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10 Reasons to Visit Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park ... Immerse Yourself in Local Culture at Mesa Island Mesa Island offers a glimpse into the traditional ...
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Lizard people: Singapore airline opens new route to Komodo dragons
Getting a close look at the world’s biggest lizard has been made easier with the launching of a first direct flight from Singapore to the gateway airport to Komodo, the Indonesian island where ...
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The Most Infamous Komodo Dragon Encounters of the Century, From a Fatal Attack on an 8-Year-Old Boy to a Zookeeper Bitten by a Battling Animal
All the people come running here, but other dragons follow along as well.” The foot of a Komodo dragon rests in the sunlight on Rinca Island. Mikel Bilbao / VW PICS / Universal Images Group via ...
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Komodo Island's Entry Fee at Rp3.75mn; Tourism Ministry Explains the Reasons
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tourists visiting Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT ... in 2013 increased dramatically to 63,000 compared to that in 2002 at only 11,000 people. The significant surge in the ...
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Would You Pay $1,000 to See the World’s Biggest Lizards?
In the distance, they could see Komodo Island ... seizure of farmland for new roads. On Lombok Island, civil society groups said thousands of people were forcibly evicted from their ancestral ...
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Komodo dragons kill Indonesian fisherman
Other fisherman took Anwar to a clinic on nearby Flores Island, east of Bali ... have killed or injured people. Last month a park ranger survived after a Komodo dragon climbed the ladder into ...
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Komodo Dragon Fact Sheet
Their home islands are volcanic ... dragons promote tourism and provide economic incentives for local people to support the Komodo dragon’s protection. Numerous conservation groups and zoos ...