Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | By: Hengkie

Komodo Island - East Nusa Tenggara

Komodo Island is located in the westernmost province of East Nusa Tenggara, which borders West Nusa Tenggara Province. Exactly at Komodo district, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Since 1980, an area of ​​1817 km2 National Park was made ​​by the Government of Indonesia, which is then recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1986.
On the island there is a well-known reptiles of the world, the Komodo dragon. This rare animal has a body length of about 2-3 meters, weigh up to 70-100 pounds. These animals are like the hot and dry. So his life in a tropical forest or savanna habitat at low altitude. At night, dragons nest in a hole as deep as 1-3 meters while keeping body heat at night. These dragons prey on goats, deer, wild boar, and birds. In certain circumstances, can behave cannibal with Komodo dragons prey on others. By relying on her sense of smell on his tongue, the Komodo dragon can smell carrion prey as far as 9 kilometers. Bites which can contain bacteria and deadly, plus a sharp front claws are natural weapons. In addition, the dragons were able to run 20 kilometers per hour in short distances, climbing trees, swimming and even diving. Animals are interesting enough to be witnessed directly by you for those who had never seen him live on Komodo Island.
Are you interested? please come here, on East Nusa Tenggara.



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