![]() The dragon sat there as if considering whether or not I was worth the trouble of murdering for a snack. He’d fought and beaten beasts bigger and meaner than me. ![]() He was covered in gnarly scars from years of hard living. The dirt-brown scales lay over his skeleton like a dusty blanket. The dragon was at least 8 feet long and had to weigh over 150 pounds. (This isn’t exactly what I said, of course, but it’s close enough for this audience.) I’m ashamed to say the first words I uttered on that magical shore was a string of swear words: “Divine copulating manure!” I exclaimed. He was a real, live dragon - and he was looking right at me. I stumbled to the beach, and sitting 60 feet away, where the sand turned to grass, was the biggest Komodo dragon I had ever seen. ![]() The Dragon Trappers, from left to right: Jawa Hadi (chef), Kamal (Komodo National Park ranger), Agus Supandi (field assistant), the author, Achmad Ariefiandy (co-lead researcher), Peter Miller (Woodland Park Zoo), Wandi (field assistant), Sanggar Abdil Nasu (Komodo National Park junior staff), M.
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