMELEON PETS

THE LORD OF THE RINGS star DOMINIC MONAGHAN has set his two chameleons, KARMA and GELB, free as part of a fond farewell to them in Hawaii.

The lizard-loving actor, who has also had black widow spiders and Madagascan hissing cockroaches as pets, picked up the chameleons when he first arrived on Hawaii to shoot hit US drama LOST.

And, after filming the last episode recently, he decided it was time to let his reptiles go.

He says, "They live in Hawaii, they were introduced about 20 years ago and they flourished there, so I let those guys go the last day that I was working, which was kinda sad but nice.

"I kinda felt like my kind of story in their life was done and they went to do their own thing now - so that was nice."