Legend has it that after he left the island and flew home, the Komodo dragon booked the very next flight, and is still following him around the state of Illinois, to this day.
Instead of all that hastle, op should undress and feed himself to the comodo, just to make sure his dress doesn't get caught in the digestion process ... All the love to poor comodo 🥰✌️
The average Komodo Dragon can run twice as fast as the average human. Out in the open like that if it decided to go after you I really don't see how you could escape. My guess is that the guide would just trip you up with the stick and then get away while it was feeding.
@@neelyjohns Not according to the footage I've seen. They will casually saunter over or toward prey looking nonchalant & slow just like in this vid...then BOOM! launch w/ this big ass burst of speed hoping to get a little nibble to do their work. MAny ungulates are aware of their capabilities. Others don't take them serious. But I've seen them perform all out assaults on primates as well. They are very fimidable & interesting predators.
@@neelyjohns Actually, I just googled their bite and scientist have discovered they do in fact inject a venom, not bacteria. The venom makes you go into shock, lose blood pressure so then they can leisurely consume you.
@@beehead5661 now that you mention it, I do remember hearing something about venom. Either way, they are just too calm and passive by outward appearance for how deadly they are. I wouldn't have been hanging around for a cool video.
Dragon (to the guide): “Hey, Bill. How’s it going?” Guide: “Shhhh, I have tourists here. You’re supposed to be mean and scary. Pretend you’re stalking us. I’ll give you back scratches later.”
@@SurfingBullDog I’d believe a Komodo dragon can have a conversation way before I thought it gave a fuck about how my day is going lol. Them things are brutal
The rangers feed the dragons table scraps down at the ranger station below. That guy just followed them up the trail because he knows that ranger. There's always a bunch of them down by the buildings. The rest of the island is fairly devoid of them. The other Indonesian islands had a number of them as well, but the locals ate them. So this little island and the neighboring ones are the only place left where they are "common" in the wild.
“Almost bizarre” is a wild understatement lol. Imagine being stocked by a mountain lion for a entire hike and when you reach the mountain top your guide starts petting it.
I have a lot of respect for dragons and their amazing abilities, but a lion sounds like a very different scenario to me. If the lion was hungry enough to approach, i believe there would be no petting at all.
Reminds me of the PRINCE song, "Don't worry, I won't eat you, I only came to have some fun, I was dreaming when I ate you. Let's party like it's 1999." LOL
Big Boss is such a magnificent specimen. I hope that he lives a long time to come. We need to live in a world that can support such an incredible animal.
Yes it actually ripped a baby deer out of the mother alive, swallowing the baby deer Infront of her and then went back and ate her alive. Mammals are just like you with similar feelings and emotions while this thing is a robotic like reptile that will eat its own young and eat basically everything it can catch. The world is better off without them.
We don't need demonic paleo beasts left over from the flood. I'd say kill all komo dragons. They are called dragons for a reason, which you probably don't understand.
Had an encounter with a dragon on the island of Tioman, east of Malaysia, back in '82,bigger than this guy. Came out of long grass, tongue out.!! The only thing I remember doing was taking my pack off my back, to defend myself and backing up a grassy knoll made lots of noise. It retreated back to cover. You never forget.!
@@houseoftyrell1544 This is true. Tioman doesn't have komodo just monitor. Good eating, the ones that swim around the islands. Don't eat the city fellows.
You should know: it’s illegal to feed them as it only makes them bold around humans much like bears do when you feed them. So considering that, would a wild predator waste its time and energy following people when it knows it won’t get free food for survival? Take some time to reflect on what you just said, son 😂
Whenever you are in Komodo Dragon territory, always be sure that you are with people who run slower than you. I seem to remember a news story awhile back that took place over there. A man went missing and all that they found of him was his shoes.
Guy "we're being stalked..Ominously by a dragon." Komodo "hey where u going? Wait for me I wanna hang out and get a back rub and maybe a nap in the sun."
Komodos are pretty scary beasts. I observed one at a reptile park in Bali and the thing looked at me as if sizing me up as prey. I deliberately moved back and forth and it turned to track me as I did so. I'm certainly glad it was behind both heavy glass and a moat. Couldn't imagine encountering one in the open.
That's obvs why those other 3 turned up. This must be where Jurrasic Park got its distraction technique scenes from. Imagine them all following you home so they could just take their own sweeeet time to eat you alive.....😧😮😲🤯😱
I have had the same thing happen to me, and it was exactly like that, followed everywhere, no matter what I couldn't get away from the Jack Russell that sleeps in my bed..
Haha what do we do, hes walking at us at 1 mph and hes coming straight down the trail in this open area. Looked like he just wanted someone to toss him a sandwhich and proceed lol. i mean he seemed like the most popular one, just like they said. Which means alot of "human time", most often. Believe the guy just needed to grow a pair then give the jerky to the lizard and move along. Its an offering of sorts to the chief of the area.
