Sunday, April 01, 2007

OUR FAVORITE INTERVIEW



RAY: We're fortunate to have with us today the world- renowned Komodo
dragon authority from Upper Montclair, New Jersey. His name is Doctor
Daryll Dexter. Doctor, would you tell our listeners all about the Komodo
dragon, please?

BOB: The Komodo dragon, the world's largest living lizard, is a
ferocious carnivore. It's 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.

R: Where do they come from?

B: 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.

R: I believe I read somewhere....that a foreign potentate gave America
some Komodo dragons. Is that true?

B: Yes. . . the former premier of Indonesia, Sukarno, gifted this
country with two Komodo dragons. . . world's largest living lizards. . .
some years back. . . and they're now residing at the National Zoo in
Washington.

R: Well, now, if we wanted to take the children to see a Komodo
dragon....where would we take the children to see a Komodo dragon?

B: If you were in the vicinity of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C.
. . you would take the kiddos to the National Zoo, and there you would
see two Komodo dragons. . . the world's largest living lizard. There is
a stuffed Komodo dragon in the lobby of the Royal Hotel in Katmandu,
Nepal.

R: Er. . . they're of the lizard family?

B: Yes. They are the world's largest living lizard and a ferocious
carnivore. They have red darting tongues which suck in air and take it
to their smelling glands in their throats.

R: Do they eat other animals, these Komodo dragons?

B: Yes, they're ferocious carnivores. In fact, they can gulp down the
hindquarters of a deer in one bite

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