21003-50921 Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) an early wide-angle lens shot, of a very large dragon, forcing half a goat down its throat by ramming its mouth against a tree trunk. It was this experience in July 1989, that led to Rod's fascination with dragons and culminated in his return to Komodo, where with the help of the late Dr Walter Auffenberg (1928-2004) he made the Emmy nominated documentary 'Dragons of Komodo' for the Discovery Channel. Banung Gulung, Komodo Island.*