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0:00The reptile we are observing is among the most dangerous creatures globally.
0:05They are capable of swallowing an entire ape whole with one bite, consuming an
0:10eel as easily as slurping a noodle from a spaghetti dish, and their saliva
0:16harbors deadly bacteria.
0:18The craziest thing is that on this island people walk among them, they live
0:22their daily lives as if nothing were happening, and it is estimated that they
0:27eat a small child every two years.
0:29Literally, outside the school, three huge dragons there waiting.
0:34Wow, disturbing to be this close to one.
0:38This is Komodo Island.
0:40We are on our way to Komodo Island, one of the places with the greatest
0:45biodiversity on our planet.
0:47This location is the habitat of the highly feared Komodo dragon, an ancient and
0:52enormous reptile, and certainly one of the most perilous creatures on the planet.
0:58Our objective is to locate it, document it closely, and gain further knowledge
1:03about this magnificent yet feared species.
1:06We have approximately a one-hour journey ahead from Flores Island in Indonesia
1:10to Komodo Island. Let's get going.
1:12Before our eyes, Jurassic Park. You can already hear the, the T-Rex.
1:20Oh, wow, look.
1:21We're already seeing this, haven't even entered the island.
1:25We are already seeing the famous Komodo deer here on the edge of the beach.
1:31Wow, there's one, over there's another one that's chilling there, my friend.
1:35Look, they don't know they're the Komodo dragon's number one prey, which is interesting.
1:41Those little deer over there are really the reason why the Komodo dragon might
1:46say: I wouldn't eat a human there, I'm not that hungry, because that is the main
1:51food for the dragons.
1:53How funny, right? Deer on the beach, I've never seen that before.
1:56There it is, look, welcome to Komodo National Park.
2:00Oh, by the way, that's worth mentioning, this is a protected area, which is cool
2:04so that the little dragons and the animals that live here are taken care of.
2:08It's somewhat like the Galapagos Islands, but located in the Asian part of the world.
2:13Similar in biodiversity and impressiveness.
2:16Yeah, like a Galapagos.
2:18By the way, beautiful Galapagos, a shout-out to all my friends there, and to all
2:22the Ecuadorians watching.
2:23We should return there soon. Ah, wow.
2:25And let's see, our first steps on the island and we're already spotting Komodo dragons.
2:30I honestly didn't expect it to be this difficult.
2:32I mean, I thought it would be like a three-hour hike to find them there.
2:37No, they're everywhere. Look how casual it is.
2:39I mean, my friend is here talking on the phone, making a call for work, right?
2:44Doing home office from this paradise.
2:47And there's a dragon. It's normal for my friend.
2:50Yes, people actually live here on Komodo Island, around two thousand
2:54inhabitants, slightly more.
2:56And interestingly, our guide, Tali, is here. How are you, Tali? Are you well?
3:01Good, good. Look, oops, here he comes.
3:03Wait, it's moving.
3:05Tali here has a stick that protects us in case something happens.
3:08Hello! See how majestic?
3:11Majestic animal, how majestic.
3:13Hey, I need to share my first impressions.
3:16It's crazy that, look, this is a tourist place, right, many people come to visit
3:20it, and yet, look how much trash there is, man.
3:22It's sad seeing the Komodo dragons among so much trash.
3:26Look at this, someone here left their medicine, their Red Bull.
3:30And yes, there's trash everywhere among these poor Komodo dragons.
3:34This is what humans do. Humans arrive, and this happens.
3:37It's really crazy to see them so casually passing by next to the little
3:42restaurant, it's not very normal.
3:44This one here, you might be thinking it looks quite small.
3:48And yes, precisely, according to our guide, this one is likely six or seven
3:52years old.
3:53The Komodo dragons, they tell me, can live up to fifty years, so they live quite
3:57a long time.
3:58So this one we are seeing here is still learning to eat a deer, to suck an eel
4:04like it's a noodle.
4:06And yes, they tell me that they reach adult size around twenty-five years old,
4:11that's like their big, fat, long size.
4:13This one here is an adult. Wow! This one could eat us.
4:18They tell me that the last incident of a dragon eating a human was just about
4:24two years ago, it was a local kid from this island.
4:28They have eaten tourists and especially, yes, children from the island.
4:32Well, yes, if you catch it hungry, then buddy, it's you or me, there's no other way.
4:37And we can observe that the dragons have a painted marking.
4:42This is because they are counted.
