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A friend of mine asked me re: the impact of the tsunami on the komodo dragon population. So far, I haven't heard any detrimental news from some folks I asked.

Has anyone heard anything at all?

Thanks!
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Des
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Hi there,

The tsunami was blocked by Sumatra from hitting the eastern parts of indonesia.. Komodo, Rinca, Padar, and Flores were not affected by the wave, to my knowledge.

bob

No problems at all with dragons - all are fine as it did not hit that area.

I wonder about the species found on only a few islands (becarri on the Aru Islands for example). I heard that some islands have disappeared completely.

Theirs a white population of salvator in the Andaman and Nicobar’s that wasn’t so lucky, guess the secret is no longer needed

if a large number of monitors were hurt. Unless of course the island is now under water. Even then they may be alive and drifted ashore elswhere.

Most of them probly knew it was coming. They would head to higher ground, trees, land mass etc.. They can hold there breath and float for quite awhile. Unlike humans who would flee to a building first, which in most cases was not wise. Then your just trapped when the water flows in.

It will probly be awhile before we hear of how the animal populations have been effected.