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Old 22-07-2009, 04:34 PM
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Old 24-07-2009, 02:06 PM
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Are you sure you didnt mistake £1000 for £10,000? I have found adds on a german classifieds dating back to august 2008 for 08 komodo dragons for 10,000 euros and 6000 euros.

Also, we spent some time on komodo island in 2007, and did not find the wild dragons to be particularly agressive. We actually managed to get very close to get the photos we were after without any problems. This is not to say they cant be, but from what the rangers were telling us the main problems arise when a rogue older male gets booted out of good territory by a younger male, and decides to stake out new territory close to kampung komodo, the village on the island, and these are normally very isolated incidents.
i think its not because of that. i live in indonesia and we sometimes have those tv program about them. why they're unaggresive is perhaps they know people. many people came there, get them food. they become unaggresive. where'd you go at that time, near the kampung, komodo will be even tamer. but if you go far from there, wild komodos are dangerous.
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Old 25-07-2009, 04:40 PM
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i think its not because of that. i live in indonesia and we sometimes have those tv program about them. why they're unaggresive is perhaps they know people. many people came there, get them food. they become unaggresive. where'd you go at that time, near the kampung, komodo will be even tamer. but if you go far from there, wild komodos are dangerous.

I see your point and it is certainly possible, but the encroachment of people onto what is really komodo dragon land will eventually lead to the komodos not having enough territory and land and as such they will start to attack people. Look at Namibia, there the population increases in the last century has led to people taking over the lions land and killing their prey, which is resulting in whole prides stalking and hunting humans as though they were deer.

The solution to the problem is simple, people need to stop taking over the dragons land, otherwise they can hardly complain about being attacked.

EDIT: a pic of Raja from London Zoo.

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hear is my komoda dragon in my garden:

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I doubt it. Komodo's are endangered species and often don't do well in captivity.
I believe London and Bristol zoo have some.

Bristol def don't .I'd be there every day if they did! lol.I REALLY hope they will get some when they build the Eco Zoo
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just read this thread amazing lol i also herd a few years ago of a bloke in scotland that had some, from most of the accounts i have read about captiverty they are about the same as a salvator to train. and as a decendent of each other they probly not that different.

also although probly not now but some reports made and weight and size chats show that there isnt that much different in size in wild komodos and salvators infact at one point i belive (giant monitor book i belive) it states that water monitors were actualy reclassed as the largest monitor untill a slightly larger komodo was found so keeping wouldnt be that much different to a large salvator, but again as said new research is carried out all the time it was only a year or so ago that it was discoverd that bearded dragons are venomus and if they had the method to inject rather than just tiny secretions it could be almost fatel to humans.

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I think you need a zoo licence to keep them, chester zoo have a nice pair






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i think you will find the first person to breed komodos in europe was jim pether in gran canaria about 2000 then they were suplied to ther zoos ie;london think they managed to kill one of jims if i rember rightly about a week after they got it and colchesters came from jim just to mention a couple ,his are kept outside all the time you couldnt ask for better inclosures really
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The female in Chester zoo produced young without mating.I believe this is called parthogenesis and produces male offspring,these can then breed with the female and produce young of mixed sexes.This is how some lizard species colonise islands.
Yes this is so and it was also the first time it had been done but thay was some confusion at first because she had been in with a male the year before and thay was not sure if she could store sperm.........
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I usually work in London Zoo Easter and Summer (only retail and admissions mind, because I'm a student so I only work seasonally) (worth it for the free entry though )and from what I remember Raja has killed 2 females that they've tried to introduce as partners. Shame because I bet the young'uns would be stunning!
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