弗洛勒斯岛上的纳闽巴霍，印度尼西亚科莫多国家公园 Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia (© Thrithot/Adobe Stock)

弗洛勒斯岛上的纳闽巴霍，印度尼西亚科莫多国家公园 Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia (© Thrithot/Adobe Stock)

Here there be dragons

Welcome to Komodo National Park, founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon—a monitor lizard that evolved in this insular environment to be much larger-'scale' than its fellows. Found only on the islands we see here—Komodo and Padar—and a handful of others nearby, it's the biggest lizard walking the Earth today. Not only walking but sprinting: Since adult Komodo dragons often prey on swift Timor deer, you'll sometimes see a dragon in a dead sprint after its would-be dinner, reaching up to 13 miles an hour.

这里有龙

欢迎来到科莫多国家公园，该公园成立于1980年，旨在保护科莫多巨蜥——一种在这个岛屿环境中进化的巨蜥，其“规模”要比同类大得多。只在我们看到的科莫多岛和帕达尔岛以及附近的其他一些岛屿上发现，它是今天地球上行走的最大的蜥蜴。不仅是步行，而且是短跑：由于成年科莫多龙经常捕食速度很快的帝汶鹿，你有时会看到一条龙在吃过晚餐后，以每小时13英里的速度在死气沉沉地短跑。