Komodo Dragon Attacks Ranger In Island Hut

Sky News ^ | February 25, 2009

[george76]

A park ranger in Indonesia needed more than 30 stitches after he was attacked by a komodo dragon.

The giant reptile managed to climb into a hut where 46-year-old Main was sitting at his desk.

The attack happened on Rinca, one of three islands where the world's largest lizard can be found in the wild.

He fled out a window as colleagues rushed to his aid, using wooden sticks to drive the lizard out of the hut.

He suffered received lacerations to a hand and foot.

"I'm lucky I survived," Main said from his hospital bed on nearby Bali island.

In 2007, an eight-year-old boy was killed on Komodo island -

[BGHater]

I hope they thoroughly cleaned the wound. Nasty bites.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Worse than a gator.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Dirtier mouth than Barney Frank.

[george76]

Not a gator, but...

.

[lormand]

Dirty Mouth?

[george76]

Not a Komodo Dragon, but

[hosepipe]

Left the door open.. DUUUUGH!..

[CholeraJoe]

A Komodo dragon bit my sister.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Naw, don’t exaggerate!

[JoeProBono]

"A Komodo dragon bit my sister"

SORRY.

[freedomlover]

WTF? Looks like he has been playing the “Mouse Organ”!
/Python reference

[IGOTMINE]

He may be premature in saying he survived this attack.

[Flycatcher]

I hope they thoroughly cleaned the wound. Nasty bites.

Q: What do you call a woman who's been bitten on the leg by a Komodo Dragon?

_{A: Peg.}

[mallardx]

I once shot a Komodo dragon in my pajamas. Not sure why he put my pajamas on! ;^)

[patton]

Exactly. They bite their prey, then wait for them to die of infection.

[vetvetdoug]

I'm lucky I survived

Where is the Lord of the obvious?