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KOMODO NATIONAL PARK

komodoindonesiatours.com - Des 07, 2008
KOMODO Island
Nestled between eastern Sumbawa and western Flores li three tiny grass-covered islands – Komodo, Padar and Rinca,  which together form the Komodo National Park, a protected wildlife reserve. This is the home of the giant lizard known as the “ Komodo Dragon” it was throughout to be a myth until the turn of century, when fishermen who were forced by a storm to take shelter on Komodo sighted the monsters.
This is the world’s largest monitor lizard, veranus komodoensis, when full grown it measures up to 4 meters in length and weights anything up to 150kg. They are fearsome creatures with enormous jaws, squat muscular legs and sharp claws. Preying on live deer,

goats and wild pigs, they lie in wait hidden in the long grass.Fossils bearing a strong resemblance have been unearths form chalk deposited dating back 130 million years, about the end of the age of Dinosaurs.
The few inhabitants dwelling on Komodo Island today have built their Kampong on stilts right next to the sea, and survive by dishing, as the land is dry and arid, almost impossible to cultivate.
The waters surrounding the island are rich in colorful corals, fish and shellfish, but there are nozardous rip tides and strong currents which make diving too risky for the novice.
Dolphins, whales and sea turtles are often seen in the straits between the islands, and are rare Species of giant seawater crocodile has been sighted on isolated beaches.