The Komodo dragon, simply the biggest and fattest lizard on earth, is undisputed superstar of the park.

FORBES: On The Tail Of The Komodo Dragon In Indonesia

Eight feet tall and twenty-four feet long, the specimen had been mounted in a predatory running position, with its arms out and its jaws open, as if determined to eat Lot No. 49220 a cast Komodo dragon, crouching ten yards away, on blue velvet.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

They came to cruise the remote spice islands in Indonesia, the dragon-dotted shores of Komodo, the scuba fantasyland of Raja Ampat, or simply to escape to Thailand and Burma.

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