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The researchers found iron-rich coatings most prominently on Komodo dragon teeth, although similar coverings were also found on the teeth of other living reptiles, including monitor lizards, crocodiles and alligators.
The recent move by Switzerland-based organization the International Union for Conservation (IUCN), to list Komodo dragons, the world’s largest living lizards, as one of the world’s endangered species should be further scrutinized, Indonesian scientists have said.
Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia's Komodo dragons were listed as "endangered" in the wildlife Red List that also warned overfishing threatens nearly two-in-five sharks with extinction.
“I don’t know how [the Rinca Island tourism development project] came to be perceived as Jurassic Park,” Environment and Forestry Ministry director general for natural resources Wiratno said during an online discussion.
The East Nusa Tenggara administration has denied using the fictional dinosaur island "Jurassic Park" as inspiration behind the construction of a tourism project on the province's Rinca Island, home to the protected Komodo dragon.
Despite ambitious plans to turn Labuan Bajo into one of 10 premium tourist destination that the government is billing as the "New Balis", environmental activists and local tour guides have expressed concerns that it could threaten the Komodos’ natural habitat, and even put local visitors at an economic disadvantage.
The current construction project on Rinca Island, East Nusa Tenggara, will not put the Komodo dragon population at risk, the Environment and Forestry Ministry has stated following concerns over the safety of the endangered species amid tourism projects on the island.
The East Nusa Tenggara provincial administration will only allow 50,000 foreign and domestic visitors to Komodo National Park in West Manggarai regency, Flores, each year, in addition to requiring a membership to visit the world-renowned island.