4:44There are estimated to be fifteen hundred to thousands of dragons on the island.
4:48And based on the color of the mark, their age and seniority can be roughly determined.
4:54This buddy here must be about thirty years old.
4:57We're both in our thirties now, considered old folks. Oh, look here, a massive
5:04statue of a giant dragon.
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6:33Komodo dragon.
6:33Tali informed me that Komodo dragons ingest their prey whole, essentially
6:38suctioning it down.
6:40They only chew very large prey.
6:43For instance, a human of my current size, perhaps in their thirties, would be
6:47masticated; however, a child of just one year old...
6:54In fragments. Yes, this structure is the nest. However, this nest was not
7:02constructed by the Komodo dragon.
7:06A bird made this.
7:08Oh my, maybe guinea fowl made the nest.
7:11They can share. After birth, the Komodo come to change.
7:14Oh, they share? Yes, they can.
7:16Ah, look, so they're not that mean, the dragons, they do share.
7:20Oh, they take over. Oh, okay, that makes more sense.
7:23Ah, yeah, but the communication is limited, that makes more sense.
7:28Look, Vitaly is our translator. How are you, Vitaly? Good? Very good.
7:32So the good Vitaly has already translated for me, that basically it's not like
7:36they share, they're not roommates, meaning, rather, the Komodo dragon arrives
7:40and says, 'Dude, get out, the boss is here,' and so they eat the bird and they
7:44eat its eggs too, and then they use its nest.
7:47They behave like an ex-partner who resided in your apartment without paying
7:50rent, and upon separation, not only owed you money but also took your bed and mattress.
7:54That's the Komodo dragon, it's a jerk.
7:57It's a piece of crap, a parasite.
7:59We've come across a piece of dung, feces, specifically Komodo dragon excrement,
8:04and observe its remarkably white coloration.
8:07They're telling me it's very white because of the calcium from the bones.
8:10Because they consume their prey whole, encompassing bones and teeth, this
8:14results in their feces having a distinct whitish hue.
8:17A fascinating fact is that Komodo dragons typically feed only once every two to
8:22three weeks, sometimes even stretching to a month between meals.
8:25This explains why we observe them lounging on the beach; it seems they consume
8:30massive amounts, bones and all. Just imagine the digestive process for that,
8:34it's intense.
8:35It's like you after eating forty wings, right? Just by yourself at home, unable
8:40to move.
8:41The same with our buddies.
8:43And a rather unsettling piece of information, from the many things we're
8:47discovering about these small dragons, is their ability to consume such large
8:51prey stems from their strategic nature, patience, and an exceptionally keen
8:55sense of smell.
8:56Basically, let's say, a buffalo, one would think, how can a dragon like this
8:59take down a buffalo? It turns out they have a lot of bacteria when they bite.
9:03Consequently, after they bite, these bacteria begin to work, and within days,
9:07the buffalo will experience illness, leading to its solitary decay and eventual demise.
9:13The dragon will leave, and then the Komodo dragon will sense that the meat is rotting.
9:18In other words, they can detect the scent of decaying flesh from a distance of
9:23up to three kilometers.
9:24So they use their long tongue like this and then they smell, they perceive, and
9:28they say, oh, there's some tasty rotten meat here.
9:30And one day they decide it's ready to eat.
9:33Do you remember the brother we bit a few weeks ago, a few days ago? Haha. They
9:37go and now they eat it.
9:38No, no, no, they are truly, they are cunning, they are intelligent.
9:41I don't want to run into one that's hungry because the brother might not win the
9:45first battle and I'll say: ha, I beat you.
9:47However, the creature will then patiently wait, use its sense of smell, and
9:50launch an attack.
9:51So, let's see, if you ever get bitten by a Komodo dragon, you have to act fast
9:55because in about three, four hours they have to inject you so the bacteria
9:59doesn't reach your nerves and infect you.
10:01It's not as fast as the venom of, I don't know, a snake, people, or something
10:05like that, but it gives you a few hours.
10:06Therefore, if you are bitten here, you must immediately take the quickest
10:10available transport, be it a boat or otherwise, to the Big Island's hospital for
10:14treatment, to prevent internal decomposition.
10:17And you'd be done for.
10:18These bodies of water that one finds can be a sign that a Komodo dragon might be
10:23nearby, because what these little terrors do is they know that the little
10:27animals come here to drink water, to hydrate, right? So they hide here in the
10:32leaves and a little pig comes, whatever, a wild boar to hydrate, and at that
10:36moment, bam, brother, they catch them.
