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Destination Komodo !!! advertising board in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. | |
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| Komodo Island October ‘99 , Adult dragon eating deer at 06,AM in the morning , me & my wife & a park ranger found the day before a dead deer freshly biten (on the rear leg) by a Komodo Dragon , we hung the dead deer on the closest tree at ground level then returned the morning after & took a couple of pictures of big & small dragons devouring the corpse. |  |
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Watchin’ at a sub-adult Varanus Komodensis eating what was left over from the unfortunate deer… | |
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Komodo Island : Looks like an old dragon having a rest at the hottest of the day (September/October end of dry season)Dragons can look pretty emeciated… |
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| Rinca Island : Dragon enjoying the solitude of the bush… |  |
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Komodo Island : Perfect camouflaged , could have been a treetrunk… | |
| This dragon was one of the many enjoying a rest at that time of the day : 12.00 noon (see in the background). |  |
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“on our way to Rinca by local fisher boat” | |
| Komodo Island : Dragon in the shade under visitors bungallow… |  |
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Komodo island : P.A. OUWEN research Lab at ranger station (LohLiang) | |
| Sunset at Rinca Island |  |
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Rinca Island | |
| Rinca island : Young dragon catchin’early sun rays at ranger station. |  |
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Komodo Island : Big dragons resting in the shade under visitors bungallow , whatch your feet !!! | |
| Rinca island : Female dragon resting in the savannah |  |
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Komodo Island : Dragon roaming around… | |
| & resting… |  |
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Komodo island: Two Big dragons at Loh Liang … | |
| Komodo island: dragon. |  |
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Rinca Island : lady dragon… | |
| Rinca island : Yound dragons eating bugs… |  |
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& Bugs… | |
| Komodo island : Dragon with a full belly roaming around. |  |
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Komodo Island : Male & female at Loh Liang | |
| Komodo island : Dragon in the pool , heat was scorching !!! |  |
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Rinca savannah… | |
| Rinca ranger station… |  |
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Komodo Island : 06.00 am in the morning , Dragon devouring a deer. | |
| Rinca Island |  |
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Komodo island | |
| Rinca Island |  |
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Early morning at Rinca… | |
| Komodo Island : Dragon’s lair,look what’s inside !!! |  |
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Komodo Island : Dragon roaming…under visitors Bungallow… | |
| Komodo Island : This picture show a Dragon and in the background the deer’s corpse (or what was left over…) hung on a tree branch… |  |
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Komodo island : Dragon found the corpse… | |
| Komodo island : What is left over for the little ones… |  |
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On the way to Komodo…coastal fisher village. | |
| On the way to Komodo…coastal fisher village. |  |
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Fisher boat crossing… | |
| “Draco Volans” or flying dragons plentiful on Komodo island. |  |
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Komodo Island : Dragon in action !!! | |
| Komodo island : roaming around. |  |
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Rinca :Midday break in the savannah. | |
| Komodo Island : Dragon drinkin’ at pool. |  |
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