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Monday, September 5, 2011

Komodo Island : The New 7 Wonder Of The World

. If you still planing on vacation, Komodo island with respect to Komodo Island as their destination. With beautiful beaches and warm tropical climate, this island can become your favorite.
Komodo Island is one of 17,508 islands that make up the Republic Indonezije.Otok has an area of ​​390 km ² and more than 2000 ljudi.Otočani are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and are mixed with the Bugis from Sulawesi.Glavni population are followers of Islam, but there are also Christian and Hindu minorities.

The island is part of the island chain of the probe is part of the Komodo National Park. Especially important is the domestic zmaj.Otok Komodo is a popular destination for diving. The administrative part of the province of Nusa Tenggara.
If you know of Bali island in Indonesia and to locate the state, as well as beautiful as Bali, doing more, because on the island, there are giant living creature, Moster, called Komodo.
Komodo (Varanus komodoensis) is the world's largest lizard species that live on the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Gili Dasami in Nusa Tenggara and Motang. With the average length of 2-3 meters and enter the new 7 wonders of the world. This monster was discovered in 1910 by scientists from the West. his great and terrible reputation makes them popular as a prehistoric monster that exist today.
In nature, the 'dragon of Indonesia' is usually weigh about 70 pounds, measuring approximately 3.13 meters. Sharp teeth like a saw was about 60 and about 2.5 cm.
Indonesian dragons are found naturally only in Indonesia, particularly on Komodo Island and other islands in Nusa Tenggara. Life on the open dry grasslands and tropical forests at low altitude, and lizards as well as hot and dry.
These monsters are solitary reptiles, and gathered for food and farming. These large reptiles could run faster than 20 km / h for short distances, swim very well and can dive to a depth of 4.5 meters and is very adept at climbing trees because it has very strong claws.
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