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Komodo Island, Select For The Seven Wonders Of The World

Komodo Island, one of the exotic islands in Indonesia. Currently the island of Komodo dragons are struggling as the world's seven natural wonders. If you intend to support the Komodo Island as one of the seven wonders of the world it can be done by accessing the site www.7wonders.com
Komodo Island is an island located in the Nusa Tenggara Islands. Komodo Island is known as a habitat for animals native Komodo dragon. This island is also the Komodo National Park which is managed by the Central Government.
Komodo Island to the west of Sumbawa Island, separated by Sape Strait.

Komodo dragon, or a more lizard called the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is the world's largest lizard species that live on the island of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami in Nusa this Tenggara.Biawak by the natives of Komodo island is also known by the name ora local.
Including family members Varanidae lizards, and Toxicofera klad, dragons are the largest lizards in the world, with an average length of 2-3 m. Large size is associated with symptoms of island gigantism, the tendency for body meraksasanya certain animals that live on a small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island where dragons live, and the rate of metabolism, large dragons kecil.Karena body, these lizards occupy posisipredator peaks that dominate the ecosystems where he lives.

Komodo discovered by western researchers in 1910. He was a great and terrible reputation makes them popular in zoos. Dragons in the wild habitat has been shrinking due to human activities and therefore the IUCN include dragons as a species vulnerable to extinction. This large lizard is now protected under the Indonesian government regulations and a national park, namely Komodo National Park, established to protect them.

This national park consists of three large islands of Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and several smaller islands. National park land area is 603 km ² and the total area is 1817 km ².
In the year 1980 this national park was established to protect the dragons and their habitat.There are 277 species of animal that is a mix of animals that originated from Asia and Australia, which consists of 32 species of mammals, 128 species of birds and 37 species of reptiles.Together with dragons, at least 25 bird species and terrestrial animals, including animals that are protected, because their numbers are limited or limited their distribution.
Moreover, in this region there are also coral reefs. At least there are 253 species of reef-building corals are found there, with about 1000 species of fish. The beauty of this reef to attract foreign tourists to swim or dive in these waters.

As one of the leading tourist attraction Indonesia, komodo island offers accommodation ranging from simple to standard accommodation internasional.For reach this location you can go through several routes. A fairly easy route is via flights from Bali to Labuan Bajo later than forwarded by using the speedboat about two hours into the Komodo National Park.Another route is passable through the flight from Bali to Bima or Ruteng, but if through this route you should take first overland journey to reach Labuan Bajo. Especially for the route via Bima also must pass through the sea crossing from the port of Sape to Labuan Bajo.

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