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Media reports from around India have periodically fuelled the belief that lizards can poison food. But while such incidents raise legitimate food-safety concerns, they also risk giving an already misunderstood animal a worse reputation.

In the forests of Assam's Kaziranga National Park, where one-horned rhinoceroses have long faced the threat of poaching, one of the most determined members of the anti-poaching force had four legs, a sharp nose and an extraordinary instinct for following a trail. His name was Zorba, a Belgian Malinois who helped forest officials track down more than 60 poachers during his career.