Komodo Dragon

kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
edited February 19, 2011 in Wildlife
Two of my favorite shots taken of the Komodo Dragon at the new MOOLA Exhibit, inside the Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Wort, Texas.

As usual, you can click on these for really big view, if you wish.

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2.
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C&C welcome.

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  • HDRoamerHDRoamer Registered Users Posts: 94 Big grins
    edited February 17, 2011
    Truly amazing and awesome pictures. A little safer to get being in a zoo.
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  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2011
    HDRoamer wrote: »
    Truly amazing and awesome pictures. A little safer to get being in a zoo.

    Yes very much so... I shot these through the thick, protective viewing glass. :D
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 18, 2011
    Cool shots! Looks like some kind of prehistoric beast. Are they dangerous?
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  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    Cool shots! Looks like some kind of prehistoric beast. Are they dangerous?

    VERY dangerous, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon

    The main issue is their saliva has quite a lot of bacteria in it, so if they bite you, it'll almost for sure become infected in a short period of time if it's not treated, although it's possible captive komodo dragons may have cleaner saliva.

    In the wild they usually make a few bites on large animals and follow their target for days, up to a week or more and just watch it slowly die from infection.

    And they are one of the oldest reptile species known on our planet, so the prehistoric guess is probably not too far off.
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  • senorjaxsenorjax Registered Users Posts: 298 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    I'm a pretty big fan of wildlife in general but I never want to meet one of these bad boys in the wild. Supremely nasty reputation. They are also very large, close to people size, so a shot with some perspective and sense of scale would be helpful here I think. Nice shot though.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    Very good especially #2.
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  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2011
    Harryb wrote: »
    Very good especially #2.
    Thanks:D Still learning this photography thing, but so far I like the results I'm getting from it.
    senorjax wrote: »
    I'm a pretty big fan of wildlife in general but I never want to meet one of these bad boys in the wild. Supremely nasty reputation. They are also very large, close to people size, so a shot with some perspective and sense of scale would be helpful here I think. Nice shot though.
    Unfortunately that wasn't really possible, the only way to view these at the MOOLA exibit is through a glass, and with so many people crowding infront of it I either had to get up in there and shoot through it point-blank range (Dragon was right on the other side of it) or just photo people looking at the glass x,x
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  • imagesofhimimagesofhim Registered Users Posts: 527 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2011
    Really nice shots! Loving' #2. We were at the Fort Worth Zoo back in September and I think I took more than 100 shots in the MOLA alone! They did a great job with that facility!

    Here's my little scrapbook page on that visit:

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  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited February 19, 2011
    imagesofhim wrote: »
    Really nice shots! Loving' #2. We were at the Fort Worth Zoo back in September and I think I took more than 100 shots in the MOLA alone! They did a great job with that facility!

    Here's my little scrapbook page on that visit:

    1162931641_7vk5T-M.jpg

    Neato, I loved the cafe where we got to dine with the 'gators, that was alot of fun :)
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