I was on a hike near horse tail falls in Mexico with my boyfriend back in the early 80s. Out in the middle of nowhere we came across this huge hacienda with a stone gate at the entrance of a long road to the actual house. Chained to this gate was a Komodo Dragon! Scared the livin' hell out of us! He had just enough chain length to protect the entrance from people walking up to the house passed this gate. (Looking back now, I'm wondering in this was some sort of drug lord estate.) Even though this guy was chained up, just seeing this thing was horrifying! We didn't get too close and left pretty quickly. I guess that was the idea.
They live in harmony with nature. They don't have to build houses or drive automobiles or go to the store to buy clothing. They are at one with the environment. We are the awkward Interlopers
That's what they do with prey, getting closer and closer until it's close enough to bite. The animal then runs off and dies from bacteria in the Komodos mouth.
Well Brian Moffo, if you were in my shoes at 6 AM that morning, you might have thought differently. Easy for you to post your cynicism from the comfort of your living room ... why not go to Rinca yourself and see a few of these komodos tear apart a sambar in 30 seconds ... then write back to me again about how fake (not) my encounter was ...
I was there in 2000 and there are many hanging around the station on Rinca. The danger is, even with the guides are the ones who are not moving and you can almost end up right on top o the if you are not looking carefully where u are going LOL. it's great around those islands of Komodo and Rinca.
I think the red shirt and backpack, definitely may have played a roll but if he wanted to attack them he could have easily. He was very intimidating but in the end he just got hypnotized by those back scratches 😂
Maybe he saw the guy in the red shirt with the massage stick that he sees all the time and was looking for a back scratch. Little did he know they would make him walk half a mile for it.
What an encounter. At first it might look like he was stalking, but that rest under the tree says otherwise. As a reward he got some scratches at the top of the hill. I bet he does that in secret, so the other dragons don't know he is getting special treatment. Can't help but think about a living breathing walk mosasaur when you see one walking around.
Komodo dragons will stalk anything that might be appetising, and which might exhibit signs of being catchable. If the dragon had eaten fairly recently, it would be less compelled towards food, however there is never any doubt that these are highly aggressive animals. Anybody who imagines they have any gentle intent need only see the way they kill each other. They are unpleasant deeply motivated predators, and I'm always amazed at those who refer to them as elegant or beautiful. The animal, from any angle, is largely repulsive to look at, as most reptiles evolved to have good armour and to appear immediately terrifying to prey. I am equally fascinated and disgusted by them. Horrible creatures.
I watched a animal show at some point in the past and the narrator mentioned that Komodos have an incredible sense of smell with the capability of tracking down prey for several of miles depending on weather conditions.
They eat people . I remember watching Steve Irwin being chased by a Komodo dragon . Irwin started climbing a tree and the Komodo went after him . The dragon grabbed the back of Steve's boot and actually ripped off Steve's boot heel . As most of you know he was later killed by a sting ray barb to his heart .
Tom murphree, I saw the video. It was downright scary. He showed his hiking leather boot which had been ripped open and a tooth was embedded in it. As he said it was serrated and went right thru the gore Tex leather.
Honestly he may have a mutual respect hoping you'd drop something along your travel. Also honestly he had wind the whole time. They are very fast and do not give up easy.
Komodo Dragons also swim out to boats and every year eat whomever is aboard. The press has been told not to cover these instances because the government doesn't want to scare tourists.
You can’t beat the Bob and Ray comedy classic about the bored reporter interviewing the Komodo Dragon expert from Upper Montclair NJ. Even aired on a Johnny Carson show
I read a story about a group that was walking out in the country side. After a while they noticed one of the people was not around. They went back to look for him, and only found his torn up shirt. Yep, a Komodo dragon sneaked up, jumped him, killed him before he could scream, and did something with him, leaving bits of his red shirt behind I guess he got eaten. Not sure if this story was true, but it was mentioned where I read it, to inform people how dangerous and sneaky Komodo dragons were and to take caution while being around them or where they lived.
I remember listening to a story just like this around 10 years ago from tv. I think it was one of those national geographic channels or something. Not sure. Unfortunately, i don't know if it's ture either
Not true. That’s not how they eat. They stalk and wait for a moment to strike and deliver a toxic bite. Then they wait for their victims to die and follow them around until they drop dead. Then they consume their prey.
Not really the way they operate. They are more than capable of grabbing hold of s prey item and ripping it apart rite there and then . Suggest you watch them grab a monkey pin it ,snap it's spine then swallow it whole ALIVE ... Or pull a baby buffalo away from its partners and rip it apart in front of them . So yes with bigger animals ie adult buffalo etc they bite then follow and eat it from the back legs when it weakens. But the animals they can overpower they won't wait they will rip it apart rite there and then ... They brutal asf in all their methods....
don't be too sanguine around such a beast, they are far quicker, and more dangerous than you'd expect. being eaten alive by a komodo dragon is not a good way to die...
