To be honest, it was the sheer spirit and excitement of these bloggers and the Skyscanner team that my fear completely gave way to a pleasant anticipation. It helped to know that I had 9 other bloggers with me as a distraction and possibly to call on for help. Loaded with all this information and with a determined mind, I was all set to meet the Komodo dragon in its own lair. (DOUBLE ARGH!!!) Why they don’t even leave their own babies. Their food consists of deer, pigs, water buffaloes and well, sometimes humans. They have a keen sense of smell and quite like the sharks – can smell blood 18 kms away.They are quite fast and can rush upto 15 – 20 kms per hour.

They hunt solitary but like to party together once the prey is caught.Their saliva has 60 different toxic bacteria. They have a forked tongue and use their saliva to disable and poison their prey.They grow to over 3m, in fact the largest ones were on the very island – the Komodo Island, that I visited.The Komodo dragons are found on three islands – Padar Island, Rinca and Komodo Island.Here are some other Komodo Dragon information, some as explained by the rangers at the Komodo National Park –

Ok google komodo dragon