This week Megan shares a fun technology related science news and Jen continues her from a distance respect for large reptiles. She regales us with some harrowing stories about the Komodo National Park and its mysterious inhabitants...

Organization to Support:

Komodo Survival Program

https://komododragon.org/

KOMODO SURVIVAL PROGRAM (KSP) is an Indonesian-based non-profit organization established on 9 March 2007. The organization has the mission to provide sound information on wildlife biology to help devising management and conservation plans for the Komodo dragon and its natural habitat. KSP also helps developing local expertise for improving general knowledge on the biology of this endangered species.

References: 

IFL Science News: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/roombas-new-design-update-should-help-pet-owners-avoid-a-pooptastrophe/ 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025061/Pictured-Female-British-diver-clings-life-shark-filled-sea-amazing-day-ordeal.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/stranded-divers-fought-off-komodo-dragon-842962.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Varanus_komodoensis/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.6705

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/komodo-dragon 

https://theconversation.com/komodo-dragons-have-bite-of-a-pussycat-3957

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/komodo-dragon-venom

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-most-infamous-komodo-dragon-attacks-of-the-past-10-years-5831048/

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/12/01/worker-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-bitten-by-komodo-dragon.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30913500

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/science/komodo-dragons-endangered.html

https://komododragon.org/