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Komodo dragon attacks tourist taking photograph |
2017-05-06 |
[SCMP] A Komodo dragon attacked a tourist in Indonesia who was trying to photograph the giant creatures eating a goat. Singaporean Loh Lee Aik, 67, was rushed to hospital with leg injuries after being pounced on by the venomous creature. "He was probably very excited taking pictures of the dragon, he didn’t realise another dragon was approaching him and then he was bitten," said local police front man Jules Abraham Abast. "Luckily it was a small dragon that bit him." What next? The attack happened during the dragons’ mating season, which runs from May to August and is a time when the lizards are more aggressive. Abast said Loh failed to report his visit to authorities or take a park ranger with him, something visitors are advised to do. Thirty people have been bitten by Komodo dragons since 1974, with five of the victims dying, according to Komodo National Park authorities. Recent research has found that the dragons’ jaws have highly sophisticated venom glands that can cause paralysis, spasms and shock through haemorrhaging. They can grow up to three metres long and weigh up to 70kg. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 :-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-06 20:24 |
#2 Nihon, where they run the komodos To Benny Hill's themesong on kotos, But pixelate no-nos That wink from kimonos In all those notorious photos. |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-05-06 14:13 |
#1 Loh Lee Aik Possibly a short guy, or of a lesser caste. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-06 03:40 |