Robert said:An insight into my life: Komodo Dragon is the animal on this planet that I fear the most.
Schlomo said:Robert said:An insight into my life: Komodo Dragon is the animal on this planet that I fear the most.
insight into mine, this is the animal I fear the most:
I see a picture and just cringe. I screamed like a little girl when one of these fell on me.
Komodo's are kind of cute. Wouldn't want to be near one when it's hungry though.
Robert said:Schlomo, your pic isn't showing up for me.
abra said:Unless you're at a zoo I don't think you can get them. Aren't they big and poisonous?
DeanS said:Get in line pal! Me first! Then Tom! I knew a couple of the Keepers at Metrozoo (Miami) and they got baby Dragons like clockwork! Hmmmmm! Maybe I shoulda stayed in FL. In a nutshell...good luck!
EricIvins said:They will never be in Public hands.........The Indonesian Gov't owns every legal Komodo in captivity........Doesn't matter if what fillial generation they are........You need permission from the Indo Gov't along with AZA accredidation, and endorsement from AZA accredited Facilities.......Lots of Red tape and the AZA good ol' boy system to acquire a legal animal.........
I'm sure if you look hard enough you'll find a few on the open market, but good luck trying to hide one........
DeanS said:I'm saying he's wrong! The Indonesian government owns every animal exported...NOT animals hatched abroad! In other words, the thousands of dragon babies hatched in the States alone...belong to the institution where the hatched! We're not talking about Giant Pandas here...they are the ONLY animal that remian the property of their native land!
Tom said:BTW, Rob, that's really weird. Of all the scary sea creatures, horribly aggressive venomous snakes, huge fanged big cats, deadly horned hoofstock animals, and swarming killer insects in the world, you picked a monitor lizard to be MOST afraid of!?! What?
EricIvins said:DeanS said:I'm saying he's wrong! The Indonesian government owns every animal exported...NOT animals hatched abroad! In other words, the thousands of dragon babies hatched in the States alone...belong to the institution where the hatched! We're not talking about Giant Pandas here...they are the ONLY animal that remian the property of their native land!
Animals hatched abroad by animals loaned out by a Gov't are still property of the original Gov't
Robert said:Tom said:BTW, Rob, that's really weird. Of all the scary sea creatures, horribly aggressive venomous snakes, huge fanged big cats, deadly horned hoofstock animals, and swarming killer insects in the world, you picked a monitor lizard to be MOST afraid of!?! What?
I'm not claiming it is a rational fear. I can't explain it. I would rather be in a swimming pool with a great white than in a cage with a Komodo. Don't get me wrong, I'm scared of snakes and many other animals too. I'm a big wuss with lots of these animals. But at the end of the day, in the old game of "What animal would you least like to be trapped in a cage with?", my answer is always Komodo Dragon. (or Oprah).
I can appreciate the majesty and prowess of the animal. They are amazing creatures, but they just scare the living crap out of me!!
"Occasionally they consume humans and human corpses, digging up bodies from shallow graves. This habit of raiding graves caused the villagers of Komodo to move their graves from sandy to clay ground and pile rocks on top of them to deter the lizards.".
I mean come on, really???