when I first saw the Dragons close up I was really amazed there’s something
was really amazed there’s something
was really amazed there’s something about that prehistoric look that they
about that prehistoric look that they
about that prehistoric look that they have that weird sort of eye that’s
have that weird sort of eye that’s
have that weird sort of eye that’s looking around the saliva dripping from
looking around the saliva dripping from
looking around the saliva dripping from the mouth they have a an interesting
the mouth they have a an interesting
the mouth they have a an interesting gait where they kind of wave the head
gait where they kind of wave the head
gait where they kind of wave the head back and forth and their front legs make
back and forth and their front legs make
back and forth and their front legs make big circles to come around and they
big circles to come around and they
big circles to come around and they cover a lot of ground with their steps
Komodo dragons live only on islands in
Komodo dragons live only on islands in the Indonesian archipelago there’s
the Indonesian archipelago there’s
the Indonesian archipelago there’s probably you know maybe only about 3000
probably you know maybe only about 3000
probably you know maybe only about 3000 of these animals left the villages are
of these animals left the villages are
of these animals left the villages are not large they’re usually sort of right
not large they’re usually sort of right
not large they’re usually sort of right on the coast and the dragons are kind of
on the coast and the dragons are kind of
on the coast and the dragons are kind of off in the distance the dragons don’t
off in the distance the dragons don’t
off in the distance the dragons don’t generally attack and kill and drag off a
generally attack and kill and drag off a
generally attack and kill and drag off a person that’s not really the usual
person that’s not really the usual
person that’s not really the usual incident it’s sometimes just a defensive
incident it’s sometimes just a defensive
incident it’s sometimes just a defensive bite and then the dragon leaves but I
bite and then the dragon leaves but I
bite and then the dragon leaves but I think more and more as the villages
think more and more as the villages
think more and more as the villages spread out a bit the dragons are coming
spread out a bit the dragons are coming
spread out a bit the dragons are coming closer to people and coming into the
closer to people and coming into the
closer to people and coming into the villages more often in search of food in
villages more often in search of food in
villages more often in search of food in the culture there is a reverence for
the culture there is a reverence for
the culture there is a reverence for Komodo dragons and they do see them as
Komodo dragons and they do see them as
Komodo dragons and they do see them as sort of an ancestral form
people have been kind of obsessed with
people have been kind of obsessed with the Komodo dragons saliva what’s in it
the Komodo dragons saliva what’s in it
the Komodo dragons saliva what’s in it and how deadly is it the venom actually
and how deadly is it the venom actually
and how deadly is it the venom actually has a component in it that stops the
has a component in it that stops the
has a component in it that stops the blood from clotting and so when the the
blood from clotting and so when the the
blood from clotting and so when the the animal crawls away and maybe tries to
animal crawls away and maybe tries to
animal crawls away and maybe tries to hide out it’s going to bleed out much
hide out it’s going to bleed out much
hide out it’s going to bleed out much faster because of this this venom that’s
faster because of this this venom that’s
faster because of this this venom that’s in its blood and so the dragon will be
in its blood and so the dragon will be
in its blood and so the dragon will be able to sniff out that animal a little
able to sniff out that animal a little
able to sniff out that animal a little bit later and feed on it even if it
bit later and feed on it even if it
bit later and feed on it even if it escaped but certainly the saliva of the
escaped but certainly the saliva of the
escaped but certainly the saliva of the Komodo dragon is is nasty stuff
Komodo dragon is is nasty stuff
Komodo dragon is is nasty stuff [Music]
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[Music] when you see these in the wild do you
when you see these in the wild do you
when you see these in the wild do you think wow this is you know this is
think wow this is you know this is
think wow this is you know this is almost sort of a relic of evolution
almost sort of a relic of evolution
almost sort of a relic of evolution there’s just a beauty and a look about
there’s just a beauty and a look about
there’s just a beauty and a look about them and I just think it would be
them and I just think it would be
them and I just think it would be incredible to to live amongst these
incredible to to live amongst these
incredible to to live amongst these these ancient dragons
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