10:39Although we don't see them at this moment, they are undoubtedly concealed
10:42nearby, observing us and thinking: this tourist appears appetizing; when they
10:46least expect it, I'll bite their posterior.
10:49These here are tracks like those of a wild boar.
10:51There are wild boars, uh, wild pigs around here too, one of the main prey of
10:56Komodo dragons.
10:57I'm asking Tali what happens if a dragon approaches.
11:00He informs me that using this stick here, take a look, is more than sufficient.
11:08If it comes too close, we can put the stick around its neck.
11:12And what kind of sound does a Komodo dragon produce? Yes, yes, yes.
11:40That way, and it will make its noises.
11:42And look, it's funny, this is very touristy in the National Park.
11:46So the locals here, hello friends, sell you everything Komodo dragon related.
11:51They sell this, look, it's wood, made here, not from China, from Komodo Island.
11:57Ah, that's good, that's good. And this is abalone shell, not plastic. All right.
12:04Ah, no, well, look, the truth is we are going to buy something because it's
12:07annoying when they sell souvenirs that are all made in China.
12:09Here it is, well, yes, it's this, well, it's local manufacturing.
12:14And yes, they sell you the t-shirt, they sell you the jersey, the keychain, the plushie.
12:18This, I really don't think they make it here, not at all.
12:20I mean, they must order this from Alibaba, I think. It's cool, right? And yes,
12:24you support the locals, whose main economic activity today is this, guiding
12:27people, talking about the dragons, that's what it is.
12:30It's quite funny to suddenly find them just sleeping like that.
12:34Look, here my buddy is chilling. It's like a giant iguana, right? I mean, it's
12:37basically the same animal, but two meters in length.
12:40We found another one chilling here.
12:41By the way, maybe you see that I'm close, it's actually camera perspective, I'm
12:46quite far away.
12:47Here the camera operator gets creative to make it look closer.
12:51And this one is really big, by rough estimate, two and a half meters I'd say in length.
12:55We are learning that just as snakes and reptiles in general shed their skin, of
13:00course, but not in one piece like a snake, but in sections.
13:04And wow, their claws are really impressing me a lot.
13:08Yes, they are indeed like giant iguanas, that could eat you or kill you with the
13:13bacteria from their saliva.
13:21We came to walk through the village, through where the people from Komodo live.
13:26I tell you, about two thousand people here. And wow, it's very interesting.
13:30There's a massive mosque, truly tremendous.
13:34There's a lot of trade, it feels very active.
13:36Well, as I tell you, quite a few tourists come here to visit, and we can see a
13:40little bit of what the streets are like, what the alleys are like.
13:43We can observe that most of the houses are tall, they are built as if designed
13:48for people to live on the upper level, because in the rainy season the tide can
13:53rise, etcetera, etcetera, the village streets tend to flood here.
13:58So that's why people live upstairs.
14:01They tell me that traditionally the animals that people raise live below, on the
14:06lower levels, but that there are families who prefer to keep them on a middle
14:11level too, because there's always the risk that the Komodo dragons will come and
14:16eat your chickens, your goats, your cat, your dog, no, your pet.
14:21Oh, how awful! No, that your pet gets eaten by a Komodo dragon.
14:24Imagine, look at the dogs we haven't seen.
14:26You know, we have seen cats, yes we have seen them, but we still haven't seen
14:29any puppies.
14:30We are visiting the village right on a Friday, so it's the day of prayer in Islam.
14:34And yes, yes, it's very active. Look, check how many shoes are out here.
14:38Here half of the community is inside praying at the moment.
14:41And yes, yes, they tell me that practically one hundred percent of the
14:45population is Muslim, ninety-nine.
14:46Maybe there's one or two who say no, not anymore, but yes, yes, all, all, all
14:50here are Muslim.
14:50We are learning that here in the community they have a flag.
14:54Look at this, they tell me it's a new movement that's about three, four years
14:58old, and it's very cool that they chose the color blue because they depend on
15:02the sea, right? This is an island in the sea, the hand of the community holding,
15:06lifting the island of Komodo, and of course the dragon, which is like the most
15:11iconic thing.
15:12It's nice, I loved that they have the community flag.
15:14I present to you our friend Ferian, who is guiding us through the community.
