Komodo Dragons!!!

[Najakeeper]

Well, unfortunately I am not acquiring any as only certain zoos can get them so I went all the way to Komodo/Indonesia to mainly to observe these beauties in their natural environment. I was lucky enough to see 1 female, 2 males and I even spotted 1 baby, which the ranger totally missed . It was an amazing trip in total and worth every second of it. Enjoy the pictures!

Big pregnant female:




Small male:


Big male and me:


Claw:


And to top it all, the baby:

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

Absolutely amazing!

 

[cantthinkofone]

Beutiful pics. Hope you ha fun

 

[Shrike]

Awesome pics Naja! Did that big male get your heart rate up? Komodos can move pretty fast when they want to!

 

[MarkmD]

They are amazing to watch and good pics may I add, I've seen them at London and Edinburgh zoo, never been that close but behind glass, ether way brilliant thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Najakeeper]

Thanks for the comments guys, seeing these in wild was a totally different experience...

Awesome pics Naja! Did that big male get your heart rate up? Komodos can move pretty fast when they want to!

I stay quite calm in these situations but yeah, these puppies can move very fast if they want to. The older male behaved very well though, the younger male was more of a problem to approach.

 

[lancej]

Sweet pics! Very jealous!