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KONA, Hawaii — He won’t get a medal for valour as he did in 2008 when he risked his life to save a man about to jump off the High Level Bridge.

But former EPS Staff-Sgt. Kerry Nesbit has saved another life. This time of a relatively rare creature that looks like mini-dinosaur.

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“I was in a cycling group returning from training on the Big Island hills south of Kona when we began a descent down a steep hill,” says Nisbet, founder of the Ironcops for Cancer team that has raised more than $8.4 million for cancer research.

“I sped by a creature that looked like an iguana as it slowly started to cross the highway. It was heading into traffic and its demise looked imminent.”

Nisbet turned around and tried to get the creature back into the bushes.

“I flagged down traffic as this guy was intent on getting to the other side of the road,” says the cyclist.

“He took a liking to my bike and followed it across the highway while the rest of our group came back and began taking photos.”