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Earlier this month three British divers took refuge on an Indonesian island after being swept away by currents in the ocean. Amazingly, while stranded on the remote island, they fought off an attack by a Komodo Dragon who was far from friendly!
Here is an excerpt from Dailymail author Alastair Fothergill :
“There is no question that Komodo dragons can be brutal killers: they can act in concert, they move at 15 miles an hour and can scent their prey from miles away.
They have also been known to kill humans. Last year, an eight-year-old boy was bitten in the waist and tossed viciously from side to side, according to a Komodo National Park spokesman. Half an hour later, he died of massive blood loss.
But the truth is that Komodos rarely kill people. The boy was the first recorded human fatality for 33 years and the people of the remote Komodo islands have existed side by side with these living Godzillas for centuries.”
more of the above article here:
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photo courtesy dailymail.co.uk
Earlier this month three British divers took refuge on an Indonesian island after being swept away by currents in the ocean. Amazingly, while stranded on the remote island, they fought off an attack by a Komodo Dragon who was far from friendly!
Here is an excerpt from Dailymail author Alastair Fothergill :
“There is no question that Komodo dragons can be brutal killers: they can act in concert, they move at 15 miles an hour and can scent their prey from miles away.
They have also been known to kill humans. Last year, an eight-year-old boy was bitten in the waist and tossed viciously from side to side, according to a Komodo National Park spokesman. Half an hour later, he died of massive blood loss.
But the truth is that Komodos rarely kill people. The boy was the first recorded human fatality for 33 years and the people of the remote Komodo islands have existed side by side with these living Godzillas for centuries.”
more of the above article here:
dailymail.co.uk
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