Originally Posted by
rollin
Komodos are very different to these guys. To the best of my knowledge they are only found on certain Indonesian islands, including Komodo Island (not Malaysia, certainly not peninsula Malaysia).
They can be aggressive and even a small bite can be bad news as their saliva is nasty.
You are probably right. They said that they were Dragons but whatever they were, it was pretty scary.
Apparently, the locals didn't like them because they would go after their chickens. Given that they had poor eyesight, what they did was to coat chicken-sized rocks with chicken blood and let the lizards eat them. Not being able to digest them, the lizards would drown from the weight of the rocks when they went into water. Pretty amazing to see just the same.