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  • INDONESIA: Here be dragons – History, Myth and Folklore of the Komodo Dragon

    INDONESIA: Here be dragons – History, Myth and Folklore of the Komodo Dragon

    Komodo dragons are the world’s largest living lizards, they only live on a hand full of islands in Indonesia. The crocodile and the Orah, as it is called by the locals, are the closest we have to dinosaurs. The dragons have long been a source of major fascination for the peoples of Flores who share…

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