# Komodo Dragon on the loose!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907 "2003-09-01T03:15:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907/1 "2003-09-01T03:15:47Z")

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> He’s big, he’s a carnivore, he’s terrorising the neighbourhood’s residents, he’s been swimming in people’s pools and he’s already claimed victims - several cats, a dog and apparently even a horse.

Labanese dopers [beware](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3195937.stm)!

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907/2 "2003-09-01T03:36:23Z")

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And I thought having coyotes in the neighborhood was bad…

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907/3 "2003-09-01T03:41:15Z")

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Anybody seen Sharon Stone lately?

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**Author:** ![mrsam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mrsam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsam)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907/4 "2003-09-01T04:31:36Z")

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[Billy Bob Thornton](http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/BILLY%20BOB%20THE%20DRAGON%20SLAYER) was right. We should have killed them all while we had the chance.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907/5 "2003-09-01T05:57:02Z")

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[ul]:mad: [sup] **Those damn Germans!** [/sup][/ul]

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/komodo-dragon-on-the-loose/198907/6 "2003-09-01T07:03:04Z")

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My brother went to Komodo Island. He fed a dragon and has photos to prove it. He lived. I’m still upset about that.