komodos

There are some perfectly chosen phrases in that passage that make my poor little brain ache at how I missed the connection between word and action when it comes to the movements of komodos. and wow was that last sentence awful by any comparison

Digging Out Toward the Subterranean to Reach the Tunnel Leading to the Light 2010

Still, my next two long fictions feature giant bears, sea anemones, burnt angels, alien heads, komodos, and ghost frogs, with no sign of squid.

Kornbluth Cover: Squidalicious 2010

I love komodos, I saw one up close at the zoo in DC once when they were doing backstage tours.

Stranded Divers Had to Fight off Komodo Dragon « Skid Roche 2008

According to the Associated Press, 5 komodos were born at the zoo:

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

The Star Online eCentral - Malaysia Entertainment: We've had boas fighting pythons, komodos fighting cobras ... well, why not an alligator versus a volcano?

Archive 2007-07-08 Bill Crider 2007

There will be major and irreversible transformations, probably within a few decades, as a result of increasing human population and increasing human needs and wants: forest replaced by pasture, pasture replaced by crops, hamlets and trails converted to towns and roads, habitat lost, normal predatorprey relationships disrupted, komodos killed off with chopping knives whenever they venture outside their reserve and make themselves lethally troublesome.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The after-dinner conversation eventually dies out, and I retire to my sleeping mat with a belly full of rice and a head full of menacing komodos.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

As far as komodos are concerned, another tiny island.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Some victims succumb to massive infections of pathogenic bacteria, which komodos carry in their mouths like poisonous halitosis.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The feeding is a staged spectacle wherein komodos from the surrounding forest are baited in with a slaughtered goat.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004