2 hospitalised in Komodo dragon attack

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2 hospitalised by Komodo dragon

Published: 6 Feb 2013 at 13.41
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Two Komodo National Park employees are being treated in hospital after they were attacked and bitten by a Komodo dragon in Indonesia.

A komodo dragon chews on a chicken at Jakarta Zoo in this file photo. The lizards have been known to attack humans (Photo: Bagus Indahono/EPA)

Forest police officer Ahmad Main was attacked by the two-metre lizard as he sat alone in an office at the national park on Rinca Island in East Nusa Tenggara province.

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TexasBruce
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Discussion 3 : 06 Feb 2013 at 17.003
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Sounds like this guy's wife needs some great life insurance.
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Discussion 2 : 06 Feb 2013 at 14.572
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... now I finally know, what 'that' is, hanging on the wall up there, a 'Bonsai Komodo'!
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Discussion 1 : 06 Feb 2013 at 14.121
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He seems very attractive to reptiles .
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