bila rekan-rekan IAGI ada yg terdampar di pulau Komodo atau pulau Rinca ada beberapa tip yang bisa dipakai untuk menghindar dari kejaran komodo:
1. untuk menghindari kejaran dari komodo jangan berlari lurus, berlarilah dengan pola zig zag karena komodo mempunyai tulang belakan yg kaku sehingga mereka akan susah melaukan gerakan berbelok secara mendadak. 2. bila dikejar jangan sekali-sekali memanjat pohon karena komodo sangat pintar memanjat pohon. 3. jangan berdiri searah dengan arah angin karena angin akan membawa bau kita menuju ke arah para komodo 4. jauhi sarang-sarang komodo yang berbentuk gorong-gorong di dalam tanah, bentuknya seperti sarang buaya berbentuk goa berdiameter satu meter 5. tetap berada di pantai karena jarak pandang yg luas sehingga kita bisa mengawasi dari jauh bila ada komodo yg mendekat. bila di dalam hutan sangat berbahaya bila jarak pandang tertutup oleh pohon etc. 6. cari perkampungan terdekat atau pos jagawana hutan untuk mencari pertolongan. mungkin tips ini bisa berguna bila kita terdampar di pulau komodo atau Rinca, tapi saran terbaik adalah "JANGAN TERDAMPAR" salam, rmp On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Awang Satyana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lepas dari mulut hiu-hiu Laut Flores, berhadapan dengan predator komodo ! > Sisi berbahaya menyelami laut Indonesia Timur dan pulau2 di > sekitarnya. Apalagi di wilayah di mana Arlindo (arus lintas Indonesia) dari > Pasifik dan Hindia bertemu. Memang diversifikasi faunanya melimpah karena > wilayah Wallacea, tetapi tantangannya pun besar. Berhati-hatilah untuk yang > gemar menyelam dan berjalan-jalan di pulau2 endemik Indonesia Timur. > > salam, > awang > > Stranded divers chase off Komodo dragon on island > By ALI KOTARUMALOS, Associated Press Writer (Sunday 8 June 2008) > Scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in > shark-infested waters before scrambling onto a remote Indonesian island > where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon. > The divers — three from Britain and one each from France and Sweden — came > face-to-face with the giant, carnivorous lizard on Rinca's palm-fringed > beach, and fought it off by pelting it with rocks and pieces of wood, > Pariman, a port official said Sunday. > "Luckily, they were able to chase it away," said Pariman, who, like many > Indonesians, goes by only one name. > The beasts have sharp, serrated teeth and often come out when they smell > something new, including humans — whom they've been known to kill, Pariman > said. > The divers encountered treacherous currents after plunging from their > wooden boat off Tatawa island on Thursday afternoon. They drifted 20 miles > from their dive site before swimming to Rinca, their last chance to avoid > being swept into the open ocean. > "We struggled against the current for several hours, but eventually > stopped," Laurent Pinel, 31, of France, told The Sunday Times of London. The > group tied their diving vests together to preserve energy, he said. Once on > the island, they scraped mussels from the rocks for food, he said. > The divers ran into the Komodo dragon on Friday afternoon. The next day, > rescuers aboard one of 30 boats searching the waters spotted them waving > frantically on the shore and took them to Flores island for medical > treatment. > The area where the diving trip took place is famous for its rich marine > diversity, including sharks, manta rays and sea turtles. But it is also > known for its treacherous and unpredictable seas. > Recommended only for experienced divers, it is in a place where the Indian > and Pacific Oceans meet, creating currents that converge and separate. > Whirlpools and eddies can pull divers downwards. > "We're safe, but absolutely exhausted and dehydrated," Charlotte Allin, a > 25-year-old British diver, was quoted by The Sunday Times of London as > telling her parents from the hospital where the group was taken. > Komodo dragons, which can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh as much as 365 > pounds, are only found in the wild on Rinca and Komodo island. There are > believed to be 4,000 left in the world. > Thousands of tourists visit the area in eastern Indonesia each year to see > the lizards in their natural habitat. They are normally shown around the > arid and rocky island by guides who carry large, forked sticks to ward off > the animals. > > > >