15:18How are you, Ferian? Good, so look, that guy Ferian is bringing me to see the hospital.
15:23He tells me this is something new, it's good, more than a hospital, a clinic,
15:27let's say, completely public, and that they can provide first aid here.
15:30So if a dragon bites me, here first aid.
15:33Yeah, it's a first aid for medicine, and after that directly we have to go to
15:38the lab.
15:38It's important for us.
15:40So here I come, they gave me first aid, and then go to the city.
15:43Yeah, exactly. All right, how far to the closest city? It's around six hours by
15:49local boat, but when I use the speedboat, it's around one point five hours.
15:54That's good.
15:55I imagine six hours you die. It's become die because the dragon is very dangerous.
16:18They do cremation or they just leave the bones exposed.
16:21We've documented quite a few on the channel. So yes, what's up? Here you have
16:25all the tombs together, but they tell me that in other places there are more
16:28cemeteries, that it's not like all the people from the island who die are here,
16:32but that there are different places, different cemeteries, and there will also
16:35be different traditions, I imagine.
16:37We met our friend Shurmani here, and look, Shurmani is an artist.
16:41Here she is making the little wooden dragons. Wow! It's super impressive, she's
16:46doing it with half a pair of scissors, and she tells us that it takes quite a
16:50while. I mean, in a whole day she can make about ten, or if she really tries,
16:54about fifteen of these.
16:55So, wow, it's really good.
16:58We obviously already bought some from her, a few, and we're helping her because
17:02her work is truly admirable.
17:03And man, really good. Wonderful Indonesia.
17:07No, she's a pro, I mean, a real one, what she does is super cool.
17:22Super cool. We're just stepping out of the community a bit, but really just a
17:26bit, the houses are fifty meters that way.
17:28And wow, there's a massive one here, but really, Mr. Komodo Dragon.
17:33From here you can see him completely. Look at that, hello.
17:37That one is definitely a big adult, it's massive.
17:41And it explains why, in fact, what happens, happens, right? When children go out
17:46walking without supervision and such, you can easily run into one of these.
17:50I mean, but I'm telling you, we walked nothing, I mean, the houses are over
17:54there, we walked this far and saw one here and another one over there.
17:57And the one that walked a little further that way, no, no, you find massive ones easily.
18:02Well, as I tell you, it's almost the same population of people as dragons here,
18:06so it's not really difficult to run into one.
18:09No, yes, with extreme caution, this is certainly not a laughing matter. Hello.
18:21It's still lazy, but when it was doing like this— Yeah, that's more dangerous.
18:25Furthermore, these dragons possess remarkable speed, capable of reaching up to
18:30twenty kilometers per hour, though only for brief durations.
18:33They're fast. This distance, are we safe? We're safe because he doesn't move.
18:38Exactly, yeah, he's still. Hello, this one's big.
18:42This blue building behind is the school.
18:45They can study here until high school.
18:48And hello, big guy, look, outside the school, three dragons.
18:53Big ones there waiting.
18:56It makes me think that the children when they go to school here have to walk
18:59around with that stick, right? So that they don't, to avoid the risk, right? To
19:02be able to scare them away at least, right? No way, not like that.
19:05Oh, how was your day at school, my son? It was fine; I was observing the dragons
19:09from the window, and they were preparing to prey on the neighbor's goat,
19:13belonging to Doña Juana, you see? Our guide did mention that it's highly
19:17probable they are clustered together because they are anticipating the arrival
19:21of those goats.
19:22I don't know if you can see.
19:23So, they probably said: oh, tasty little goat, we'll stay here to chill, and if
19:27a kid from the school happens to cross our path, well, right away, right? I
19:31don't know, I don't know, it could be, it could be.
19:34But yes, look, three there as if nothing.
19:36They catch you in an ambush between the three of them, it's hard to escape.
19:41The risks change, depending on the place.
19:44In many places, it's scary for your child to go to school alone because, well, I
19:48don't know, they'll be robbed, kidnapped, hit by a motorcycle.
19:51Here the risk is more: a dragon will eat him, or bite him, and you might cut off
19:56a foot, different risks, all equally scary, equally terrifying.
20:01You see this in very few places.
20:02Comodo Island is a very, very unique place.
20:06Another one here, walk a bit more, another huge one.
20:10And this one, look how it's stalking the goats, I mean, it's there, craving them.
20:15And the goats, I don't know if they don't realize or if they've just normalized
20:19it, it's like, oh, well, there's the risk, no, nothing happens, it is what it is.
