When we get to the top we go back to the bottom and we start all over again...
And something of the animal rights anarcho-nihilist in me just loves this.
Hey, if the Christers can revel in their sadistic fantasies of Hell and The End Times, can't we Natural History buffs enjoy The Revenge of The Dragons?
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May 24, 2009
KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) — Komodo dragons have shark-like teeth and poisonous venom that can kill a person within hours of a bite. Yet villagers who have lived for generations alongside the world's largest lizard were not afraid — until the dragons started to attack...
Komodo dragon attacks are still rare, experts note. But fear is swirling through the fishing villages, along with questions on how best to live with the dragons in the future.
Main, a 46-year-old park ranger, was doing paperwork when a dragon slithered up the stairs of his wooden hut in Komodo National Park and went for his ankles dangling beneath the desk. When the ranger tried to pry open the beast's powerful jaws, it locked its teeth into his hand.
"I thought I wouldn't survive... I've spent half my life working with Komodos and have never seen anything like it," said Main, pointing to his jagged gashes, sewn up with 55 stitches and still swollen three months later. "Luckily, my friends heard my screams and got me to hospital in time..."
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Venom is Komodo dragon's lethal weapon
The Times Online May 20, 2009
The Komodo dragon is not just the largest living lizard, but also one of the most venomous creatures on Earth, scientists have discovered.
The carnivorous animal, which can tear its prey apart, kills with venom rather than bacteria-laden bites, as scientists had always believed.
The dragons, which grow to a length of about 10ft and weigh about 130lb (60kg) are vicious predators that prey on animals as large as deer.
They attack their victim by biting and tearing at it repeatedly, then wait as it dies a lingering death...Times article continues HERE:
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Guardian.co.uk
Tuesday 24 March 2009 06.44 GMT
Two Komodo dragons have mauled a fruit picker to death after he fell out of a tree in an orchard in eastern Indonesia, in a rare attack on humans by the world's largest lizard.
The man, Muhamad Anwar, 31, was found bleeding from bites to his hands, body, legs and neck within minutes of falling out of a sugar-apple tree on the island of Komodo and died later at a clinic on neighbouring Flores. The giant lizards had been waiting for him under the tree, according to a neighbour, Theresia Tawa.
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And doesn't that last sentence just write the screenplay?
"..waiting for him under the tree..."
OOO-EEE-OOO!!
posted by Saintperle at
10:08 AM
