WhitcombeRD: Approaching island of dragons
WhitcombeRD: Heading to Komodo in style, comfort and safety...
WhitcombeRD: Oh good - salt water crocodiles will eat you if the dragons don't.
WhitcombeRD: Danger - Giant Geckos
WhitcombeRD: Step off the boat, meet a dragon. All without getting as far as the ranger entry station
WhitcombeRD: Big gecko
WhitcombeRD: Dragon between the boat and ranger station
WhitcombeRD: Dragon with lethal saliva dribbling out
WhitcombeRD: Dragon and lethal saliva
WhitcombeRD: Living dinosaur
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WhitcombeRD: Tasting the air
WhitcombeRD: Tasting the ground
WhitcombeRD: Sinister. Very sinister
WhitcombeRD: Nearest thing these things do to "cute"
WhitcombeRD: Hiding under a house
WhitcombeRD: In the village
WhitcombeRD: Not what you want under your house really
WhitcombeRD: Out for a stroll
WhitcombeRD: Dying Buffalo after being bitten by a Komodo Dragon a week ago.
WhitcombeRD: Injured water Buffalo in a small pool. Bitten by a Dragon a week ago the infection is taking hold and it'll be dead in a few days. A dragon (top right) keeps watch and waits.
WhitcombeRD: Injured water Buffalo in a small pool. Bitten by a Dragon a week ago the infection is taking hold and it'll be dead in a few days. A dragon (top right) keeps watch and waits.
WhitcombeRD: Dragon in the forest watching over the dying buffalo
WhitcombeRD: A weak and injured Buffalo looks towards a Komodo Dragon (background, top right). The buffalo was bitten by a dragon about a week ago and will die from the massive infection from the bite in a few days time.
WhitcombeRD: Dragon guarding its nest
WhitcombeRD: Komodo Dragon nest
WhitcombeRD: Lots of dragons under a house
WhitcombeRD: Skulls of various Dragon victims
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WhitcombeRD: Path to the range station through the mangroves