What an awesome creature. So close to looking like the dinosaurs. So many creatures are fortunately still on this earth giving testament that they did exist.
It is a strangely elegant creature, and I am glad it was a non-violent encounter. I wouldn't want to see the person or the dragon harmed. I once lived in an area where there very large iguanas all over the place (outside the USA) and they were not fearful of humans, but not particularly aggressive either. They were also protected and the fine for harming one was steep. I was delivering some items, and when I returned, one had taken refuge under my vehicle behind the front wheel. Shooing him off didn't work, as he just hissed back. I had to sit there for almost an hour until he moved on. Try telling your boss a story like that when he asks why you took so long to deliver a package.
St. Thomas Virgin Islands ?? I worked on a cruise ship that sailed to st. Thomas weekly, I would take goodies from the ship and go to Lime Tree beach to feed the sea iguanas. They loved the snacks I brought them every week. They knew who I was and immediately came to me and surrounded me waiting patiently for snacks. Cereals, veggies and fruit. Yes, they looked forward to my arrival. Some came down from the tress, they must have facial recognition. I called to them in a high pitched voice, I even sang to them. They ate & listened. Some of them would put their little foot on my knee as if to thank me !!!😊😊😊 iguanas are very interesting.
I was 45 minutes to work on an oil site, my foreman gave me the RIOT ACT, you are surprised that you lived, I told him I got caught behind the train tracks, I told him that they were un coupling them, the next day he was 45 minutes late, he said two words F** Train.
Imagine tripping with one of these things following you?? One bite will kill you. Even if after the bite you are able to get up and run away the komodo will keep following you, for miles even, till you succumb to the bite then they eat you with powerful jaws they rip ur skin and flesh apart, others will join in as well and ur entire body will be consumed in about 2 hours.
it will take time for the anti coagulants in its saliva to kill you from just one bite. It's saliva makes you bleed to death slowly but I guess it really depends on the size of the bite and where it gets you. I would imagine applying a tourniquet on a limb that gets bit would buy you time. If you make it to a hospital and get medical attention the effects of the anti coagulants can be stopped.
This reminds me of that time a tough alley cat named Heathcliff stalked me all the way home everyday. The cat was so legendary they made an 80s cartoon after him.
Sir, there is absolutely no advantage for you or your guide in this situation. Komodo's are fast as hell, and much faster than humans whether on an incline or not. Lol!
I'm not going anywhere near the habitat of Komodo Dragons without an elephant gun and a companion with a semi-auto rifle to buy more time to reload my elephant gun.
Wow didn’t expect the ending that was amazing , I thought they were complete predators, even they have a soft spot on there chainsaw skin , lol wow thanks for the upload bud .
Apparently Paul was not informed that this dragon is the motivation coach that makes sure everyone reaches the peak. Is it just me or does it look like it would hurt to move the arm and legs? Beautiful dragon
Being that he looks injured with his intestines or something sticking out his left side he's probably looking for a free handout but I still wouldn't trust him.
If I was a pirate that is where I'd bury my treasure. On an island where Komodo dragons can eat people. Makes me want to go there with a metal detector and search for pirate treasure.
There’s a lizard that would mess you up and eat you given the opportunity, beautiful animals though, so glad these are protected long may they stay with us! They should just move off and leave it though really!
I feel like he might actually have a bond of some sort with the guide. Perhaps he is very familiar with him, or the guides often feed them? This is really interesting and almost sweet.
Legend has it that after he left the island and flew home, the Komodo dragon booked the very next flight, and is still following him around the state of Illinois, to this day.
LOL :-)
😂😂😂
They married last week
Instead of all that hastle, op should undress and feed himself to the comodo, just to make sure his dress doesn't get caught in the digestion process ... All the love to poor comodo 🥰✌️
; You are hilarious. He will have to get an order of protection from his stalker.
I'm just a komodo whose intentions are good!
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
I like it sung by Santa Esmeralda
@@aminesami4844 I agree. The komodo version not as good imo
Alright Eric, where's the rest of the Animals?
😂😂😂
Nice one, BeeHead!
Props to this dragon for sticking to the rules and following the designated path laid out by officials. You don't see that very often. #goodboyorgirl
The average Komodo Dragon can run twice as fast as the average human. Out in the open like that if it decided to go after you I really don't see how you could escape. My guess is that the guide would just trip you up with the stick and then get away while it was feeding.
Good one Robert! ;-)
😅😅 you only have to be faster than the others being stalked
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I suppose if you were in Komodo dragon territory, without a big stick you'd probably be considered a dummy lol
I'd just get in that car that the camera man was driving....🤷♂️
Don't ever mistake these creatures for being slow. .