20:22And they're eating as if there were no other field to eat in, I mean, the field
20:26is huge and there they are as if nothing, meters away, really, two, three meters
20:29from the dragon. How interesting.
20:31One might assume that witnessing such a scene, a Komodo dragon preying on an
20:35animal, would necessitate venturing deep into the wilderness, akin to what is
20:40depicted in National Geographic documentaries.
20:43No, man, this is happening right here.
20:45And look, here's the school, right after that are more houses.
20:49I mean, one hundred meters from your house you have a scene worthy of the
20:52Discovery Channel.
20:53With all this, I understand why they say this is Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park in
20:57real life, because yes, no, no, I mean, not even Jurassic Park, where the
21:01dinosaurs lived alone.
21:04There's another one, look, me walking, vlogging, all relaxed, and there's
21:08another guy.
21:09Unbelievable! I'm glad you warned me, Ari, because I was vlogging casually, as
21:14if I were vlogging in Singapore, completely unaware.
21:17And that individual over there appears to be vigilant, truly alert. He seems to
21:21be signaling a 'do not approach' warning, maintaining a considerable distance.
21:24No, yes, I mean, in Jurassic Park, I'm telling you, the guys lived alone, here
21:28they live among humans, no, this is wow.
21:30Yes, yes, dinosaurs in reality, a species believed to have existed for three to
21:35four million years, evolving to immense proportions due to prolonged isolation
21:40and lack of predators, establishing themselves as the dominant rulers of the
21:45island, the apex predators to this day.
21:48More than present, and present, look, I mean, we start walking at that tree over
21:52there and look, we walk like this, and how many did we see? Like five or six,
21:55right? And huge ones.
21:57And just like all cities have their main square, right? Their main monument, a
22:02flag, some liberator, whatever, here the monument is a dragon. Of course.
22:08Wow, it's really big, look at this. Wow! What detail! What a piece of art made
22:12by local artists! They told me, super talented, honestly, it's awesome and I
22:17like it, I like it.
22:18Good place to come and take a photo here, here.
22:21Perhaps, like myself, you are curious if the local populace consumes these
22:25dragons. The thought crossed my mind, imagining a small dragon being prepared
22:29like a gar, a pejelagarto.
22:31We've tried that before on the channel, the pejelagarto, very peculiar.
22:34But no, they tell me that the dragon is so protected that in fact if they catch
22:38you hunting them, selling them, cooking them, well, you go to jail and everything.
22:43Obviously not, it's an endangered species.
22:45And sad, right, because it's millions and millions of years old and today there
22:49are only like, I mean, across all the islands maybe there are less than six
22:53thousand of these guys.
22:54So it's good to preserve them, honestly.
22:57And it's good that Indonesia's laws protect them, because yes,
23:00Such a majestic species, imagine if they disappeared, our great-grandchildren
23:03wouldn't know about Komodo dragons, they'd be a legend. No way.
23:08The legend of fire-breathing dragons, well, Komodo dragons are real, we must
23:12care for them. This is the soccer field here.
23:15It's good, it's big.
23:17Soccer and volleyball can also be played here. It's an interesting scenario,
23:20isn't it? Everywhere else, it's usually 'Oh no, the ball has gone astray!'
23:23followed by 'Doña Mari, please return it.' 'No, I won't give it back.'
23:26And that's the problem, right? Like this you lose the ball, right? It went to
23:30the yard with the biting dog.
23:31Here you lose the ball because you kicked it too far and the dragon deflated it.
23:42Well, there you have it, a bit of Komodo Island in Indonesia.
23:46Wow, I honestly didn't think it would be this interesting.
23:49I honestly assumed we were heading to a national park, perhaps with some
23:53zoo-like ambiance, but no, this isn't just that; this is the actual reality, the
23:57everyday existence for countless individuals in a remarkably remote region of Indonesia.
24:03As you've seen, what did you think? What else would you have liked to know about
24:06this place? I'd love to read your comments down below.
24:09Thanks to the locals for being great, to the guides, and to you all for coming
24:14along on this adventure.
24:16See you in a few days with a new video.
24:19Goodbye! Data! Hala! In the end, the rain did catch us, jacho.
24:23Look at that! You can't see anything over there. Hala! Hold on, boat, come on!
24:29Yes, we can, yes, we can! Come on! We'll arrive safely, we'll arrive safely.

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