tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908833534121959769.post8376037555882742227..comments2023-10-26T01:00:44.816-07:00Comments on Friends online travel the globe: komodo island, home of the giant lizardHanny777http://www.blogger.com/profile/06255596876949950875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908833534121959769.post-71378112292890308022009-03-29T07:30:00.000-07:002009-03-29T07:30:00.000-07:00An Indonesian fisherman has been killed by Komodo ...An Indonesian fisherman has been killed by Komodo dragons after he was attacked while trespassing on a remote island in search of fruit, officials said Tuesday. <BR/><BR/>Muhamad Anwar, 32, bled to death on his way to hospital after being mauled by the reptiles at Loh Sriaya, in eastern Indonesia's Komodo National Park, the park's general manager Fransiskus Harum told CNN. <BR/><BR/>"The fisherman was inside the park when he went looking for sugar-apples. The area was forbidden for people to enter as there are a lot of wild dragons," Harum said. <BR/><BR/>Other fisherman took Anwar to a clinic on nearby Flores Island, east of Bali, but he was declared dead on arrival, he added. <BR/><BR/>Komodo dragons, the world's heaviest lizards, can grow up to 3 meters (10 feet) in length and have a toxic bite that they use to kill prey such as buffalo, returning to feast when the animal succumbs to the poison.Hanny777https://www.blogger.com/profile/06255596876949950875noreply@blogger.com