Photograph by: ROMEO GACAD , AFP/Getty Images
December 2, 2010, a Komodo dragon on Komodo island, part of the protected area of Komodo National Park in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Timur province.
A Komodo dragon in Indonesia has attacked two employees in one of the giant lizards' protected island habitats, leaving its victims hospitalised with serious injuries, an official said on February 6, 2013.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A park official says two people have been hospitalized after being attacked by a giant Komodo dragon that wandered into the office of a wildlife park in eastern Indonesia.
An official at Komodo National Park, Heru Rudiharto, said Wednesday the 2-meter-long (6 ½ foot-long) Komodo dragon attacked a park ranger after walking into the office on Tuesday. It then attacked another park employee who came to help him. Both were badly bitten and were evacuated to a hospital on Bali Island.
Rudiharto said the park ranger also was attacked by a Komodo dragon in 2009.
Endangered Komodo dragons can grow longer than 3 meters (10 feet).
Fewer than 4,000 are believed to be alive.
They are found in the wild primarily on the eastern Indonesian islands of Komodo, Padar and Rinca.
An official at Komodo National Park, Heru Rudiharto, said Wednesday the 2-meter-long (6 ½ foot-long) Komodo dragon attacked a park ranger after walking into the office on Tuesday. It then attacked another park employee who came to help him. Both were badly bitten and were evacuated to a hospital on Bali Island.
Rudiharto said the park ranger also was attacked by a Komodo dragon in 2009.
Endangered Komodo dragons can grow longer than 3 meters (10 feet).
Fewer than 4,000 are believed to be alive.
They are found in the wild primarily on the eastern Indonesian islands of Komodo, Padar and Rinca.
Two people hospitalized after giant Komodo dragon attack in Indonesia
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