Komodo Dragons Kill Apple Picker

The apple picker from Indonesia fell down from a tree where komodo dragons were that attacked him.

Muhamad Anwar, 31, was picking apples on the island of Komodo in the eastern part of Indonesia, the GMA television channel reported. His fall would not have been so tragic had not two komodo dragons been waiting on the ground. 

Their attack was, unfortunately, deadly. Police sergeant Kosmas Jalang said the big reptiles seemed to have been waiting for Anwar to fall from the tree.

After the many bites he sustained, the apple picker was bleeding very seriously and soon after he died in a hospital on the Flores island.

The Komodo dragon is the largest lizard on earth and can weigh up to 70 kilograms and reach the length of three metres. Apart from having very sharp teeth, they also transfer bacteria from their saliva to the victim.