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The Terrifying Truth About Komodo Dragons | Environment | The Guardian
Animals  (tags: komodo dragons, scary, indonesia, eat alive, buffalo, lizards )

Cissy
- 114 days ago - guardian.co.uk
I have seen hell, and it is indisputably on Rinca Island in Indonesia. This Komodo dragon-infested spot is where three British divers who got caught in a rip tide washed up last week. Far from being "misunderstood" reptiles who only "occasionally" attack
Divers Battled Komodo Dragon Before Rescue
Animals  (tags: indonesia, wildanimals, wildlife, komodo dragons, divers, rescue, habitat, humans )

Jacquelin
- 120 days ago - edition.cnn.com
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Five Europeans rescued Saturday after an Indonesia diving trip went wrong had to fight off a Komodo dragon while they were waiting to be found, according to reports.The group was found at Mantaolan, on the island of Rinca off t
IAR : Indonesia
Animals  (tags: animals, rescue, Indonesia, IAR, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, protection, habitat, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 138 days ago - iar.org.uk
Our Indonesian team focuses on the rescue and rehabilitation of macaque monkeys and slow lorises, and also on the Brahminy kite, which is Indonesia's national bird, but sadly very popular as a pet and now highly endangered.
Tigers in Indonesia
Animals  (tags: tigers, Indonesia, animals, camera traps, AnimalWelfare, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 152 days ago - savingtigers.com
In September 1998, WCS Indonesia Tiger Program staff initiated surveys for tigers in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. WCS-Thailand Tiger Program staff provided technical assistance with camera trap placement in the field.
Wildlife Crime Units
Animals  (tags: wildlife, crimes, animals, Indonesia, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, endangered, extinction )

Cher
- 152 days ago - wcs.org
Indonesia is one of the world's richest countries in terms of biodiversity. However, with a human population that is the fourth highest in the world, and growing development pressure to exploit it's natural resources, it is also at the front-line in the
New Road Threatens Indonesian Tigers: Conservationists
Animals  (tags: Indonesia, tiger, conservation, habitat, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, endangered, extinction, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 194 days ago - afp.google.com
A new road linked to one of the world's largest paper companies threatens a massive peatland forest sheltering rare tigers on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said Wednesday. The road's construction by companies linked to Asia Pulp and
A Visit To The "Garden of Eden"
Animals  (tags: birds, protection, GoodNews, wildanimals, nature, evolution, Asia, Indonesia, video, endangered, habitat, wildlife )

Mimi
- 288 days ago - cbsnews.com
Bob Simon visits the Foja Mountains, to the very place where Beehler and other scientists had discovered new species two years ago, and brings wonderful pictures.
Indonesia Announces National Conservation Programme for Orangutans
Animals  (tags: animal exploitation, animal welfare, forest, indonesia, orangutan )

Justyna
- 301 days ago - ecoegg.org
Indonesia is preparing a conservation programme to protect orangutans and their habitats in Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday at the World Climate Conference on Bali.
Indonesia at Risk: Climate Change Threatens People and Nature
Animals  (tags: ClimateChange, environment, indonesia, globalwarming, extreme weather, deforestation, greenhousegases )

Cher
- 311 days ago - panda.org
The combination of high population density and high levels of biodiversity, together with a staggering 80,000 kilometres of coastline and 17,500 islands, makes Indonesia one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change.
Camera Traps Reveal Secrets of 'Worthless' Forest
Animals  (tags: animals, environment, wildanimals, habitat, endangered, Indonesia, Sumatran forest, wildlife, wildanimals, extinction )

Jennie
- 327 days ago - environment.newscientist.com
Secret snapshots of endangered animals roaming through Sumatran forest are proof that areas which the Indonesian government has deemed "worthless" to conservation are anything but, says the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in UK.Includes slide show.
Komodo Dragon - Varanus Komodoensis: Classified as Vulnerable (VU - B1+2cde) on the IUCN Red List
Animals  (tags: Dragons, reptiles, lizards, predators, Komodo, Indonesia, habitat, AnimalWelfare, wildanimals, environment )

Thunderr
- 341 days ago - arkive.org
The Komodo dragons are the largest lizards in the world,and with their ancient appearance and evocative name they conjure up the stuff of legends.The population of Komodo dragons today is estimated to be a mere fraction of its size 50 years ago.Threats: >
Ancient Indonesian Fish Is 'Living Fossil'
Animals  (tags: indonesia, wildlife, sealife, fiah, oldest )

Jacquelin
- 435 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
MANADO, Indonesia: A surprised fisherman has caught only the second coelacanth known from Asia since it was first discovered here in 1998. That fisherman, Justinus Lahama, found he had caught a fish so exceptional that an international team of scientis
Baby Orangutan Debuts in Java ~ Video
Animals  (tags: indonesia, wildlife, apes, orangutan )

Jacquelin
- 437 days ago - video.msn.com
Elmo a 4 Day old orangutan is the newesy Edition to Indonesia Safari Park Sanctuary. Experts say he could help save the endangerd Species.
Palm Oil Workers Killing Orangutans
Animals  (tags: indonesia, wildlife, apes, killing )

Jacquelin
- 437 days ago - cosmosmagazine.com
JAKARTA: Workers on Indonesian palm oil plantations are deliberately killing endangered orangutans on Borneo to stop them eating their seedlings. Hardi Baktiantoro, director of Indonesia's Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP), said at least 1,500 oran
Three-Legged Tiger Defies the Poachers
Animals  (tags: indonesia, wildlife, big cats, traps )

Jacquelin
- 459 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A tiger in the Indonesian jungle has survived against the odds after having its front foot ripped off by poachers' traps. The Sumatran tiger is thought to have either chewed off its foot or pulled its leg from the wire trap, leaving its foot behind.
 

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