Komodo dragon in landscape

Ok, I realize that there is a human (me actually) in this picture of a huge Komodo dragon taking a morning stroll, and that I could have easily cropped it out, but I think that leaving it in is better because then you get a good feeling for how big this animal really is (which is often not the case with pictures of Komodo dragons). The human in this picture is 1.75 m tall and the dragon is easily twice the size. That means that if Komodo dragons could stand on their hind legs (a terrifying thought), they would have looked down on the hapless human. As a final note, they appear slow when walking about but are apparently capable of dramatic bursts of speed when they want. So if you go to their homeland - do what the National Park guide says!