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A male Komodo dragon walking on a beach on Komodo Island. The dragon is using its forked tongue for smelling. 27 May 2005, Komodo Island, Indonesia
Monday, Jun. 09, 2008

Open quoteIt was big ... it tried to have a go at my feet.Close quote

  • HELENA NEVALAINEN
  • 38, a Swedish scuba diver, describing how she fended off an attack by a Komodo dragon with her weight belt after she and four others were marooned on the Indonesian island of Rinca
Photo: Theo Allofs / Corbis | Source: Guardian