Well that's...not very interesting.

Well, it's not exactly like they're trained to differentiate between the two species.

In fact, forget the water monitors...

Komodo Island, Indonesia. Bangkok, Thailand. Meh, same difference, right? ;)

Bathia_Mapes: Well, it's not exactly like they're trained to differentiate between the two species.

Indeed. And aside from the komodo dragon, with its famous name, they probably don't know what to call any of the other large monitor lizards, or even that they are called that. I'm assuming the situation was more of a "Wow! Is that a komodo dragon?" than a "HOLY SHIAT! KOMODO DRAGON! Everybody open fire!!! *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*" type of scene.

More of a "wait, is that what I think it is?" than a freak out.

Aren't komodo dragons mostly found on the isle of komodo?

Asa Phelps: Aren't komodo dragons mostly found on the isle of komodo?

Or so they would have you believe.

does this mean i want get a pay raise?

So the story is the lizards, and not the worldwide expansion of the American welfare/warfare state and the continuation of US imperial hegemony at the expense of American taxpayers and increasing debt? Got it.

mamoru: "Wow! Is that a komodo dragon?" than a "HOLY SHIAT! KOMODO DRAGON! Everybody open fire!!! *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*" type of scene.

Yeah, I was kinda shocked to find they didn't blow them away.

I found a lizard in my secret cervix.

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the_chief: I found a lizard in my secret cervix.

Was it a legitimate dragon?

Asa Phelps: Aren't komodo dragons mostly found on the isle of komodo?

Well. Sort of. It's actually more of a peninsula. And they are really not dragons as much as they are accountants. I've seemed to have taken too much of my meds... or not enough. To answer your question: three. The answer is three.

Outsmarted by hookers and lizards..they should be called the Sorry Service

BoxOfBees: So the story is the lizards, and not the worldwide expansion of the American welfare/warfare state and the continuation of US imperial hegemony at the expense of American taxpayers and increasing debt? Got it.

Funny how that works, isn't it? Why are we not contracting, but instead expanding military presence?

Ugh, bring them home.

wildsnowllama: Asa Phelps: Aren't komodo dragons mostly found on the isle of komodo?

Well. Sort of. It's actually more of a peninsula. And they are really not dragons as much as they are accountants. I've seemed to have taken too much of my meds... or not enough. To answer your question: three. The answer is three.

runescorpio: sabbacca: Looks like...

/puts on sunglasses

They had a birds eye view.

People always warned me that iris alot by jumping into politics blindly.

These jokes are getting cornea and cornea.

I'd give both an extremely wide berth. Monitor lizards,while not poisonous, reportedly deliver very nasty bites when provoked.

//too obscure?

Why the hell is it ok to publish information about where the President will be and what sites the secret service is inspecting.

I thought the whole point was they were a SECRET service. Namely, that information regarding a President's whereabouts, destinations, schedule... should be guarded and kept secret.

/In other news, General Eisenhower and his entourage toured the beaches of Normandy Friday. The beaches will be the destination for one million allied soldiers in a surprise attack on Nazi German forces on the 6th of next month.

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Those are kodomo dragons, not komodo dragons.

MurphyMurphy: Why the hell is it ok to publish information about where the President will be and what sites the secret service is inspecting.

I thought the whole point was they were a SECRET service. Namely, that information regarding a President's whereabouts, destinations, schedule... should be guarded and kept secret.

/In other news, General Eisenhower and his entourage toured the beaches of Normandy Friday. The beaches will be the destination for one million allied soldiers in a surprise attack on Nazi German forces on the 6th of next month.

^ This ^

I just watched "The Freshman" with Brando, was wondering why the "komodo dragon" didn't tear them apart. Probably because it was a monitor lizard.
Who says Fark isn't edjukationil.

Bathia_Mapes: Well, it's not exactly like they're trained to differentiate between the two species.

Well, other than that Komodo dragons are only found, you know on the ISLAND OF KOMODO. But other than that, it's an entirely understandable mistake.

A carnivorous, Komodo Dragon was once captured from betwixt Paris Hilton's legs; now in captivity, it has become a vegetarian. It is also rumored to be soothed by Liza Minnelli music and the musical, "Rent".

Was it a Komodo dragon in the new James Bond movie? That was my favorite part of the movie.

Oh yeah, and:

Apos: I'd give both an extremely wide berth. Monitor lizards,while not poisonous, reportedly deliver very nasty bites when provoked.

Exactly. I don't know if I would call a water monitor completely harmless. They can do some serious damage with both their bite and their tail.

After having worked in a very large pet store with numerous large reptiles, I can tell you most people don't know jack about them. I once had a woman get teary-eyed, and about had a crying fit because of our giant Galapagos Tortoise we had on display. She SWORE up and down that he should be returned to the ocean where he belonged, and that it was a crime against nature to keep him out of the water.