Thats forsure
Just very patient. They don't even really attack their prey much. Just need to get one good bite in, then they just wait for you to die of infection.
@@neelyjohns Not according to the footage I've seen. They will casually saunter over or toward prey looking nonchalant & slow just like in this vid...then BOOM! launch w/ this big ass burst of speed hoping to get a little nibble to do their work. MAny ungulates are aware of their capabilities. Others don't take them serious. But I've seen them perform all out assaults on primates as well. They are very fimidable & interesting predators.
@@neelyjohns Actually, I just googled their bite and scientist have discovered they do in fact inject a venom, not bacteria. The venom makes you go into shock, lose blood pressure so then they can leisurely consume you.
@@beehead5661 now that you mention it, I do remember hearing something about venom. Either way, they are just too calm and passive by outward appearance for how deadly they are. I wouldn't have been hanging around for a cool video.
Dragon (to the guide): “Hey, Bill. How’s it going?”
Guide: “Shhhh, I have tourists here. You’re supposed to be mean and scary. Pretend you’re stalking us. I’ll give you back scratches later.”
Lmao
Extremely unlikely.
@@alienlife7754 What’s unlikely? That a Komodo dragon can have a conversation with a human? Nah, that’s entirely possible.
@@SurfingBullDog I’d believe a Komodo dragon can have a conversation way before I thought it gave a fuck about how my day is going lol. Them things are brutal
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The rangers feed the dragons table scraps down at the ranger station below. That guy just followed them up the trail because he knows that ranger. There's always a bunch of them down by the buildings. The rest of the island is fairly devoid of them. The other Indonesian islands had a number of them as well, but the locals ate them. So this little island and the neighboring ones are the only place left where they are "common" in the wild.
“Almost bizarre” is a wild understatement lol. Imagine being stocked by a mountain lion for a entire hike and when you reach the mountain top your guide starts petting it.
Good point Andrew ;-)
I have a lot of respect for dragons and their amazing abilities, but a lion sounds like a very different scenario to me. If the lion was hungry enough to approach, i believe there would be no petting at all.
Interesting. The guide must've been familiar with that mountain lion and vice versa.
@@xhul2558 Lions go fo the catch, komodos are more guerrilla warfare fellows. You can joke with a Komodo, but with a Lion you just can't! hahahaha!
@@topsyturvy1873 Mountain Lions could kinda be petted but the Lion we all know?
Hell no
I have a rule. If there is a possibility of me running into a Komodo dragon, I don't go 😀
Thank you for my laugh of the day !
Me too a good laugh! I like your rule! 👏👏🥰🤣
Good plan!
I totally agree with that!
CHRIS. Stay away from Indonesia and you should be fine.
Dude he wasnt being stalked, thats his buddy. Probably has known him for a long time. Hes even tickling his back with the stick.
Reminds me of the PRINCE song, "Don't worry, I won't eat you, I only came to have some fun, I was dreaming when I ate you. Let's party like it's 1999." LOL
Notice how, the closer the Komodo got the more frequent that tounge kept coming out..smelling you...
Big Boss is such a magnificent specimen.
I hope that he lives a long time to come.
We need to live in a world that can support such an incredible animal.
Yes it actually ripped a baby deer out of the mother alive, swallowing the baby deer Infront of her and then went back and ate her alive.
Mammals are just like you with similar feelings and emotions while this thing is a robotic like reptile that will eat its own young and eat basically everything it can catch.
The world is better off without them.
We don't need demonic paleo beasts left over from the flood. I'd say kill all komo dragons. They are called dragons for a reason, which you probably don't understand.
Had an encounter with a dragon on the island of Tioman, east of Malaysia, back in '82,bigger than this guy. Came out of long grass, tongue out.!! The only thing I remember doing was taking my pack off my back, to defend myself and backing up a grassy knoll made lots of noise. It retreated back to cover. You never forget.!
Thanks for sharing ...
😲😱😱😱😱
That monitor lizards that look like komodo. Komodo only found in the wild in Indonesia's Komodo island and the surrounding island.
@@houseoftyrell1544 Thank u for this information.
@@houseoftyrell1544 This is true. Tioman doesn't have komodo just monitor. Good eating, the ones that swim around the islands. Don't eat the city fellows.
This dragon know this man.. he clearly was following them...
He's probably fed the critter before..
Yes
I wouldn't want a big gecko following me just because we're old "friends"
You should know: it’s illegal to feed them as it only makes them bold around humans much like bears do when you feed them.
So considering that, would a wild predator waste its time and energy following people when it knows it won’t get free food for survival? Take some time to reflect on what you just said, son 😂
I like the magic dragons do they taste like chicken
He didn't have food, he was food.
