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This Urban Jungle

Posted on 21 Jun 2010

Tourist spots ‘komodo dragon’ in the wild at Chinese Garden

STOMPer Robert, a tourist from the UK, spotted a pair of ‘komodo dragons’ at Chinese Garden. He wonders if anyone knows of their presence in this park.

The STOMPer said:

“I thought Komodo Dragons could only be found in Singapore Zoo.

“Is anyone aware of them living wild in Chinese Garden?

“I spotted two today close to the water near the West entrance, one was quite large and disappeared into the water before I could photograph it.|

“The other (about half the size of the first one) I managed to photograph.”

The animal pictured above is however, more likely to be a monitor lizard, as STOMP understands that komodo dragons are rare and hardly found in the wild. There are only 4,000 to 5,000 living komodo dragons in the wild, and they are mostly found in Indonesian islands.

Keywords: reptile , chinese garden

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Allthings_sweet said on 9 Oct, 2010 Report as offensive

Common! When i went i also saw a MONITER LIZARD. btw, that is obviously not a komodo dragon..

generallyspeaking said on 25 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

Erm, people actually eat this. It's white meat. They used to sell it in the market in Chinatown.

joseeph90 said on 25 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

omg! crocodile!! quick. someone call SPCA

talktalknia said on 23 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

Monitor lizard lah! No big deal lor. If lucky you will see one crossing the main road, Yuan Ching Road, just outside Chinese Garden. ;D

slowhandle said on 23 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

That is monitor lizard. Komodo Dragon is larger.

wufankai85 said on 23 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

u didnt get bitten?

ZamandaBla said on 22 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

komodo dragon where got so small one? use brains. STOMPER ROBERT-.- Bo bird

mybluntthots said on 22 Jun, 2010 Report as offensive

Stomper Robert. You are right. Komodo dragons are found in the island of Komodo hence their name. Getting rare due to human encroachment. There has been cases of livestocks and even adult humans attacked by these giants. Highly toxic saliva contaminated by harmful bacteria. One bite however small will infect you and you can die from it. I am not a zoologist so please correct me if I am wrong.