Komodo Dragons Kill Indonesian Man: Human Attacks on the Rise
March 24, 2009
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Its a predator, not a bird on a cage
They are reptiles. This is written like they acted with intent; rather, they acted as their nature dictated. The poor man made the error of trespassing into their preserved habitat and the dragons behaved in accordance with their species and instincts. To frame this tragedy with such emotional hyperbole is a mistake.
Thank you for the comments. I don’t think my story as written contains any emotional hyperbole. I stated that human attacks are rare, but recently have increased. I also recognize komodo dragons are creatures in the wild and act on instinct. That being said, they are fierce animals, that tear off whole chunks of a victim’s flesh and swallow it whole. Mr. Anwar suffered a horrific death that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. My thoughts go out to his grieving family.
Komodo dragons are known to set up ambush sites and will rush most any prey that happens to go near their ambush site it is likely this man was just unfortunate enough to wander into one of these sites