Whenever you are in Komodo Dragon territory, always be sure that you are with people who run slower than you. I seem to remember a news story awhile back that took place over there. A man went missing and all that they found of him was his shoes.
Guy "we're being stalked..Ominously by a dragon." Komodo "hey where u going? Wait for me I wanna hang out and get a back rub and maybe a nap in the sun."
Komodos are pretty scary beasts. I observed one at a reptile park in Bali and the thing looked at me as if sizing me up as prey. I deliberately moved back and forth and it turned to track me as I did so. I'm certainly glad it was behind both heavy glass and a moat. Couldn't imagine encountering one in the open.
Yea one bite and you’re done
You should have started with the glass. Then I could have stopped reading there lol
@@reneotten7376 "Reptile park" should've clued you.
Too many people are scared of their own shadow
Food. Not prey. He was looking at you like you were food.
They can hunt in packs also, while you are distracted by one others can be ambushing you.
That's obvs why those other 3 turned up. This must be where Jurrasic Park got its distraction technique scenes from. Imagine them all following you home so they could just take their own sweeeet time to eat you alive.....😧😮😲🤯😱
Clever girl
Clever girl
@@hellomynameisname4270 ha! I was just thinking same thing 😃
...something tells me there are always plenty of Tent camping sites available at this National Park...
You don't have to be able to outrun the dragon. Just be faster than the guide. LOL
its good to always have at least one fat friend..lol
I have had the same thing happen to me, and it was exactly like that, followed everywhere, no matter what I couldn't get away from the Jack Russell that sleeps in my bed..
LOL ;-)
I bet you have a peanut butter jar on your night stand.
JRs are notorious for dogging your footsteps... 🙄
Now put his collar and leash back on and take him home before he peters out 😂
Tff!! @ kenneth
LOLOL
Haha
Wouldn't be surprised if that's true lol
Haha what do we do, hes walking at us at 1 mph and hes coming straight down the trail in this open area. Looked like he just wanted someone to toss him a sandwhich and proceed lol. i mean he seemed like the most popular one, just like they said. Which means alot of "human time", most often. Believe the guy just needed to grow a pair then give the jerky to the lizard and move along. Its an offering of sorts to the chief of the area.
I was on a hike near horse tail falls in Mexico with my boyfriend back in the early 80s. Out in the middle of nowhere we came across this huge hacienda with a stone gate at the entrance of a long road to the actual house. Chained to this gate was a Komodo Dragon! Scared the livin' hell out of us! He had just enough chain length to protect the entrance from people walking up to the house passed this gate. (Looking back now, I'm wondering in this was some sort of drug lord estate.) Even though this guy was chained up, just seeing this thing was horrifying! We didn't get too close and left pretty quickly. I guess that was the idea.
What mexico part or state? Or city?
where?
😂👍🔝Que viva Mexico!!! ❤️🇲🇽
Cocaine Komodo
@@terireed3740 No doubt! HAHA!
In case y'all ain't figured it out the Komodo Dragon can reach top speed of about 12-15 mph if I'm not mistaken
16 MPH it is then
I wonder if the people from Europe and Canada would like to know the speed in km?
@@AStanton1966 12mph - 19.3kph
15mph - 24.1kph
They live in harmony with nature. They don't have to build houses or drive automobiles or go to the store to buy clothing. They are at one with the environment. We are the awkward Interlopers
Harmony meals, yup
You were teasing it and even waiting for it to rest so it can stalk you some more lol
was waiting for the guide to turn his back for 2 sec then ooooops dinner time
My mother-in-law stalked me just like this once, she even looked and moved like a Komodo dragon !!
The Humanity ! That story is even scarier !
Being stalked by any creature named Big Boss is an honor. I award you Foxhound rank for this mission.
A waste of time.
It just wanted to go on a walk with you guys. And get some back scratches. 😂
He looked like a tummy rub kind of dragon.
Rub it's belly!
And only eat one person as a snack.
That's a lot of energy spent by the dragon, just to get a little back scratch!
I agree
“You promised me a massage. Oh I’m getting my massage. With a scenic view.
Now get getchere azz over here, Oswald. & bring the stick”.
Legend has it that this dragon still stalks that man to this very day.
LOL sugar jones, good one ... ;-)
Maximum respect to the guide, I get the feeling it’s not the first time he’s had to negotiate with Big Boss.
This dragon wasn't stalking either man. I would suggest the guide has known the dragon all of its life and was never in any harm.
I was thinking the same thing
It makes for good clickbait though
That's what they do with prey, getting closer and closer until it's close enough to bite. The animal then runs off and dies from bacteria in the Komodos mouth.
He just wants more treats that's all.