Taima: Apos: I'd give both an extremely wide berth. Monitor lizards,while not poisonous, reportedly deliver very nasty bites when provoked.

Exactly. I don't know if I would call a water monitor completely harmless. They can do some serious damage with both their bite and their tail.

After having worked in a very large pet store with numerous large reptiles, I can tell you most people don't know jack about them. I once had a woman get teary-eyed, and about had a crying fit because of our giant Galapagos Tortoise we had on display. She SWORE up and down that he should be returned to the ocean where he belonged, and that it was a crime against nature to keep him out of the water.

Doesn't tortoise pretty much signify land reptile? Silly lady.

♫There's a place called Komodo♫

BoxOfBees: So the story is the lizards, and not the worldwide expansion of the American welfare/warfare state and the continuation of US imperial hegemony at the expense of American taxpayers and increasing debt? Got it.

No, but every thread there's at least one of you bringing it up.

Apos: I'd give both an extremely wide berth. Monitor lizards,while not poisonous, reportedly deliver very nasty bites when provoked.

so does the Majestic moose.

I actually have a 'pet' Nile monitor. As a species, monitor lizards are VERY smart, and can get REAL cranky. One as large as that pic could easily maim an adult if it was having a bad day.

Yeah, I named my cranky boy 'Vizio'. He doesn't think it's funny.

 

Close enough, I guess...

 

/knows the difference

The United States is interested in establishing a humanitarian and disaster relief force at U-Tapao, a naval and air force complex on the eastern seaboard built by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

Assuming Grievous doesn't get there first.

Rip Dashrock: I just watched "The Freshman" with Brando, was wondering why the "komodo dragon" didn't tear them apart. Probably because it was a monitor lizard.

Alternately, because komodo dragons don't rip anything apart until it's already dead, they typically bite their prey, infecting it with the various nasty symbiotic diseases in their mouths, then track it until it keels over and dies, or just go for injured/sick prey to begin with. And a fed Komodo Dragon doesn't usually bother attacking anything.

//Actual educational TV and such are also educational.

Water monitor?

Works for me.

Rip Dashrock: I just watched "The Freshman" with Brando, was wondering why the "komodo dragon" didn't tear them apart. Probably because it was a monitor lizard.
Who says Fark isn't edjukationil.

The Komodo Dragon is a type of Monitor lizard.

I believe that all of the monitor lizards can deliver a nasty bite.

"Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's security detail also was planning and rehearsing for a reception for the U.S. president."

Thailand has a pretty hot PM:



/I'd poll her

Apos: I'd give both an extremely wide berth. Monitor lizards,while not poisonous, reportedly deliver very nasty bites when provoked.

Ya, I'm good with 'HOLY shiat, HUGE ASS REPTILE FIRE!!!!!'

Day_Old_Dutchie: Water monitor?
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Works for me.

Choose one: "Wow, that's a realistic screen saver." -or- "Best use for a Packard Bell monitor I've seen yet."

If they could have found a way to light the power LED, it would have been perfect.

Taima: After having worked in a very large pet store with numerous large reptiles, I can tell you most people don't know jack about them. I once had a woman get teary-eyed, and about had a crying fit because of our giant Galapagos Tortoise we had on display. She SWORE up and down that he should be returned to the ocean where he belonged, and that it was a crime against nature to keep him out of the water.

I....I don't even....

I've heard a lot of dumb comments at pet stores, and I think that takes the cake. Seriously lady? Their feet and shell don't look remotely made for water.

Though...in a related story...
My husband works on railroad track, and wildlife is commonly encountered. Especially reptiles, because they often sun themselves on or near the track or ballast.
One of his coworkers takes interest in a box turtle. No one else pays much attention to the encounter, until he begins to carry it toward the river.
The man lifts his arm back, and only now does everyone fully realize what he's about to do. In unison the onlookers yell "noooooo!", just before *SPLOOSH* - the turtle hits the water.
He turns and says "It's a turtle...they live in the water.....Right?"

He really didn't have a clue that he wasn't helping return the thing home. They had to explain that he probably drowned it, because box turtles don't swim, and it wasn't going to be climbing up the steep muddy banks of the Mississippi river, if it could even navigate the deep and swift water in the first place.

Sounds like they enjoyed Skyfall at any rate.

good thread +1 would lol again.

Damn, a military base in Thailand?

Asa Phelps: Aren't komodo dragons mostly found on the isle of komodo?

The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, is found on the steep-sloped island of Komodo ....in the lesser Sunda chain of the Indonesian Archipelago....and the nearby islands of Rinja, Padar, and Flores. We have two in this country at the National Zoo in Washington....which were given to the U.S. by the late former premier of Indonesia....Sukarno....some years ago

OK, lets get this over with.

This is a water monitor lizard at 6ft-43lbs



and, this is a komodo dragon at 10ft-300lbs

Big Lizard? In my back yard?

Water Monitors are carnivorous too.

Those Monitors CAN be really vicious, though