KOMODO HISTORY

Indonesian Rupiah coin with a picture of Komodo(Beside).

Discovery

Komodo dragon was first documented by Europeans in 1910. His name was expanded after 1912, when Peter Ouwens, director of the Zoological Museum in Bogor, published a paper about the komodo after receiving the photo and this reptile skin. Later, the Komodo dragon is the motivating factor to do an expedition to Komodo Island by W. Douglas Burden in 1926. After returning with 12 preserved specimens and 2 tails komodo dragons live, this expedition provides inspiration for the movie King Kong in 1933.W. Douglas Burden was the first person who gave the name "Komodo dragon" to this animal. Three of the specimens acquired komodo reshaped into animals on display and are still stored at the American Museum of Natural History.

Research

The Dutch, realizing this reduction in the number of animals in the wild, Komodo dragon hunting ban and limit the number of animals taken for scientific research. Komodo expedition halted during World War II, and was continued until the 1950s and 1960s when done studies on feeding behavior, reproduction and body temperature Komodo dragon. In those years, another expedition was designed to examine the Komodo dragon in the long run. This task fell to the Auffenberg family, who then lived for 11 months on the island of Komodo in 1969. During that time, Walter Auffenberg and Son writers as his assistant, managed to capture and mark more than 50 Komodo dragon's tail. The results of this expedition was very influential on the rise in captivity Komodo dragon.studies the next and then give a clearer picture and clear about the nature komodo, that biologists such as Claudio Ciofi can continue a more in-depth study.