Well Brian Moffo, if you were in my shoes at 6 AM that morning, you might have thought differently. Easy for you to post your cynicism from the comfort of your living room ... why not go to Rinca yourself and see a few of these komodos tear apart a sambar in 30 seconds ... then write back to me again about how fake (not) my encounter was ...
you weren't being stalked. you were forcefully having a new friend.
I was there in 2000 and there are many hanging around the station on Rinca. The danger is, even with the guides are the ones who are not moving and you can almost end up right on top o the if you are not looking carefully where u are going LOL. it's great around those islands of Komodo and Rinca.
He’s been trying to reach you regarding your car’s extended warranty.
I think the red shirt and backpack, definitely may have played a roll but if he wanted to attack them he could have easily. He was very intimidating but in the end he just got hypnotized by those back scratches 😂
Maybe he saw the guy in the red shirt with the massage stick that he sees all the time and was looking for a back scratch. Little did he know they would make him walk half a mile for it.
If you weren’t paying attention you would see him cause he blends in so well.
What an encounter. At first it might look like he was stalking, but that rest under the tree says otherwise. As a reward he got some scratches at the top of the hill. I bet he does that in secret, so the other dragons don't know he is getting special treatment.
Can't help but think about a living breathing walk mosasaur when you see one walking around.
You mean Megalania.
Yeah the cynic in me says the Indonesian guide feeds this dragon and it's semi-docile. Not that I would want to cuddle with it.
Komodo dragons will stalk anything that might be appetising, and which might exhibit signs of being catchable.
If the dragon had eaten fairly recently, it would be less compelled towards food, however there is never any doubt that these are highly aggressive animals.
Anybody who imagines they have any gentle intent need only see the way they kill each other. They are unpleasant deeply motivated predators, and I'm always amazed at those who refer to them as elegant or beautiful.
The animal, from any angle, is largely repulsive to look at, as most reptiles evolved to have good armour and to appear immediately terrifying to prey.
I am equally fascinated and disgusted by them. Horrible creatures.
Lmfao 🤣 I like how he is petting the Komodo dragon with the stick like it's his dog. And saying nice Doggy
It’s crazy, how far the Komodo lizard will stalk its prey- he is huge! What an experience. Thoroughly enjoyed your video- thanks 🤓
Thanks!
@@NicholsonPG woah, you still reply that’s cool! Anyway sick video, seeing such a unique apex predator up close must have been something!
@YellowAndBrown I thought the same when I seen his reply, lol. It gave me anxiety until the end.
I think he came for the back scratches at the end
I watched a animal show at some point in the past and the narrator mentioned that Komodos have an incredible sense of smell with the capability of tracking down prey for several of miles depending on weather conditions.
They eat people . I remember watching Steve Irwin being chased by a Komodo dragon .
Irwin started climbing a tree and the Komodo went after him . The dragon grabbed the back of Steve's boot and actually ripped off Steve's boot heel . As most of you know he was later killed by a sting ray barb to his heart .
Have you ever seen one eating a person either live or on video?
Yes they eat people. There's a video of a man almost got eaten by them. He lost his arm
Tom murphree, I saw the video. It was downright scary. He showed his hiking leather boot which had been ripped open and a tooth was embedded in it. As he said it was serrated and went right thru the gore Tex leather.
What!? Steve Irwin is Dead!?
@@Aggresivecherokee been dead for 10-15 years now!
I had a monitor for 14 yrs and he was just like a smaller version of one of these ❤ I miss him
I was once stalked by a bear in San Francisco. In the end he was just very very friendly. So I had to take great care to protect my end.
Honestly he may have a mutual respect hoping you'd drop something along your travel. Also honestly he had wind the whole time. They are very fast and do not give up easy.
Steve Irwin explained these things how they go into food mode and nothing else matters, fast and mean.
Komodo Dragons also swim out to boats and every year eat whomever is aboard. The press has been told not to cover these instances because the government doesn't want to scare tourists.
You can’t beat the Bob and Ray comedy classic about the bored reporter interviewing the Komodo Dragon expert from Upper Montclair NJ. Even aired on a Johnny Carson show
I read a story about a group that was walking out in the country side. After a while they noticed one of the people was not around. They went back to look for him, and only found his torn up shirt. Yep, a Komodo dragon sneaked up, jumped him, killed him before he could scream, and did something with him, leaving bits of his red shirt behind I guess he got eaten. Not sure if this story was true, but it was mentioned where I read it, to inform people how dangerous and sneaky Komodo dragons were and to take caution while being around them or where they lived.
I remember listening to a story just like this around 10 years ago from tv. I think it was one of those national geographic channels or something. Not sure. Unfortunately, i don't know if it's ture either
Not true. That’s not how they eat. They stalk and wait for a moment to strike and deliver a toxic bite. Then they wait for their victims to die and follow them around until they drop dead. Then they consume their prey.
@@antman2826 I think they are super cool as far as reptiles go, but I would not want to be bitten by one, or clawed by one.
