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ancestors roamed the earth up to about half a million years
ago. Komodo feed on other animals: goat, deer, water buffalo and even
their own dead.
Although Komodo are considered harmless and it is advisable
to keep them at the distance, today the ORA is a protected species. They
inhabit the Komodo Island and other nearby island of Rinca & Padar.
Komodo Island
is a small hilly of 280 square km, located between the
islands of
Sumbawa
and
Flores.
The island is famous for its giant lizards, considered the last of their
kind remaining in the world today, the Komodo Dragon. It is surrounded by
some the most tempestuous waters in Indonesia that provides a good
snorkelling and diving.
Komodo Island is now a nature reserve, home to a number of
rare bird species, deer and weld pigs, which are prey to the lizards as
well. The only human population on the island is at the fishing village
called Kampung Komodo, in a bay on the east coast, who
supplements their income breeding goats which are used to feed the lizard.
There is a water hole called Banugulung which
attracts Komodo as well as a little ‘grandstand’ overlooks the river bed
where the dragons gathered. You might also see dragons on some of the
walks and few lazy examples around the tourist camp looking for food.
Rinca Island,
another island inhabit by the Komodo Dragon is Rinca
Island. Even there are now feeding places on the island and spotting the
monitor is more a matter of luck and your guide knowledge, but there are
much other abundant species: several monkey colonies, wild water buffalos,
deer, horses, pigs, bush turkeys and eagles.
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