Diving Komodo 5

The next dive spot of our second day was, also off Padar Island, 3 sisters. 3 underwater rock formations which were covered in coral of all shapes and sizes. Navigating the current between each of the 3 rock formations was also a fun experience.
After our two dives we moved to Komodo island where we sighted 4 of the famous Komodo Dragons. They mostly lie around doing siesta all day long, but we were lucky enough to come upon one who came to a stream to drink, smell a whiff off the air and turn back around. Apparently Komodo Dragons have a very keen sense of smell. Other interesting facts about them are: they bite is deadly as they have over 50 types of bacteria in their mouth causing death by sepsis to their prey; for slow-looking creatures they can be quite fast, up to 20km/h; mating season is july-august where the males fight eachother for the females.Weiterlesen