Not really the way they operate. They are more than capable of grabbing hold of s prey item and ripping it apart rite there and then . Suggest you watch them grab a monkey pin it ,snap it's spine then swallow it whole ALIVE ... Or pull a baby buffalo away from its partners and rip it apart in front of them . So yes with bigger animals ie adult buffalo etc they bite then follow and eat it from the back legs when it weakens. But the animals they can overpower they won't wait they will rip it apart rite there and then ... They brutal asf in all their methods....
don't be too sanguine around such a beast, they are far quicker, and more dangerous than you'd expect. being eaten alive by a komodo dragon is not a good way to die...
And from what I understand, their saliva is enough to kill even if the bite doesn't get you.
@@lifecloud2 infection from rotting flesh on their teeth.
@@Alrukitaf disproven...
They actually have venom glands...
@@BendApparatus really? Wow I’ve not heard that yet..interesting! Thanks for info
could not have said it better myself
He just wants to be loved. ❤️
You go out there and give him huggsey wuggsey.💀
What an awesome creature. So close to looking like the dinosaurs. So
many creatures are fortunately still on this earth giving testament that they did exist.
They ARE dinosaurs.
@@erossinema8797 Komodo dragons are not dinosaurs. All lizards are taxonomically and anatomically very distinct from dinosaurs.
@@donnievance1942 yeaaaaaa but then there are crocodiles and alligators so......
@@lobodesade6780also not dinosaurs.
@@donnievance1942 Nobody cares already … people still call them dinosaurs regardless, so 🤷♂️.
It is a strangely elegant creature, and I am glad it was a non-violent encounter. I wouldn't want to see the person or the dragon harmed. I once lived in an area where there very large iguanas all over the place (outside the USA) and they were not fearful of humans, but not particularly aggressive either. They were also protected and the fine for harming one was steep. I was delivering some items, and when I returned, one had taken refuge under my vehicle behind the front wheel. Shooing him off didn't work, as he just hissed back. I had to sit there for almost an hour until he moved on. Try telling your boss a story like that when he asks why you took so long to deliver a package.
St. Thomas Virgin Islands ?? I worked on a cruise ship that sailed to st. Thomas weekly, I would take goodies from the ship and go to Lime Tree beach to feed the sea iguanas. They loved the snacks I brought them every week. They knew who I was and immediately came to me and surrounded me waiting patiently for snacks. Cereals, veggies and fruit. Yes, they looked forward to my arrival. Some came down from the tress, they must have facial recognition. I called to them in a high pitched voice, I even sang to them. They ate & listened. Some of them would put their little foot on my knee as if to thank me !!!😊😊😊 iguanas are very interesting.
I was 45 minutes to work on an oil site, my foreman gave me the RIOT ACT, you are surprised that you lived, I told him I got caught behind the train tracks, I told him that they were un coupling them, the next day he was 45 minutes late, he said two words F** Train.
Oh hell no thanks! No way I'd be so close to a living dinosaur!😂
What do you expect to encounter there when you take a stroll at a komodo park?
Graveyard for Asian cars.
It seems like that's exactly what that big bruiser wanted -- to be stroked on his back with that two-pronged stick. Adorable.
Imagine tripping with one of these things following you?? One bite will kill you. Even if after the bite you are able to get up and run away the komodo will keep following you, for miles even, till you succumb to the bite then they eat you with powerful jaws they rip ur skin and flesh apart, others will join in as well and ur entire body will be consumed in about 2 hours.
it will take time for the anti coagulants in its saliva to kill you from just one bite. It's saliva makes you bleed to death slowly but I guess it really depends on the size of the bite and where it gets you. I would imagine applying a tourniquet on a limb that gets bit would buy you time. If you make it to a hospital and get medical attention the effects of the anti coagulants can be stopped.
oh, i thought that you meant "tripping" on L.S.D. ! that would be interesting too !.......
@@wheelie63 that might even be more scary then tripping and falling lol
Dragon: "don't run away I just want to sniff you with my enormous forked tongue."
Dragon : I've never had my dinner wait for me.
LOL ;-)
Thank you so much for showing everyone! Because I would never go there at all !! Great video to watch ! 😉
Thanks Julie :-)
Ever since the movie Komodo from like 2000 I just loved komodo dragons
😹😹you got to love the way he’s walking very very determined 😹😹
all determined to devour some protein come what may-lol
The best Vince Macmahon billionaire walk ever
And he followed them for a long distance
He just wanted to hang out. It’s obvious he walks the hill with that guy often.
This reminds me of that time a tough alley cat named Heathcliff stalked me all the way home everyday. The cat was so legendary they made an 80s cartoon after him.
Excellent, thank you for sharing.
8:00 minutes in you see he just wanted a decent back scratch.
