Komodo Dragons Attack Villagers; Villagers Blame Environmentalists

Ten-foot-long reptiles in Indonesia have the taste for human flesh, and it's the fault of...the Nature Conservancy? That's what some of the locals are saying. According to the Wall Street Journal, a Komodo dragon killed a young boy last year near the dragons' main home, Komodo National Park, and since then dragon attacks on people have become much more frequent. And one reason the Komodos have started feeding on the locals, they say, is that they have stopped feeding the Komodos. Many of the local people view the ancient lizards as their friends and family members reincarnated, so harming the dragons is a no-no. In fact, villagers frequently left goats and deer tied up as a feast for the dragons, a la Jurassic Park. But when the Nature Conservancy inspected the park, at the behest of the Indonesian government, they said the locals must stop hunting deer so the park ...