Welcome to Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon—a monitor lizard that evolved in this insular environment to be much larger "scale" than its fellows. Found only on the islands we see here—Komodo and Padar—and a handful of others nearby, it"s the biggest lizard walking the Earth today. Not only walking but sprinting: Since adult Komodo dragons often prey on swift Timor deer, you"ll sometimes see a dragon in a dead sprint after its would-be dinner, reaching up to 13 miles an hour.
Here there be dragons
Today in History
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A fortress in the sky
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Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
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Okefenokee Swamp
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International Tiger Day
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Skyscraper Day
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Antarctica Day
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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National Moon Day
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World Turtle Day
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
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Trunks stick together
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
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Taking the scenic route
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Into the woods
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A sea of swirling stone
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Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
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Red Planet Day
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Aerial view of a heart-shaped field in Trittau, Germany
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Work out on your way to work
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Observing a squirrelly day
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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On the hunt
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Groovy!
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