He was your guide the whole time. Awesome beast to have a journey with
Ya right lol what fun
LOL !
Reee
🐍 Snake: I have a tounge like no other.
🦎 KD: Hold a stick, I'll prove mine is like no other!
this is like a great move script, the monster dragon that stalks two men then gets a massage at the top of the mountain! classic
He looks well fed!
If you’re on his turf you are food just the same as if you go in the water where there are sharks
He was there first
Exactly! This guy is taunting him, it is not "stalking" him!
Komodo Dragons seems like it's 50% snake &, 50% alligator. Fascinating creature.
All along they thought they were being stalked as prey, meanwhile the Dragon saw the guides giant back scratcher and had an itch! Great vid mate.
Thanks!
He wasn't stalking you....he was just looking for company 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sir, there is absolutely no advantage for you or your guide in this situation. Komodo's are fast as hell, and much faster than humans whether on an incline or not. Lol!
Komotos 12 mph, crocs 15-18 mph, gators 20 mph.
Not this guy . And I don’t think the man intends to run his got a stick clearly knows how to deal with Komodos he might be a park ranger or something.
@@MrJohnnyDistortion they are much faster than 12 mph.. there are even videos on youtube where they hunt deers and there u can see
@@arnoldbarnold2047
A quick web search said 12 mph.
@@arnoldbarnold2047
I doubt that they can run more than 12mph. Perhaps 13.
I'm not going anywhere near the habitat of Komodo Dragons without an elephant gun and a companion with a semi-auto rifle to buy more time to reload my elephant gun.
Wow didn’t expect the ending that was amazing , I thought they were complete predators, even they have a soft spot on there chainsaw skin , lol wow thanks for the upload bud .
Apparently Paul was not informed that this dragon is the motivation coach that makes sure everyone reaches the peak.
Is it just me or does it look like it would hurt to move the arm and legs? Beautiful dragon
LOL, thanks Melz ;-)
Being that he looks injured with his intestines or something sticking out his left side he's probably looking for a free handout but I still wouldn't trust him.
Not even the mighty Kamodo Dragon can resist the back scratch.
"Aww, the baby wants to be friends..." - last words.
Good one ;-)
He knows the guy, they're apparently very smart...damn he looks cool✊
I used to have a Chinese water dragon and he loved when I would pet him
NOT YELLING ALMOST COMPLETELY BLIND
AWD ARE AWESOME I ALSO HAVE ONE SHES FOUR YEARS OLD NOW
Instead of that stick, I would’ve seen how well he catches those boarders. “Catch boy”
These critters can run faster than most people. It clearly wasn't hungry.
If I was a pirate that is where I'd bury my treasure. On an island where Komodo dragons can eat people. Makes me want to go there with a metal detector and search for pirate treasure.
Excellent! Good thinking!
There’s a lizard that would mess you up and eat you given the opportunity, beautiful animals though, so glad these are protected long may they stay with us!
They should just move off and leave it though really!
Beautiful? How about CREEPY AS HELL
@@mike814031 how about just don’t go there and grow a pair instead?!
Those monsters have a nifty turn of speed when they want to. You're lucky he wasn't all that hungry.
this narrator is amazing
Hardly calling it stalking when you wait for him while he rest or making it catch up to you try to lure it to you 🤣
Go try it yourself, Coppergoat, and see how you feel afterwards ...
They should have left when it was resting, why did they wait for it?
If I remember correctly, you run in a zig-zag pattern if one of these chases you and they can only run in a straight line up to 18km/hr.
Yeah, just like Alligators and Crocs, they say run in a zig-zag
Just make sure you don't zag right back into his path!
Robin: "Holy Jurassic Park...Batman...look at the size of him!"
Batman: "Hey, Robin...why don't you get closer to find out if it's a him or her."
I’m sure the guide feeds this guy on the regular and he’s gotten familiar with the guide as a source of food.
How does it feel to know everytime he sticks his tongue out is to pick up your scent😨
The 6 ft staff, man's first weapon. Lol. I think he has the longest stick in the park.
A staff is better than NO STAFF
Komodo dragon: i hear you guys taste like chicken... I wanna find out.
I feel like he might actually have a bond of some sort with the guide. Perhaps he is very familiar with him, or the guides often feed them? This is really interesting and almost sweet.
Yeah I’m pretty sure you’re misreading the whole Komodo dragon interaction thing.
I wouldn't recommend petting one, unless you're into agonizing deaths.
Guest thinking, "I guess in theory, I will be the second one to be eaten." Guide thinking, "I guess in theory, losing one guest this year is not bad."
LOL :-)
I'm asuming humans feed them, once you feed a wild animal, there will associate you with food everytime they see you.
That thing is huge…..their skulls look like they’d be strong as armor wow
Fascinating encounter if not all that pleasant . .
Fantastic video