The Komodo dragon is a legend. Celebrity, his name is famous around the world, since it was first discovered in 1911 by a Lieutenant Netherlands JKH van Stein. At that time, by Lieutenant Stein, photos and komodo specimen sent to the curator of the Musem of Zoology Bogor i.e. PA Ouwens. Ouwens who then set it as a new species and named Varanus komodoensis. While people in Komodo National Park (TNK), it is known as "orah".
One hundred and four years have already passed and until now, the unique and endemic wildlife of this region inhabit still exist as well as TNK in the West and North of the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia. It has attracted the attention of tens of thousands of tourists to view it directly in its natural habitat.
But we ask, how did the origins of komodo? Whether from formerly Scorpion he already inhabit his life now? Is it true that they are the descendants of dinosaurs? If true, why smaller? So why is it there are only Flores and TNK?
The Legend Of Princess Komodo
The legend about the komodo dragon I found in the Hilly c. Djohani-Lapian, which refers to the story of Isaka Mansur, a resident of the island of Komodo. The following legend:
In the days of yore, a daughter of unseen living in Komodo dragons, and Dragon's Daughter was called by local people. The daughter was married to a man named Majo and bore him twins: a baby boy and a baby Dragon. Her son was named Si Gerong, and raised among humans; While Dragon named Orah, was raised in the jungle. They both mutually don't know each other.
A few years later, Si Gerong is being hunted in the forest, killing the deer. But as he was about to take the results of hunting, a huge lizard from the Bush who seek to usurp the deer it. SI Gerong tried to shoo the animal, but could not. The animal standing above the carcass of a deer while giving warning with a smirk. SI Gerong lifting spear to kill the lizard that, when all of a sudden appear beautiful woman shines: the daughter of the Dragon. Quickly, he told them, and the meleraikan Si Gerong, "do not kill this animal, she is your sister, Orah. I gave birth to you. Suppose he's your neighbor because you guys are twin brothers. "
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