Taman Safari Indonesia in Cisarua, Bogor, recently opened a Komodo dragon exhibition and is now giving visitors the chance to swim with dolphins.

The exhibition, which covers a 2,000 square meter area, is the new home of six of the giant lizards, which are native to Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. Also displayed at the facility is the social and cultural conditions of their natural habitat.

'€œWhile protecting the Komodo dragon, through the display we are trying to educate visitors on how mining sites damaged the ecosystem of their habitat,'€ the park'€™s director Jansen Manansang told reporters last week.

The facility has a modern design, equipped with a room heater, air humidifiers and a hatchery to reproduce the lizards'€™ homes in the wild.

The park veterinarian, Retno Sudarwati, said the facility was a copy of the Komodo enclosure in a Prague zoo, the Czech Republic.

'€œWe exchanged a Komodo with a giant turtle about ten years ago. We currently only have six while, to date, the Prague zoo has 95 Komodo dragons because they successfully breed the animal,'€ she said. '€œWe work together with the zoo to preserve the lizards.'€

Their activities in the wild have contracted due to human activities. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has listed Komodo dragons as vulnerable due to this condition.

Taman Safari in Bogor now also provides a swimming arena where visitors can experience swimming with dolphins for enjoyment or for therapy.

Another new attraction is the Orangutan Corner, where visitors can interact with the apes.

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