Komodo Dragon

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05'I've had loads of incredible animal encounters.

0:00:05 > 0:00:07'Here's just one of my many favourites.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09'This is Deadly 60 Bites.'

0:00:09 > 0:00:11Whoa!

0:00:15 > 0:00:18My crew and I are leaving civilisation behind

0:00:18 > 0:00:22and heading to a place where dinosaurs still rule.

0:00:22 > 0:00:26We've come to Indonesia to find the mighty Komodo dragon,

0:00:26 > 0:00:31the largest lizard and the biggest venomous animal on earth.

0:00:34 > 0:00:37To show you just how fearsome they can be,

0:00:37 > 0:00:40I ventured into the dragons' lair

0:00:40 > 0:00:42to try out one of our Deadly experiments.

0:00:42 > 0:00:46'I'm hoping to encourage some predatory behaviour from the local dragons.

0:00:46 > 0:00:47'But first, I need to entice them

0:00:47 > 0:00:50'from their midday slumber in the shade.'

0:00:50 > 0:00:53OK, we've already got interest, guys.

0:00:53 > 0:00:54So...yeah.

0:00:57 > 0:01:00Right, OK, let's move, guys. Which direction are we going?

0:01:00 > 0:01:03'The dragons' reaction took us all by surprise.'

0:01:03 > 0:01:05OK, guys, go, go, go.

0:01:05 > 0:01:07HE TALKS IN INDONESIAN

0:01:07 > 0:01:09OK, here they come.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11Greg, Greg, Greg!

0:01:18 > 0:01:20Look at that. It's a completely different animal.

0:01:20 > 0:01:21Back up. Back up.

0:01:21 > 0:01:25I cannot believe the total change

0:01:25 > 0:01:26in attitude of this animal.

0:01:26 > 0:01:28No, no, no, no, no.

0:01:28 > 0:01:31As soon as they've got food on the brain,

0:01:31 > 0:01:33they change from a slumbering,

0:01:33 > 0:01:36slow-moving creature,

0:01:36 > 0:01:39into a predatory dinosaur.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42And all of a sudden, they're not just hunting the meat,

0:01:42 > 0:01:44they're hunting us.

0:01:47 > 0:01:50No, whoa, whoa, whoa!

0:01:50 > 0:01:51OK, one of the dragons has the meat.

0:01:51 > 0:01:55Over there, look. Tearing into it.

0:01:56 > 0:01:57Wow!

0:01:59 > 0:02:02I can see into its mouth,

0:02:02 > 0:02:04the curved, backward facing teeth.

0:02:04 > 0:02:07And look at the tail, thrashing around.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11Komodo dragons have very, very occasionally attacked

0:02:11 > 0:02:13and even killed human beings,

0:02:13 > 0:02:16but you can see that once an easy source of food is available,

0:02:16 > 0:02:18they're not focusing on us any more.

0:02:18 > 0:02:20They're just centred on the meat.

0:02:20 > 0:02:23'In all my years of wildlife watching,

0:02:23 > 0:02:26'this has been one of the very few times I've genuinely felt

0:02:26 > 0:02:28'like an animal would attack me if it got the chance.

0:02:28 > 0:02:31'A scary, but remarkable experience.'

0:02:31 > 0:02:36There is no doubt the Komodo dragons had to go on the Deadly 60.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd